Re: [tag] Groups - TA Anatomy V0.4 (AnatomyTA-v04.doc) uploaded

["Dave Pawson" <dave.pawson@gmail.com>]

On 20/09/2007, stephen.green@systml.co.uk <stephen.green@systml.co.uk> wrote:
> Quoting Dave Pawson <dave.pawson@gmail.com>:
>
> > On 20/09/2007, stephen.green@systml.co.uk <stephen.green@systml.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> Isn't the main factor here wanting to make the test assertion into an
> >> expression with a boolean evaluation (a predicate - I think we need to
> >> explain that term by the way)?
> >
> > Why complicate it Stephen? We want a pass/fail result is simpler?
> >
>
> So are we making it then a convention that true = pass ?
> i.e. TRUE for a predicate TA result equates to PASS for prose TA narrative
>
> If so, maybe we should state that explicitly
>
> Don't we need to be clear which parts of the model evaluate to true/false
> and which parts to pass/fail?


Which model?

An assertion == a test. A test must be designed to pass or fail.
Any use of English beyond that would appear to complicate matters?
The definition of pass must be explicit within the test document.
Anything else is a fail.

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