# Software language

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A '''software language''' is an artificial language used in the development of software systems. The term is more general than [programming language](/source/programming_language) and also includes [modelling language](/source/modelling_language)s, [query language](/source/query_language)s, [transformation language](/source/transformation_language)s, [software interface](/source/software_interface)s, [database schema](/source/database_schema)ta, [domain-specific language](/source/domain-specific_language)s, [markup language](/source/markup_language)s, etc.

==Further reading==
* Anneke Kleppe, ''Software Language Engineering: Creating Domain-Specific Languages using Metamodels'', [Addison-Wesley](/source/Addison-Wesley), 2008, {{ISBN|978-0321553454}}.
* Ralf Lämmel, ''Software Languages: Syntax, Semantics, and Metaprogramming'', [Springer](/source/Springer_Science%2BBusiness_Media) {{ISBN|978-3-319-90800-7}}.

==External links==
* [http://www.sleconf.org/ Software Language Engineering Conference Series] (yearly since 2008)
* [http://softlang.wikidot.com/course:sle Software Language Engineering course] at Koblenz University, Germany.
* [https://bitbucket.org/anyahelene/inf225public/wiki/Course%20Information Software Language Engineering course] at University of Bergen, Norway.
* [https://slebok.github.io/ Software Language (Engineering) Body of Knowledge]

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