The Syntactically Dangerous All and Plural in Specifications

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January/February 2005 (vol. 22 no. 1) pp. 55-57

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	Daniel M. Berry, Erik Kamsties, "The Syntactically Dangerous All and Plural in Specifications," IEEE Software, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 55-57, January/February, 2005.

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	@article{ 10.1109/MS.2005.22, author = {Daniel M. Berry and Erik Kamsties}, title = {The Syntactically Dangerous All and Plural in Specifications}, journal ={IEEE Software}, volume = {22}, number = {1}, issn = {0740-7459}, year = {2005}, pages = {55-57}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MS.2005.22}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, }

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	TY - MGZN JO - IEEE Software TI - The Syntactically Dangerous All and Plural in Specifications IS - 1 SN - 0740-7459 SP55 EP57 EPD - 55-57 A1 - Daniel M. Berry, A1 - Erik Kamsties, PY - 2005 KW - natural language KW - syntax KW - semantics KW - requirements specification VL - 22 JA - IEEE Software ER -

Daniel M. Berry, University of Waterloo

Erik Kamsties, University of Duisburg-Essen

The word "all" and the plural can be misused in ways that create ambiguities and other problems in computer-based system specification documents. The authors describe these and related misuses, the ambiguities and problems they can cause, and how to avoid them.

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natural language, syntax, semantics, requirements specification

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Daniel M. Berry, Erik Kamsties, "The Syntactically Dangerous All and Plural in Specifications," IEEE Software, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 55-57, Jan./Feb. 2005, doi:10.1109/MS.2005.22

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