Re: [office-formula] Updated test suite program

[robert_weir@us.ibm.com]

Hi Daniel,

This is amazing stuff!   Just think
of it, we're doing our specification using ODF as our working format, equations
in MathML, using FOSS editors, and post-processing the XML  to automatically
extract and evaluate test cases to check application compliance with the
spec. 

I think this is a great demonstration
of the value of an open format like ODF.   In passing I'd note that
Ecma TC45 is using the old Office binary formats as their working format.
  They're not even using their own OOXML format.   

Hmmm....

-Rob

Daniel Carrera <daniel.carrera@zmsl.com> wrote
on 07/25/2006 05:51:20 PM:

> Hello all,
> 
> I'm back from FLOSSIE/LugRadio and I've been working on the test suite
> program. It's going well, and you can download it from here:
> 
> http://daniel.carrera.name/odf/testsuite-generator.tgz
> 
> It's easy to use:
> 1. Extract.
> 2. Put a copy of the OF spec on the directory and call it
> OpenFormula.odt
> 3. Type 'make'
> 
> The test suite file is called TestSuite.ods. You must have xsltproc
in
> your PATH to run this.
> 
> The program works well. I'm not aware of any errors in converting
the
> spec into a test suite, and I've tested it carefully. So hopefully
there
> aren't too many errors I'm not aware of :)
> 
> Notes:
> 
> * The test suite is mostly configurable simply by editing the file
> template.ods. For example, if you want to add test data, just add
it to
> testsuite.ods.
> 
> * The test suite is nicely colour-coded, to make errors easy to spot.
On
> the last column it gives informative warnings when possible. Some
of
> those are intended for us, and others are for the implementor. When
the
> program notices something funny in the spec it'll either say SPEC
ERROR
> or SPEC WARNING, and some details. Currently those warnings are:
> 
> SPEC ERROR: Expression does not begin with an '=' sign.
> SPEC WARNING: Expression contains a comma.
> 
> The point of the latter is that it is a common mistake for people
to
> type , instead of ;. I made it only a "warning" because
the expression
> might legitimately have a comma (e.g. inside a date string).
> 
> Over-all, I'm trying to make the results as informative as possible
for
> both the implementor and us.
> 
> Cheers,
> Daniel.
> -- 
> http://opendocumentfellowship.org
>   "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the
>   unreasonable man tries to adapt the world to himself.
>   Therefore all progress depends on unreasonable men."
>         -- George Bernard Shaw
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