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Testing Environments for Assessing Conformance and Interoperability
Published
Author(s)
Robert D. Snelick, Leonard E. Gebase
Abstract
We present a classification framework of testing environments that support conformance and interoperability testing of distributed systems. We describe each testing environment and state the applicability and requirements placed on a realization of a testing tool. The broad categories identified include data instance validation, isolated systems testing, and peer-to-peer systems testing. Our targeted systems include those that support data exchange standards. We list and define the types of conformance and interoperability testing that can be conducted and associate the types that can be performed in a given testing environment. We describe and illustrate a conceptual test tool design for each testing environment. The delineation of environments and their testing capacity is intended to facilitate a more structured approach to testing in which the relationship between testing and test requirements is more clearly defined and the capabilities and limitations of testing tools are better understood. In broader terms this approach should help industry and testing bodies identify and describe the depth and scope of their testing endeavors.
Proceedings Title
Software Engineering Research and Practice (SERP10), WORLDCOMP10
Snelick, R.
and Gebase, L.
(2012),
Testing Environments for Assessing Conformance and Interoperability, Software Engineering Research and Practice (SERP10), WORLDCOMP10, Las Vegas, NV
(Accessed October 11, 2025)