SDL Diagrams

SDL (specification and description language) is a formal, object-oriented language. It is intended to help to specify advanced, event-driven, real-time interactive applications that comprise many simultaneous processes and activities, communicating via discrete signals. SDL is a graphical, symbol-based language and an SDL design is both an implementation and its documentation.

History of DSL Diagrams

The need for SDL becomes more evident during the last decade or so, due to the increase of multiprocess systems which operate in various environments. The needs of those systems are best met via formal methods. Additionally, the growth of the international market of products and equipment created by different manufacturers has created a need for standardization that would allow smooth communication between those systems. Based on those needs, SDL has been created by telecommunications engineers for the description of real-time software. Then it’s been standardized by the ITU-T to describe the structure, behavior, and data of systems.

What is SDL Diagram used for?

The SDL Diagrams serve four main purposes:

• Providing an international standard for defining unambiguous and consistent standards in the communication area;
• Specifying the required behavior and comparing the provided behavior from different vendors;
• Specifying the required system behavior, designing and generate an optimal implementation, and documenting the provided behavior when developing systems;
• Validation and validation of the behavior of systems.

In summary: Diagrams based on the Specification and Description Language (SDL) are designed to describe the reactive; concurrent; real-time; distributed; and heterogeneous systems like the ones whiting the telecommunication, medical, aviation, and automotive industries. The name Specifications and Description are chosen, as this language is suitable for implementation-independent specification of behavior as well as for the description of the implemented behavior of a system.

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