- Author
- Fenves, S. J. | Wright, R. N. | Stahl, F. I. | Reed, K. A.
- Title
- Introduction to SASE: Standards Analysis, Synthesis, and Expression.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD Carnegie-Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA IBM Corporation, Southfield, MI
- Report
- NBSIR 87-3513, May 1987,
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- standards; building codes; building; classifications; standardization; methodology
- Identifiers
- SASE system; knowledge representation
- Abstract
- The Standards Analysis, Synthesis, and Expression (SASE) methodology provides an objective and rigorous representation of the meaning of a standard. It is intended to assist organizations engaged in the formulation, promulgation, and maintenance of standards. In this discussion, the term standard includes all types of normative documents used to define the required qualities of buildings, building products, materials, or building processes. The term includes legal building regulations, consensus standards such as those of the American National Standards Institute and of the International Organization for Standardization, and proprietary specifications. Standards from many technology areas should be equally amenable to the SASE methodology. However, the methodology and the information models on which it is based have been tested extensively only in areas of building technology.