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1016-1998 - IEEE Recommended Practice for Software Design Descriptions
Description: The necessary information content and recommendations for an organization for Software Design Descriptions (SDDs) are described. An SDD is a representation of a software system that is used as a medium for communicating software design information. This recommended practice is applicable to paper documents, automated databases, design description languages, or other means of description.
- Status:
Working Group: 1016_WG - RP for Software Design Descriptions Working Group
Oversight Committee: C/S2ESC - Software & Systems Engineering Standards Committee 
Sponsor: IEEE Computer Society
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