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This paper presents the basic constructs of CSDL, a language designed for both specifying and designing synchronous cooperative systems. It is part of a project that deals with the building of an environment supporting design and execution of computer-based multimedia cooperative systems. CSDL tries to address the difficulties of integrating different aspects of cooperative systems: cooperation control, communication, and system modularization. CSDL's basic unit is the coordinator. It is composed of a specification, a body, and a context. The specification defines the cooperation policy, the body controls the underlying communication channels, and the context defines coordinators' interaction in complex and modular systems.
This work has been partially supported by CNR — Progetto Finalizzato “Sistemi Informatici e Calcolo Parallelo”, CEFRIEL, and CRAI-Progetto MADE.
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DePaoli, F., Tisato, F. (1993). Language constructs for cooperative systems design. In: Sommerville, I., Paul, M. (eds) Software Engineering — ESEC '93. ESEC 1993. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 717. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-57209-0_23
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