Re: [qaframe-spec] What is testable?

* Karl Dubost wrote:
>Le mercredi, 3 sep 2003, à 13:39 America/Montreal, Bjoern Hoehrmann a 
>écrit :
>> For
>> example, if a specification reads, "The <address> element MUST contain
>> contact information" I would not consider the statement testable.
>
>Why? Because it's only humanly checkable?

No, because verification would likely depend on things not defined in
the specification or its normative references; say, a definition of the
requirements for a data object to be considered "contact information"
or processing the natural language of the element content to a data
object that could be validated against the definition of "contact
information". How would you "test" for example

  <address xml:lang='x-bjoernhoehrmannish'>##39(ö)64..werhq%__</address>

whether it meets my hypothetical requirements?

Received on Thursday, 4 September 2003 17:34:59 UTC