Software safety certification: a multidomain problem

Author

Rodríguez-Dapena, Patricia

Author_Institution

ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands

Volume

16

Issue

4

fYear

1999

Firstpage

31

Lastpage

38

Abstract

Multidomain software-intensive system certification is a growing concern in international standards organizations. Certification is traditionally based on domain-specific technical and operational requirements, historical information about the reliability of the different subsystems, and historical accident data, but these may not be available for interdomain systems. There is a need for international and interdisciplinary legal recognition of certification authorities. The author explores both the legal and technical aspects of this critical, timely problem

Keywords

certification; legislation; safety-critical software; software standards; certification authorities; interdisciplinary legal recognition; interdomain system; international legal recognition; international standards organizations; legal aspects; multidomain software-intensive system certification; software safety certification; technical aspects; Accidents; Aircraft navigation; Application software; Certification; Global Positioning System; Government; Humans; Law; Legal factors; Software safety;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Software, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0740-7459

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/52.776946

Filename

776946