Conformance Testing and Specification Management

Published

June 1, 1996

Author(s)

James A. St Pierre, Selden Stewart, Kevin G. Brady

Abstract

This is the final report for the second year of a joint project between the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and SEMATECH. It presents the results from investigation in two areas that were proposed in the first year report: conformance testing and specification management. In conformance testing, a number of technologies are reviewed with special emphasis on Java and the possibility of platform-independent testing. For specification management, technologies were reviewed for ways to use a single format with multiple uses and multiple distribution formats. This task looked at pragmatic solutions to the problem of maintaining complex documents with multiple uses through combinations of readily available software.

Citation

NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 5879

Report Number

5879

NIST Pub Series

NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.5879

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Keywords

Application Framework, Common Object Request Broker (CORBA), Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Conformance Testing, Electronic Document Management, Java, Object Management Group (OMG), SEMATECH, Semiconductors

Citation

St Pierre, J. , Stewart, S. and Brady, K. (1996), Conformance Testing and Specification Management, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.5879, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=821195 (Accessed October 10, 2025)