RE: [tag-discuss] the role of an XML mark-up for TAs

["Abbie Barbir" <abbieb@nortel.com>]

Dave,

Yes agree, standalone is a rather "picky" term. 
May be as independent as possible ("although I could argue against that
too").

So what is the overall mood at this point.
Is a TC a good idea or still too early in the game?
Do we have enough mass to start one at this stage?
I have seen the beginintg of a psooible charter. I did not see a lot of
scoping/disagreement so far.

Cheers,

Abbie


-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Pawson [mailto:dave.pawson@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 2:55 AM
To: tag-discuss@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: Re: [tag-discuss] the role of an XML mark-up for TAs

On 24/11/06, david_marston@us.ibm.com <david_marston@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> In my view, each test case may specify four phases:
> 1) setup
> 2) execution
> 3) comparison of actual result vs. expected, producing a test
"outcome"
> 4) cleanup
>
> Carmelo and I are contending that (1) should be considered broadly 
> enough so that each test case can be run independently, and you can 
> apply filtering on the set of test cases in any way you need, without 
> worrying about sequencing of tests. Any one test can even be run
alone.

I think you may find that Nirvana. In 12 years in test of hardware and
software systems (not specs) I don't recall many that were truly
standalone.

I'd suggest you aim for that rather than pre-suppose it to be the case.

regards


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