Editing Property Specification Language (section)

'''Property Specification Language''' ('''PSL''') is a [[temporal logic]] extending [[linear temporal logic]] with a range of operators for both ease of expression and enhancement of expressive power. PSL makes an extensive use of [[regular expressions]] and syntactic sugaring. It is widely used in the hardware design and verification industry, where [[formal verification]] tools (such as [[model checking]]) and/or  [[logic simulation]] tools are used to prove or refute that a given PSL formula holds on a given design.

PSL was initially developed by [[Accellera]] for specifying [[Property (philosophy)|properties]] or [[assertion (computing)|assertions]] about hardware designs. Since September 2004 the [[standardization|standard]]ization on the language has been done in [[IEEE]] 1850 working group. In September 2005, the IEEE 1850 Standard for Property Specification Language (PSL) was announced.