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Document Object Model (DOM) Conformance Test Suites
Overview
The DOM Test Suites (DOM TS) will consist of a number of tests for each
level of the DOM specification. The tests will be represented in an XML
grammar which ensures that tests can easily be ported from the description
format to a number of specific language bindings. This grammar will be
specified in XML Schema and DTD form. The grammar will be automatically
generated from the DOM specifications themselves, to ensure stability and
correctness.
The DOM TS will consist of a number of tests in this XML representation
language, plus the XSLT stylesheets necessary to generate the Java and ECMA
Script bindings, plus of course the generated code. XSLT stylesheets for
other languages will also exist for download but will not form part of the
DOM TS Core.
Implementors are encouraged to write a harness around these tests to test
their implementation for DOM conformance. The DOM TS will consist of one such
harness to run the ECMA tests.
This Document
This document serves as a first point of information for all interested
parties. A general account of current activities, finalized work, and
pointers to further information is given. In the sections below, you will be
able to get a good view of the status of the DOM TS, and if you are
interested in something in particular you are invited to follow the
appropriate link given
below
Releases
Note:
Java test files are standalone. Copy the Jar file in the
same directory as your implementation, and start the tests by using
java -jar
dom-test.jar
Documents
The development of the DOM TS will be in accordance with the
DOM Conformance Test Suite Process Document
There is also a
FAQ
for the DOM TS.
Please visit this page if this is your first visit and you want to gather
basic information.
Consult the
build document
if you
wish to build the DOM TS.
For information on how to write tests and what our DOM TS ML schemata look like, consult
this document
There is a
document
with
pointers to information about implementations that have been tested using the DOM TS.
Meetings and telephone conferences
We use the
mailing list
for developing
the DOM TS. However, we've also had telephone conferences to resolve some
issues. Please read the minutes from the
first
and the
second
telephone conference.
Source files and CVS
We are using the W3C public CVS for storing and tracking our source files.
The project is called
DOM-Test-Suite
What's currently going on?
Activity
For an up to date view of what is being done, visit the DOM TS CVS
repository.
For details, see the
mailing list
Would you like to participate?
Anyone who is interested in participating in this public framework is
welcome. Please feel free to join our mailing list (see below) or send a mail
to the W3C DOM WG representative to the DOM Conformance Test Suite.
General Mailing List
The W3C DOM Conformance Test Suites has its own
mailing list
. This forms the primary platform
for discussing issues regarding the DOM TS. Here you will also find the
archives.
Mailing List for submitting tests
Submission of tests is done by sending an email to the
www-dom-ts-submission
mailing list. On doing this, you will be notified that your submission will
be accepted granted that you accept a copyright statement (which is what you
will receive when submitting tests throught the list).
Acknowledgments
The DOM TS was jointly launched by the
W3C
and
NIST
. It is, however, a publically developed and open
framework. Reaching the point of being able to finalize and release the DOM
TS would not have been possible were it not for the contribution from several
people in the developer community, especially
Curt Arnold
and
Fred Drake
Mary Brady
NIST
representative
Philippe Le Hégaret
, DOM
Activity Lead