[MISRA NEWS] Newsletter January 2007

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MISRA newsletter January 2007
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Vol 6, no 1

Items in this issue

1. Introduction
2. MISRA Autocode review
3. New Controllability Technical Report
4. Other MISRA activities
5. MISRA web forum
6. Data protection


1. Introduction to this edition of the MISRA newsletter
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Welcome to the latest edition of the MISRA newsletter!

The MISRA newsletter exists to provide news and information relating to MISRA (The Motor  Industry Software Reliability Association), its documents and activities. This issue is  being sent to those who have registered to receive our email updates.

If you do not wish to receive future issues of this newsletter, please follow the  instructions at the start of this message to unsubscribe.

Please note that the mailing list used to distribute this newsletter is not a discussion  list. If you try to post to it, your post will be rejected automatically. If you have a point for discussion or a question, please use our web forum (see item 5).


2. MISRA Autocode review
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MISRA has been developing a set of guidelines for users of control system modelling packages. The aim of the guidelines is to provide a set of rules, in a similar fashion to the MISRA C rules, which encourage good modelling practices and avoid poorly-defined features of the modelling language. In light of automotive industry trends, some rules will be aimed at the use of automatic code generators in safety-related systems.

Following the initial activities of this Working Group, MISRA is pleased to announce that  drafts of the first documents will be available shortly for public comment. These documents  are:

* MISRA SLSF - guidelines for users of Simulink and Stateflow
* MISRA TL - guidelines for users of Targetlink
* MISRA ACG - guidelines for compliance with MISRA C in automatically-generated code

To participate in the review, please download a reply form from the MISRA website and return  it by fax or post to MIRA at the address shown at the top of the form. As this form requires  a signature to indicate acceptance of the terms of the review, only fully completed and  signed copies can be accepted.

You will receive an acknowledgement for your form and we will contact you again once the  documents are available to send you the drafts and the details of the review process.

The review reply form can be found at http://www.misra.org.uk/misra_ac_eoi.pdf


3. New Controllability Technical Report
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MISRA is pleased to announce that a new Technical Report "The use of Controllability for the
Classification of Automotive Vehicle Hazards" has been published. This report gives details  of a study that was conducted to evaluate the Controllability concept for automotive hazard  analysis using driving simulator experiments. The specific objectives of the study were to:

* Evaluate the probability of an incident or accident for hazards with differing  controllability classifications.
* Evaluate the degree to which a "paper based" analysis of a hazard's controllability  classification accurately reflects human responses to those hazards.

This report is available for a free download (registration required) from the publications  area of the MISRA website. Select "Publications" then look at the section at the bottom of  the page on "PDF documents". Please note this report is not available from the MISRA  webstore.


4. Other MISRA activities
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Please watch the MISRA web site and the next edition of this newsletter for further  information on MISRA's other ongoing activities, including MISRA C and the forthcoming MISRA  Safety Analysis Guidelines.


5. MISRA web forum
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A reminder of the MISRA web forum which can be used to discuss and ask questions about MISRA  publications. Visit the forum at http://www.misra-c.com/forum/


6. Data protection
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By registering with the MISRA website you give consent for your registration details to be  stored in a database system by MIRA. You will also be given the opportunity to receive  occasional news by e-mail of MISRA activities and publications. Your details will not be  passed to a third party although we may occasionally contact you with details of other  products or services that may be of interest.

If you wish to have your details amended or deleted please contact MISRA. You can remove  yourself from this mailing list at any time by following the instructions in this message.


Best regards

David Ward (Dr)
MISRA Project Manager


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