Introduction

The documentation part of this site explains how ADP tools are specified and defined, and what each one does. It grows section by section; a section marked “Coming” says what it will hold and is filled in by a later specification.

The words used throughout are defined on the Terminology page.

• Specification & Definition: The languages in which tool types are specified and tools are stored, one pair per kind.
• DISL at a glance:
• DISL reference: The Diagram Specification Language specification, section by section, with its schema and examples.
• DID reference: The Diagram Definition Language specification, section by section, with its schema and examples.
• DESL reference:
• DED reference:
• FBL reference:
• ATD reference:
• Tools: The catalogue of tools, with the task each one is for and the hosts it runs in.
• Research: Analyses behind ADP: what people need from their tools, and how comparable platforms work.