- From: Lofton Henderson <lofton@rockynet.com>
- Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2003 13:55:15 -0600
- To: Lynne Rosenthal <lynne.rosenthal@nist.gov>
- Cc: www-qa-wg@w3.org
At 01:38 PM 9/15/2003 -0400, Lynne Rosenthal wrote: >The current definition of Test Assertion: > > From the QA Glossary: http://www.w3.org/QA/glossary >Test Assertion >A set of premises that are known to be true by definition in the spec. > From the SpecGL, which builds upon this definition, further refining it > in the context of SpecGL >Test Assertion > a statement of behavior, action, or condition that can be measured or > tested. We should take care that we do not (unintentionally) lose the resolution of this definition issue (LC-73.9, [1]). We said that we would make the various definitions consistent wherever they occur. More specifically, we said ([2] & [1]) that we would take the definition from the specgl text ([3] & [4]) and propogate that to the QA Glossary. Not the other way around, which is how understand the above. Complete paragraph at [3]: "A test assertion is a statement of behavior, action, or condition that can be measured or tested. It is derived from the specification's requirements and provides a normative foundation from which test cases can be built.. Each test assertion is an independent, complete, testable statement for requirements in the specification. Each test assertion results in one or more test cases. Multiple test assertions can be combined to form a test case, in this case one tests multiple facets of a particular behavior. It is recommended that test assertions be available by the time a specification enters Proposed Recommendation." Definition at [4]: "a statement of behavior, action, or condition that can be measured or tested (See also QA Glossary [QA-GLOSSARY].)" As I recall the discussion at Heraklion -- we pondered integrating the definitions, and/or integrating Leonid's suggested synthesis of the definitions, and decided against it. (But this recollection is not minuted.) -Lofton. [1] http://www.w3.org/QA/WG/lc-issues#x73 [2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-qa-wg/2003Jun/0041 [3] http://www.w3.org/TR/qaframe-spec/guidelines-chapter#Gd-include-assertions [4] http://www.w3.org/TR/qaframe-spec/definitions
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