- Author
- Fenves, S. J.
- Title
- Performance Requirements for Standards Processing Software.
- Coporate
- Univ., Carnegie-Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Report
- NBS GCR 80-257, April 1979, 57 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- R-79-111 816661
- Keywords
- codes | compute program | decision table | network | performance requirements | software | specifications | standards | systems analysis/engineering
- Abstract
- A methodology for the analysis and synthesis of standards exists which can provide significant assistance to standard writers and developers. Several of the methods have been implemented as computer programs. With the experience gained in the use of the first generation of programs, this report presents a set of performace requrements for a new generation of standards processing software. It is intended that these requirements serve as a basis for defining functional specifications for the subsequent development of the new software. It is intended that these requirements serve as a basis for defining functional specifications for the subsequent development of the new software. The performance requirements are organized into six categories (general, database, interaction, user interaction, analysis, and processing environment), and they provide an ability to work with all the major elements of the methodology: decision tables for the meaning of individual provisions, information networks for the precedence between provisions, and classification systems for the production of indexes and outlines. The report also presents a concise overview of the methodology for analysis and synthesis of standards with an annotated, chronological bibliography and brief descriptions of previously developed computer programs.