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Test Assertions Guidelines Wiki

This is the collaboration wiki for the OASIS Test Assertions Guidelines (TAG) TC. Our formal documents, including the group's charter, are accessible from our home page.

Members

Jacques Durand (Fujitsu) - co-chair	Patrick Curran (Oracle Corporation) - co-chair
Serm Kulvatunyou (Oracle Corporation)	Hyunbo Cho (Pohang University)
Kevin Looney (Oracle Corporation)	Paul Rank (Oracle Corporation)
Victor Rudometov (Oracle Corporation)	Stephen Green (Document Engineering Services)
Lynne Rosenthal (NIST)	Youngkon Lee (Korea TAG forum)
Dong-Hoon Lim (KIEC)	Dmitry Kostovarov (Oracle Corporation)
Dennis Hamilton (individual)	[ ] ( )

References (documents that discuss the theory & practice of test assertions)

Specification Material (basis for TAs)

API specifications
- Java SE 6 API Specification (Javadoc)
Specifications in HTML or XHTML format
- Most W3C specifications
- Java Language Specification (JLS)
Text format specs
- IETF RFCs
Specs in PDF format (examples?)
Specs expressed in formal grammars
- Portions of the Java Virtual Machine Specification are expressed in Prolog.
Naming and Design Rules
- UBL 1.0 Naming and Design Rules and checklist.
WS-I Basic Profile(s): Integration profiles which reference and qualify other specifications
- Published deliverables from Basic Profile group

Prior art (examples of test assertions)

Anatomy of a Test Assertion

Discussion

Position statements (suggested approaches, outcomes)
Content and Scope of the TA Guidelines
What a TA should and should not be
Test Environment Assumptions for TAs
Use-cases
ADL Observations
Issues (for discussion of Action Items - see the Home Page for assignments)
For discussion during September 12 teleconference
Glossary
Candidate Content
TAG v1 PRD 1 Feedback

Documents (works in progress)

FAQ
Test Assertion Guidelines (main output #1 from this committee)
Guideline-related Issues
Test Assertions Model Specification (main output #2 from this committee)
Test Assertion Markup Language Specification (main output #3 from this committee)

Comments from Review

Test Assertion Markup Language (XML)

Meetings

Conference calls schedules (conference calls hours, and coming meetings)
Conference call availability (what times work for you and what don't?)
Face to face meeting availability (can you travel for a face-to-face meeting, constraints, etc.)
Meeting Minutes

Collaboration tools

Useful links

World clock (what time is it everywhere?)

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