Description
This standard specifies the framework, concepts and methodology for testing and criteria to be achieved to claim conformance to the family of ISO geographic information standards. It provides a framework for specifying abstract test suites (ATS) and for defining the procedures to be followed during conformance testing. Conformance may be claimed for data or software products or services or by specifications including any profile or functional standard.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Contents | Page |
| 1 Scope | 1 |
| 2 Conformance | 1 |
| 2.1 Conformance requirements | 1 |
| 2.2 Abstract test suite | 2 |
| 3 Terms and definitions | 2 |
| 4 Abbreviated terms | 5 |
| 5 General framework of conformance | 5 |
| 5.1 Introduction | 5 |
| 5.2 Conformance clause | 5 |
| 5.3 Conformance requirements | 5 |
| 5.4 Implementation conformance statement | 5 |
| 5.5 A conforming implementation | 6 |
| 6 Conformance testing methodology | 6 |
| 6.1 Introduction | 6 |
| 6.2 Types of conformance tests | 6 |
| 6.3 Implementation eXtra Information for Testing | 7 |
| 6.4 Conformance assessment | 7 |
| 6.5 Intrinsic properties of the conformance assessment process | 9 |
| 7 Test methods | 10 |
| 7.1 Introduction | 10 |
| 7.2 Approaches to conformance testing | 10 |
| 7.3 Areas of geographic information for conformance testing | 11 |
| 8 Abstract test suites and executable test suites | 11 |
| 8.1 Introduction | 11 |
| 8.2 Test purposes | 12 |
| 8.3 Abstract test cases | 12 |
| 8.4 Executable test cases | 13 |
| 8.5 Relationship between abstract and executable test cases | 13 |
| Annex A (normative) Conformance clauses | 14 |
| Annex B (informative) Supporting organizations | 18 |
| Bibliography | 20 |