Re: TEST: scope

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> Jeremy - the problem I have with being issue oriented is that we will
> then have test cases to show how we compare to a non-existent entity
> - i.e. if we were OWl 2, I'd think it makes sense to do issues only,
> but as OWL 1 it seems to me we need to help folks with all the main
> features.  Looking at Mike's OWL document (our most important one -
> since it is the reference description for the normative exchange
> syntax) I think that we should have a small test for each language
> feature -- this is because there is no place to go to find such
> things - and if we don't produce them, where will they come from?  I
> think the number of tests that would be added to the issues would be
> small (most of the language features are being discussed in some way)
> and since we wouldn't be aiming at conformance testing, they wouldn't
> have to be exhaustive- but for an implementor trying to understand
> some language feature, it's easier to say "I get it" from a test than
> to have to work through the whole MT or etc.

Jim, I agree and I've tried to do that for
owl:TransitiveProperty and owl:unionOf in the
test repository http://www.w3.org/2002/03owlt/

The gist is that
( <http://www.w3.org/2002/03owlt/pathTransitiveP.n3>
  <http://www.w3.org/2001/10/daml+oil> )
  log:entails
  <http://www.w3.org/2002/03owlt/pathTransitiveC.n3> .

( <http://www.w3.org/2002/03owlt/unionOfP.n3>
  <http://www.w3.org/2001/10/daml+oil> )
  log:entails
  <http://www.w3.org/2002/03owlt/unionOfC.n3> .

This is using an RDF/N3 presentation syntax
but the RDF/XML resources are there as well
(I hope with not too many bugs, as I
had to do the RDF list stuff by hand
instead of using CWM's N3-to-RDF)

I'm looking forward to the discussion during

[[[
TUESDAY JULY 2
...
14.00 - 15.00    TEST work

Discussion on test approach and plan. 

Jeremy's report on TEST session at A'dam ftf:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-webont-wg/2002Apr/0156.html
Ian's message on test cases
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-webont-wg/2002Jun/0018.html
]]] -- http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/WebOnt/ftf3.html

-- ,
Jos De Roo, AGFA http://www.agfa.com/w3c/jdroo/