If different tools and users are to generate and read the same language then it is necessary that the same semantics is assigned by them to all constructs and elements of the language.
Formal Semantics for VHDL is the first book that puts forward a cohesive set of semantics for the VHDL language.

0 Giving Semantics to VHDL: An Introduction.- 1 VHDL.- 2 Semantics.- 3 A Running Example.- 4 Contents of this book.- 1 A Functional Semantics for Delta-Delay VHDL Based on Focus.- 1 Introduction.- 2 A Motivating Example.- 3 Assumptions.- 4 Formal Semantics for ?-VHDL.- 5 Conclusion.- Appendix A Syntax of ?-VHDL.- 2 A Functional Semantics for Unit-Delay VHDL.- 1 Introduction.- 2 The VHDL Subset.- 3 Functional Semantics.- 4 Summary and Future Work.- Appendix A Auxiliary Function Definitions.- 3 An Operational Semantics for a Subset of VHDL.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Related Research.- 3 Syntax.- 4 Operational Semantics.- 5 Information Organization.- 6 Rules of the Semantics.- 7 Equivalence.- 8 A NAND Gate.- 9 Conclusions.- 4 A Formal Definition of an Abstract VHDL’93 Simulator by EA-Machines.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Related Work.- 3 EA-Machines.- 4 The Formal Model.- 5 Example.- 6 Conclusion & Future Directions.- Appendix A Elaborated Example.- 5 A Formal Model of VHDL Using Coloured Petri Nets.- 1 Introduction.- 2 VHDL Event-Driven Simulation.- 3 The VHDL Execution Model.- 4 Variables, Types and Expressions.- 5 Statements, Subprograms and Processes.- 6 Implementation of a CPN Model Generator.- 7 Conclusions.- 6 A Deterministic Finite-State Model for VHDL.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Generation of the Finite-State Model.- 3 Conclusion.- Appendix A Elaborated Running Example.- Appendix B Utility Functions.- 7 A Flow Graph Semantics of VHDL: A Basis for Hardware Verification with VHDL.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Flow Graph Model.- 3 Semantics of VHDL.- 4 The Example.- 5 Verification.- 6 Conclusion and Future Work.- References.

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