Lexicon

Formal Grammar/Semantics

Kind: constraint

Layer: Declarative Core

Record: lexicon:formal-grammar-semantics

Canonical: Lexicon

The requirement that a domain language have a defined grammar and semantics rather than an ad-hoc syntax.

Listed in Lexicon terms, after Domain Expressiveness and before General-Purpose Boilerplate.

Category

  • Metaprogramming / Language-Oriented Architecture

Required by

  • Domain-Specific Language

Linked from

  • Metaprogramming / Language-Oriented Architecture