Content-Level Conformance Testing: An Information Mapping Case Study

Published

March 1, 2005

Author(s)

Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Nenad Ivezic, Albert T. Jones

Abstract

Content-level conformance testing is a key to achieving interoper-able data exchange among applications deployed across collaborating, yet in-dependent enterprises. In this paper, we identify four types of content-level conformance tests to support interoperable data exchange: document verifica-tion tests, information mapping tests, transaction behavior tests, and scenario-based tests. We describe in substantial detail our experience with information mapping tests within an industrial B2B integration effort. We review different approaches to information mapping conformance verification including logical consistency checking, human-computer interaction, and event-based checking. We adopt the human-computer interaction approach and describe a test-case generation methodology. The methodology details modeling, test requirements specification, abstract test-case definition, and, ultimately, executable test-case generation. Lastly, we provide experimental results of applying our methodol-ogy in the context of an automotive industry development of data exchange standard for interoperable inventory visibility applications.

Proceedings Title

Proceedings of the Testcom 2005 Conference

Conference Location

Montreal , 1, CA

Pub Type

Conferences

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Keywords

B2B testing, Business Object Document (BOD), conformance testing, data exchange testing, inventory visibility, supply chain integration, systems integration testing, vendor managed inventory

Citation

Kulvatunyou, B. , Ivezic, N. and Jones, A. (2005), Content-Level Conformance Testing: An Information Mapping Case Study, Proceedings of the Testcom 2005 Conference, Montreal , 1, CA, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=822271 (Accessed May 11, 2026)

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