Z

Combination and Implementation of Processes and Data: from CSP-OZ to Java
Ph.D. thesis, University of Oldenburg, 2000. PostScript file.
http://csd.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de/~wehrheim/Eatcs.ps

Community Z Tools Initiative: CZT
Proposed to Z community, now under discussion. Mail list archive, proposals, comments, responses.
http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/people/andrew.martin/CZT/

A Comparison of Z and VDM with B/AMN
Compares Z, Vienna Development Method (VDM), and Abstract Machine Notation (AMN) of B-Method; favors AMN. Descriptions, code samples. By B-Core, UK.
http://www.b-core.com/ZVdmB.html

MOBY
Official page. C++ class library, basis of three tools: Moby/PLC, Moby/SDL, and Moby/OZ graphical editor to build specifications in Z/Object-Z, allows structured development via hierarchy concepts, handles many text formats.
http://theoretica.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de/~moby/

Object-Z Page
Object-oriented extension of Z formal specification language, developed by research team at University of Queensland. Brief description, links, FAQ, tool support, publications, book reference.
http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~smith/objectz.html

Professor Jonathan Bowen
ZUG webmaster; Computing Professor, South Bank University, heads Centre for Applied Formal Methods. Interests: FM, safety-critical systems, Z, provably correct systems, and rapid prototyping via logic programming. 1994 Babbage Premium award winner.
http://www.jpbowen.com/

RoZ
Named after Rosetta stone. Gives formal Z specification from annotated UML diagram, integrates data specification in UML with formal annotation in Z, Object-Z. Descriptions, downloads, documents, list of papers, links.
http://www-lsr.imag.fr/Les.Groupes/pfl/RoZ/

Standard for Z Notation
International Z Notation standardization effort finished in 2002 and yielded The ISO/IEC Z Standard. Brief description, links to ISO, panel members, meeting minutes, FAQ, committee drafts.
http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/people/andrew.martin/zstandards/

TCOZ Page
Timed Communicating Object-Z integrates Object-Z and Timed CSP, for modeling state, concurrent events, real-time behavior, and structuring and decomposing systems to control complexity. Description, publications, book list.
http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~dongjs/tcoz.html

Z Family on the Web with Their UML Photos
Treats building lightweight tools such as Web browser systems for formal specifications and methods. School of Computing, National University of Singapore. January, 2001; as postcript, and pdf files. [PDF]
http://nt-appn.comp.nus.edu.sg/fm/zml/TRA1-01.pdf

Z from FOLDOC
Entry with links to several related concepts to aid learning.
http://foldoc.org/foldoc.cgi?Z

The Z Notation
The World Wide Web Virtual Library entry for the Z formal specification language, providing links to resources around the world.
http://www.zuser.org/z/

ZB2002
The 2nd International Z and B Conference, Grenoble, France, 23-25 January 2002. The 13th International Z User Meeting, The 4th International Conference on the B Method. Proceedings, Tutorials and Education Session, RCS'02 Workshop.
http://www-lsr.imag.fr/zb2002/

ZETA System
Environment to develop Z specification documents; integrated tool framework to edit, analyze, animate specifications, and formalisms mapped to Z; 5 tools (ESZ Checker, ZAP Compiler, Adaptors: LaTeX, HOL-Z, SMV), 2 GUIs (Emacs, Java). [Open Source, GPL]
http://uebb.cs.tu-berlin.de/zeta/