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Using XML for Test Case Definition, Storage and Presentation

Using XML for Test Case Definition, Storage and Presentation. Michael Ensminger (mensming@ieee.org). Motivation. Why use XML / XSL for test management? Personnel experience Tool availability Easily processed, extended, transformed As a way to explore web services

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Using XML for Test Case Definition, Storage and Presentation

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  1. Using XML for Test Case Definition, Storage and Presentation Michael Ensminger (mensming@ieee.org)

  2. Motivation • Why use XML / XSL for test management? • Personnel experience • Tool availability • Easily processed, extended, transformed • As a way to explore web services • Separate the presentation from the underlying data

  3. XML / XSL Basics • XML Documents example • Well formed • Valid • Defining the structure • Data Type Definition (DTD) example • XML Schemaexample • Extensible Stylesheet Language for Transformations (XSLT)XSL, html

  4. How to Store XML Data? • Flat File (stylesheet extensions) • Relational Database (simple db schema) • XML Database • XML extensions to traditional databases • XML specific databases

  5. Simple Test Case XML / XSL • Minimal Test Case Contains: • Unique Identifier • Short description of purpose • Setup / pre-conditions • Expected results • Sample simple test case XML document (ex. A, B) • DTD definition of structure of simple test case • Sample transformation to HTML (ex. A, B) • Simple test case XSL • Schema definition of structure of simple test case

  6. Full Featured Test Suite XML / XSL • Expand definition of document to be a suite of test cases • Sample full featured test suite XML document • XML Schema definition of full featured test suite document • Example transformation to HTML of test suite • Full Test Suite XSL

  7. Other Uses for XML / XSL in Test Management • Test execution results Sample XMLFull Detail XSLFull Detail HTML Summary XSLSummary HTML Bugs Entered XSLBugs Entered HTML Failed Test Cases XSLFailed Test Cases HTML • Transform into SQL statements Sample XML AInsert XSLInsert SQL A, B Sample XML BUpdate XSLUpdate SQL A, B • Other test documentation • Automation

  8. Next Steps • Flesh out test suite definition, execution results, etc. • Develop database backend • Interface for inserting and updating test cases, updating execution results, etc.

  9. Questions / Contact Info • Questions? • Paper, slides and examples available at http://www.meesqa.com/pnsqc_2002/pnsqc_2002.html Michael Ensminger mensming@ieee.org

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