Re: [regrep] Whither ebRS conformance testing?

[Farrukh Najmi <Farrukh.Najmi@Sun.COM>]

Farrukh Najmi wrote:

> Breininger, Kathryn R wrote:
>
>> I believe that we may have an opportunity to work with OASIS to provide
>> additional visibility of ebXML implementations.  I would like to see
>> these available through our TC site and/or an umbrella ebXML site in
>> OASIS.
>>  
>>
> OASIS has no ability at present to host open source projects.

I should have said:

As far as I know, OASIS has no ability at present to host open source 
projects and that there is no existing precedent for it.

>
> Also IMO, the issue is really not one for the TC to decide but is 
> entirely a private matter between project initiator (NIST)
> and whoeever they wish to collaborate with to do *their* open source 
> project (hopefully freebXML.org).
>
I should add that the TC does have decision over whether they approve 
the proposed NIST open source project as the official
conformance tests for the TC specifications.

>>
>> Kathryn Breininger
>> Boeing Library Services
>> 425-965-0182 phone
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Farrukh Najmi [mailto:Farrukh.Najmi@Sun.COM] Sent: Friday, May 
>> 06, 2005 8:48 AM
>> To: Richard Martell
>> Cc: 'Michael Kass'; Breininger, Kathryn R; regrep@lists.oasis-open.org
>> Subject: Re: [regrep] Whither ebRS conformance testing?
>>
>>
>> Richard Martell wrote:
>>
>>  
>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Michael Kass [mailto:michael.kass@NIST.GOV]
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, 04 May, 2005 08:03
>>>> To: Breininger, Kathryn R; Farrukh Najmi; Richard Martell
>>>> Cc: regrep@lists.oasis-open.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [regrep] Whither ebRS conformance testing?
>>>>
>>>> Kathryn,
>>>>
>>>>   We (NIST) did a small set of tests for ebRS 2.1.  We realized that
>>>>     
>>>
>>
>>  
>>
>>>> 3.0 was the target, but just wanted a proof of concept of the
>>>> Test Framework
>>>> 1.1, and we had the 2.1 ebXML registry available to test against.
>>>>
>>>>    NIST will not be generating any new tests for any ebXML 
>>>> technologies (MS, Registry, BP).  Any new tests or test 
>>>> requirements will have to be
>>>> generated by OASIS TC members.
>>>>
>>>>    The POC ebXML Test Framework implementation is freely available 
>>>> for anyone to use, extend and write tests for.  Please note that
>>>> it is not yet
>>>> complete.  Many functions defined in the ebXML Test Framework v1.1.
>>>> specification are not implemented in our POC.
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>     
>>>
>>> Farrukh,
>>>
>>> Would the existing NIST implementation of the ebXML test framework be a
>>>   
>>
>>
>>  
>>
>>> candidate for inclusion as a new freebXML project?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>
>> If it is an ebXML related project which sounds like it is and if it 
>> can be available on a royalty free basis then it is a good candidate for
>> inclusion in freebXML.org projects. I would support this very 
>> strongly because the more we can get RF ebXML projects
>> under one umbrella (freebXML.org) the more critical mass we have and the
>>
>> more cohesive the community of users and developers.
>>
>> Thanks for the excellent suggestion. Mike is this idea something that 
>> you would consider? Thanks.
>>
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