Testing and conformance within distributed systems

Author

Bowman, Howard ; Derrick, John

Author_Institution

Comput. Lab., Kent Univ., Canterbury, UK

fYear

1994

fDate

21-22 Dec 1994

Firstpage

73

Lastpage

77

Abstract

The objective of open distributed processing (ODP) is to support the construction of distributed systems in a multi-vendor environment through the provision of an architectural framework that such systems must adhere to. However, without a means to assess conformance the value of this architecture is limited. The paper describes a conformance assessment methodology suitable for open distributed processing, this methodology includes both testing and specification checking. We also discuss the scope of the methodology, which can be seen to support both de jure and de facto standards

Keywords

conformance testing; distributed processing; formal specification; open systems; program testing; software standards; architectural framework; conformance; conformance assessment methodology; de facto standards; de jure standards; distributed systems; multi-vendor environment; open distributed processing; specification checking; testing; Communications technology; Computer architecture; Computer interfaces; Distributed computing; Distributed processing; Humans; Open systems; Standardization; System testing; US Government;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Testing, Reliability and Quality Assurance, 1994. Conference Proceedings., First International Conference on

Conference_Location

New Delhi

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2608-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/STRQA.1994.526388

Filename

526388