General Conformance

• Conformance Testing - discussions defining conformance and conformance testing as well as describing the components of a conformance testing program.
• Glossary of Conformance Terminology
• What is this thing Called Conformance? (html file)  An overview of conformance including a discussion of terminology, methodology, and benefits.Additionally, various test suites for XML technologies are presented.[Rosenthal, Brady; NIST/ITL Bulletin, January 2001]
• Conformance (ppt file)  Presentation given at the ebXML Tokyo meeting, November 2000.An overview of conformance is given, including the topics and issues that need to be addressed when including a conformance clause in a specification.[Skall, Rosenthal, November 2000]

• Conformance Testing and Certification Model for Software Specifications (html file)  This paper identifies the key roles, activities, and products involved in creating conformance testing and certification programs.[Carnahan, Rosenthal, Skall, ISACC �98 Conference, March 1998]

• Interactive Conformance Testing for VRML (html file) Although this paper describs the test development strategy and design issues in developing the NIST Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) conformance test suite, the strategy and issues have been applied to conformance testing for XML Technologies. [Brady, Rosenthal]
• SVG Conformance Manual (html file) Reference document and user manual for the SVG Conformance Test Suite.  It also serves as a repository for currently agreed methods, templates, procedures, and techniques for SVG testing.