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The Syntactically Dangerous All and Plural in Specifications
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 - | |||
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MS.2005.22
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.
Index Terms:
natural language, syntax, semantics, requirements specification
Citation:
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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