Message-independent test harness for content-level test of B2B standards: An application information mapping test case study

Author

Shin, Junho ; Kim, Jaewook ; Ivezic, Nenad

Author_Institution

Manuf. Eng. Lab., Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

10-12 Aug. 2009

Firstpage

74

Lastpage

78

Abstract

NIST has been developing a B2B interoperability testbed to provide tools that facilitate interoperability testing of B2B applications. One of its capabilities focuses on content-level testing in terms of B2B message interpretation. Currently, test harnesses are available only for messages in XML format. Consequently, content testing of messages in other formats such as EDI and ASN.1, cannot not be performed. This paper proposes a message-independent test harness based on the NIST message metamodel - a neutral form of messages - and a formal model of test guidelines. The paper illustrates our approach on a set of EDI logistics messages commonly used in long distance supply chains.

Keywords

XML; business data processing; open systems; ASN.1format; B2B interoperability testbed; EDI logistics message; NIST message metamodel; XML format; business-to-business interoperability; content-level test; formal model; information mapping; message-independent test harness; neutral form; supply chain; Application software; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer science; Guidelines; Laboratories; NIST; Performance evaluation; Standards development; Testing; XML; B2B Interoperability; B2B message-representation standards; Content-level test; NIST Message Metamodel;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Reuse & Integration, 2009. IRI '09. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4114-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4116-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IRI.2009.5211606

Filename

5211606