Re: Location of 'techniques' in TCDL

Hi,

cstrobbe wrote:
> If we turn around our approach and map primarily to techniques/failures 
> instead of success criteria, do we also need to revisit the naming 
> convention? The resulting test suit would be very useful for developers 
> looking for examples of techniques/failures, but as a benchmark for 
> ERT, wouldn't it suffer from the lack of a mapping to success criteria?

Just for the sake of completeness, the tests would still map to the 
success criteria via the techniques. Anyway, thanks for explaining the 
TCDL approach.


>>> if we care about the relationship between technique(s) and 
>>> location(s), why not put 'techniques' inside 'location'; if we don't 
>>> care, why not put 'techniques' outside 'locations' and avoid 
>>> suggesting a  relationship between a specific location and a specific
>>> technique? Let's take a clear stance, not something in between.
>> 
>> Agreed. I for my part care... ;)
> 
> Great. 
> Any other comments?

Yes. If the sample is a good implementation of the technique, the 
location element becomes meaning less.


Regards,
   Shadi


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