While progress has been substantial in the area of analysis, there is slower progress in the area of computer applications for analyzing code conformance, code-compliant designs, and accessing codes. The early models were unsuccessful due to professional issues such as lack of clarification of roles in the code development and enforcement process.
Some current efforts describe members, loads, and develop limit states for evaluation.
Decision tables are generated for use with object-oriented model and object logic. One other type of decision table is the description logic model. Standards are best represented with text-based tools such as hypertext and World Wide Web since it is context oriented. STEP mapping of standards classes is one such method. We must convince them that limit state-based standards are critical and expression of intent is needed.