Introduction


This document contains lists of decisions made during the creation of the SDL model. It is documented here because it may provide insight on why, when, and how decisions were made in the SDL model. It also provides a log of the work, so that if something fails during a regression test, a trace of the major changes is available.

The first list is a log of items discovered during the creation of the SDL model over a number of versions. If an item is in bold, then the item has not been completed, or is still an outstanding issue, which cannot be completed. Not all items are listed.

The second list is a list of possible future extensions to the SDL, which are known to be useful extensions, but resources and time prevented their implementation or were determined not to be of high priority to the work at hand.

The third list is a list of questions that may or may not have been answered that were encountered along the way.

The fourth list is a list of other studies . Some of these are continuations of the questions asked. That is answers to some of these questions may require a more in depth study, possible a research topic. Others are just areas of interest outside of the SDL project.

The fifth list is a list of miscellaneous information .
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Last update: August 1, 2003