Heterogeneous Logical Environments for Distributed Specifications

  • Authors:
  • Till Mossakowski;Andrzej Tarlecki

  • Affiliations:
  • Institute for Computer Science, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, and Safe and Secure Cognitive Systems, DFKI GmbH, Bremen;Institute of Informatics, University of Warsaw, and Institute of Computer Science, Polish Academy of Sciences,

  • Venue:
  • Recent Trends in Algebraic Development Techniques
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

We use the theory of institutions to capture the concept of a heterogeneous logical environment as a number of institutions linked by institution morphisms and comorphisms. We discuss heterogeneous specifications built in such environments, with inter-institutional specification morphisms based on both institution morphisms and comorphisms. We distinguish three kinds of heterogeneity: (1) specifications in logical environments with universal logic (2) heterogeneous specifications focused at a particular logic, and (3) heterogeneous specifications distributed over a number of logics.