Requirements

Hi All:

 

    Following please find a list of 
requirements that a user may need

when examining or executing the tests.  
Comments?

 

    1) Which specifications is this 
test about, XSLT or XPATH?

    2) Which section or area of the 
specification this test is addressing.

    3) The category of this 
test (if any).

    4) The test name.

    5) The nature of this test 
(positive, negative, implementation-defined, etc) .

    6) The expected output to this 
test (if any).

    7) How do I run the 
tests?

    7) Description of the 
tests.

    8) Any secondary files needed by 
the tests.

    9) Any known problems with 
any of the tests. 

    10) How do I interpret the 
results? (are they self-explanatory?).

    11) How do I report problems 
with any of the tests?

    12)  Are there any holes in the test suite? (any areas 
that

           are not 
addressed by any test).

    13) When was this test 
written?

    14) Who wrote this 
test?

    15) Any test that depends on 
another test.

    16) Any test output that may be 
an input to another test.

    17) Is there a test harness 
available?

    18) Which information do I need 
to provide to any of the tests?

    19) Any optional tests?, 
non-applicable tests?  

    

I realize that some of these items (such as 11) may 
not quite belong

in this list, but it still an issue for the 
committee.  Some of them may not be

as relevant (such as the author), but someone may 
find that 

information useful.  I think that the 
committee already provide plenty

of information for a user to adequately run the 
tests,  any other

information although useful is not 
necessary.

 

Greetings,

Carmelo Montanez
NIST Stop 8970
Gaithersburg, 
MD 20899