1. ITU-T Workshop 23 November 2002 on Use of Description TechniquesBy
Arve Meisingset
Study Group 17 Vice chairman

2. Purpose The objective of the workshop is
to determine needs for improvements to the description techniques for various application domains.
The presentations of experiences from use of
individual ITU description techniques and of
combined use of description techniques are the basis for determining needs.
The presentations also provide an opportunity
to compare and contrast different approaches.

3. Contributions
The workshop is seeking contributions from the following domains:
* Usage experiences on the applicability of individual description techniques
* Usage experiences on the combined use of description techniques
* Experiences from learning and introductory use of description techniques
* Different needs for informal and formal use of the description techniques
* Needs for extending or focusing the scope of ITU description techniques
* Experiences from tool support and identification of needs for improvements (?)
* Experiences from and needs for support, such as consultancy, teaching, and marketing (?)
* Needs for co-ordination with non-ITU description techniques

4. Context May contribute to
project on co-ordination of use of the description techniques
Key results may be labelled
- Unified Language Family (ulf)
- Telecommunication Interoperation Language Environment (tile)

5. Dynamics

6. The pack

7. … covering the tiles

8. Agenda morning 09:30–09:45 Opening. Arve Meisinget
09:45–10:15 Use of object-oriented modeling (OOM) principles and UML notation to define Signalling requirements. Raphael Schumacher
10:15–10:45 Syntax language for the support of PSTN/ISDN services within IP session control protocols. Keith Mainwaring
10:45–11:00 Coffee break
11:00–11:30 SG 16 activities and the need for formal description techniques. Simao Ferraz de Campos Neto
11:30–12:00 Use and needs of Decription Techniques in Study Group 4. Knut Johannessen
12:00–12:30 Summary of needs for description techniques within ITU. Amardeo Sarma

9. Agenda afternoon 14:00–14:30 SDL & Requirements of Signalling Systems.
William H. Skelton
14:30–15:00 The use of TTCN-3 for Software Testing.
Ina Schieferdecker
15:00–15:30 Experiences from teaching, learning and introductory use of description techniques. Richard Sanders
15:30–16:00 Coffee break
16:00–16:30 Using the User Requirements Notation. Daniel Amyot
16:30–17:00 Back to Basic SDL. Rick Reed
17:00–17:30 Summary of workshop and action items.
Thomas Weigert

10. Ready
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