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Information is provided here about System Design Language tools (Specification and Description Language tools, Message Sequence Chart tools and User Requirements Language tools). Some of the tools support these languages and other notations as well. The list does not intend to favour any specific supplier or tool (if you think it does - please complain). Every supplier (or even proprietary offerings) can get a reference on these pages. The purpose of this page is to enable System Design Language users to contact the suppliers and make their own judgements.
  • PragmaDev Studio: Available as Freemium software - free for small projects and education. For more details see link or PragmaDev Studio as a Commercial Tool.
  • User Requirements Notation (URN): Free jUCMNav Eclipse plug-in for modeling, analysis and transformations with the URN.
  • SDLC SDL Formal Semantics Tool Chain (source files)
  • Free MSC LaTeX macros (also at CTAN)
  • SDL-2000 parser/syntax checker - sources - executable file (but download seems to stall at 131k)
  • JADE is a JAVA-based specification environment for the Specification and Description Language. Being written in Java, JADE is completely platform independent.
  • OpenGEODE as part of the TASTE toolset - a technology demonstrator for your use in lab experiments, discovery of the Specification and Description Language, and for enriching understanding of embedded, communicating systems.
  • QUEST - Specification and Description Language based performance modelling (note: information but another WWW page reports " software no longer available")
  • Free Cinderella viewer for Windows
  • SINTEF in co-operation with Norwegian industry produced TIMe - The integrated Method - An Electronic Book for UML, Specification and Description Language and MSC methodology
  • SITE - SDL Integrated Tool Environment of Humboldt-Unversität zu Berlin - free (see web for specific availability details) - code generator available with Cinderella.
  • Sequence Chart Studio (scstudio) - a user-friendly drawing and verification tool for Message Sequence Charts (basic MSC, HMSC) and UML Sequence Diagrams.
  • SDLT from Labcom Sistemas Ltda. of Brazil - was a free Specification and Description Language compiler for SDL-PR language that generates SDL-GR in PostScript format or PDF via auxiliary tools such as CutePDF.

 

Telelogic used to provide a free "Tau SDL Standards Viewer "- browse, read and print Specification and Description Language and Message Sequence Chart (basic MSC and HMSC) documents published for viewing by standards organizations. However, it seems that both this tool  and the OG free viewer (for ObjectGeode) have been withdrawn. If anyone has information of the availability of either tool please contact the webmaster.