A Foundational Approach to Modularization (Extended Abstract)
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AUTHOR NAME
Grigore Rosu
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ABSTRACT
This paper introduces the novel concept of inclusive institution as a foundational framework for studying logic-independent module compositionality, defines specification modules as specifications allowing both public and private signatures, and shows that an internal property of modules, called conservatism, is crucial for compositional semantics.