Re: [ebxml-iic] RE: Request of information about ebXMLTestFramework

["Boonserm \(Serm\) Kulvatunyou" <serm@nist.gov>]

Jacques,

I think this is a good news to IIC. Any thought on bringing these people to
the Eu and global interop level activity.

- serm
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Kass" <michael.kass@nist.gov>
To: "Ebxml-Iic@Lists.Oasis-Open.Org" <ebxml-iic@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 12:47 PM
Subject: [ebxml-iic] RE: Request of information about ebXMLTestFramework


> Jacques and all,
>
>    Here is a copy of my reply to Laura Bianchini re: Test Framework
> issues/discrepancies.
>
> Regards,
> Mike
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Laura Bianchini [mailto:bianchin@cs.unibo.it]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 11:47 AM
> To: michael.kass@nist.gov
> Subject: Request of information about ebXMLTestFramework
>
>
> Dear mr Michael Kass,
>
> I am concerned with the B2B standardisation for the Textile/Clothing
sector.
> (http://www.moda-ml.it)
>
> We have developed a framework based on XML and ebXML transport
> specification and we are trying to build a conformance test to check the
> adherence of the implementations to the requirements of the framework.
>
> We have analysed the document (downloaded from
> "http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/documents.php"; ):
>
>    - ebXML Test Framework specification, version 1.0 (downloaded from
>
>
"http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/1990/ebXML-TestFramework-
> 10.zip")
>
>    - ebXML Messaging Service Specification, version 2.0 (downloaded from
>         "http://www.ebxml.org/specs/index.htm";)
>
>    - ebXML MS V2.0  Conformance Test Suite
>         ("IIC_MS_20_Conformance_TestSuite_V1.0.doc" downloaded from
>
>
"http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/4086/ebMS2.0ExeConfTestSu
> ite.zip")
>
>    - ebXML MS V2.0 Executable Conformance Test Suite V1.0
>         ("IIC_MS_20_Executable_Conformance_TestSuite.doc" downloaded from
>
>
"http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/4086/ebMS2.0ExeConfTestSu
> ite.zip")
>
>    - an XML version of the TestSuite
>         ("ebxml_ms_20_executable_testsuite.xml"  downloaded from
>
>
"http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/4086/ebMS2.0ExeConfTestSu
> ite.zip")
>
>
> We want to realize a structure for "Remote Conformance Testing of a
Message
> Handler", but we have meet a lot of problems because in each document "the
> test cases" are sometimes explained in different ways and we found that
> the examples of "ebXML Test Framework specification" are not exactly
> adherent to the specification.
> Example:
>         -  In the "ebXML Test Framework specification, version 1.0", 9.1.1
> Conformance Test Requirement,there aren't the attributes ConditionRef and
> AssertionRef, defined as "required" in the 5.2 of the same document.
> [MIKE] - Added to Test Framework errata and fixed. ConditionRef and
> AssertionRef are now "optional" in documentation, to match schema
> definition.
>
>
>         - In the "ebXML Test Framework specification, version 1.0", 9.3.1
> Conformance Test Suite, the element "<ebTest:TestStep
> ebTest:mode="connection">" in the specification hasn't the attribute mode.
> [MIKE] - Removed the "mode" attribute from <TestStep> because it is highly
> unlikely that we will switch "modes" in the middle of a <TestCase>
>
>
>         - "IIC_MS_20_Conformance_TestSuite_V1.0.doc" VS
>             "ebxml_ms_20_executable_testsuite.xml"
>           Testcase 12 in the first document is different from Testcase 12
> in the second. In the first,there is only an essertion while in the second
> there are Precondition and Assertion.What is the right solution?
> [MIKE] - Both should be <TestAssertion> operations.  I also found a number
> of cases where <TestPreCondition> is improperly used in both the
conformance
> test suite and executable test suite. <TestPreCondition> must only be used
> in cases where an "optional" feature may or may not exist as a
prerequisite
> to testing an assertion.  I have modified the executable test suite to fix
> this (removing <TestPreCondition> elements, or changing them to
> <TestAssertion> elements where appropriate.  Changes are reflected in the
> Executable Test Suite errata list, to be posted on the OASIS IIC web site.
>
>
> Please could you tell us if we have used the right documentation or give
us
> any link or material, as much recent as possible, that could allow us to
> find more up-to-date information on this area.
> (If you are interested we can tell you the more details about the problems
> that we found in our work)
>
> [MIKE] - We will shortly be posting V1.1 of the Test Framework
specification
> , along with 1.1 of the Executable Test Suite, Conformance Test Suite,
and
> Conformance Test Requirements.  They will be available on the oasis IIC
web
> site at:
> http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/documents.php?wg_abbrev=ebxml-iic
>
>
> Thanks for you attention.
>
> Laura Bianchini
> Undegraduated student of computer science (Bologna-Italy)
>
>
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