Standards Modeling Language

Abstract

A standards modeling language is presented. The use of this language enables the complete separation of design systems, standards processors and standards. This paper presents the requirements of a standards modeling language that can be used to represent complex design standards. A standards modeling language should accommodate indeterminate provisions, accommodate exceptions and higher-order provision of the design standards, support heterogeneous representation and reasoning strategies, accommodate large knowledge bases, accommodate access to multiple design standards and supplementary programs, and support isomorphic modeling. This is an overview of standards modeling language, how it allows the development of isomorphic computable models of design standards and the advantages of isomorphic modeling.