RE: [legalxml-courtfiling] Revised Standard for Specification Tes ting

["Winters, Roger" <Roger.Winters@METROKC.GOV>]

Title: Revised Standard for Specification Testing

Catherine, and all other colleagues in the Court Filing TC,

 

As you and I, Catherine, have discussed, here are my few suggestions for the Specification Testing recommendations.

 

In 2), I recommend removing the word "ideally." I think we need to make testing criteria a part of any Requirements document. As TC Editor, I would make sure it is part of our template for Requirements documents. Should a work product not be appropriate for testing, that would be explained. "Ideally" gives us too much wiggle room to skip doing this step.

 

In 4), I would remove "as determined by the TC/Subcommittee developing the Requirements" and substitute "as described in the specification." This would make testing criteria a required part of any specification which, since it has to be approved by the TC, would mean the TC as a whole agrees on those criteria for each specification, not just the drafting group.

 

In 6) a), I would change "should" to "must," and we will work to have a template for testing reports.

 

In 7), I would add a third statement, following an "and/or" at the end of b): "c) When it has met other criteria approved for it by the TC." Even if a) and b) cover most of what we can imagine today would be relevant to this point, we should expect there will be specifications where other criteria need to be applied.

 

In 8), I recommend removing the word "Interoperability" because we would want all special terms to be defined explicitly in any kind of testing documents. It would, of course, be up to the drafters to realize what "special terms" they are using that need definition. However, in the review process, it  would be appropriate for anyone giving input to ask for definition of any terms.

 

I hope these comments help strengthen this good piece of work.

 

Regards,

 

Roger

 

Roger Winters
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