- class of products
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From QA Framework: Specification Guidelines (2005-08-17)
The generic name for the group of products or services that would
implement, for the same purpose, the specification, (i.e., target of
the specification). A specification may identify several classes of
products.
- conformance
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From QA Framework: Specification Guidelines (2005-08-17)
Fulfillment by a product, process, systems, or service of a specified
set of requirements.
- conformance clause
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From QA Framework: Specification Guidelines (2005-08-17)
A section of the specification that defines the requirements,
criteria, or conditions to be satisfied by an implementation in order to
claim conformance.
- deprecated feature
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From QA Framework: Specification Guidelines (2005-08-17)
An existing feature that has become outdated
and is in the process of being phased out,
usually in favor of a specified replacement.
Deprecated features are no longer recommended
for use and may cease to exist in future
versions of the specification.
- dimensions of variability (DoV)
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From QA Framework: Specification Guidelines (2005-08-17)
The ways in which different products that are conformant to a
specification may vary among themselves.
- discretionary item
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From QA Framework: Specification Guidelines (2005-08-17)
Deliberate and explicit grants of discretion by the specification to
the implementations that describe or allow optionality of behavior,
functionality, parameter values, error handling, etc.
- extensible
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From QA Framework: Specification Guidelines (2005-08-17)
The ability of a specification to accept extensions in a defined way.
A specification is extensible if it provides a mechanism for any party
to create extensions.
- extension
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From QA Framework: Specification Guidelines (2005-08-17)
The ability to incorporate additional functionality beyond what is
defined in the specification. It broadens the possibility of the
technology.
- implementation
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From QA Framework: Specification Guidelines (2005-08-17)
An implementation is a realization of a technology in accordance to the principles defined in the technical specifications for this technology. This implementation can be a document, product, application, process, service, system, or other entity.
- implementation conformance statement (ICS)
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From QA Framework: Specification Guidelines (2005-08-17)
A questionnaire or checklist for providing information about an implementation to a specification, by presenting in a uniform manner the implemented capabilities (e.g., functions, features) and options as well as limitations of the implementation.
- informative
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From QA Framework: Specification Guidelines (2005-08-17)
Text in a specification whose purpose is informational or assistive in the understanding or use of the specification, and which contains no conformance requirements or test assertions.
- level
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From QA Framework: Specification Guidelines (2005-08-17)
A technology subset that is one of a hierarchy of nested subsets, ranging from minimal or core functionality to full or complete functionally.
- module
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From QA Framework: Specification Guidelines (2005-08-17)
A collection of semantically related features that represents a unit of functionality.
- normative
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From QA Framework: Specification Guidelines (2005-08-17)
Text in a specification which is prescriptive or contains conformance requirements.
- obsolete feature
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From QA Framework: Specification Guidelines (2005-08-17)
An existing or deprecated feature that has ceased to
exist and that is listed for historical purpose.
- profile
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From QA Framework: Specification Guidelines (2005-08-17)
A subset of a technology that is tailored to meet specific functional requirements of a particular application community.
- specification
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From QA Framework: Specification Guidelines (2005-08-17)
Document that prescribes requirements to be fulfilled by a product, process, or service.
- strict conformance
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From QA Framework: Specification Guidelines (2005-08-17)
Conformance of an implementation that employs only the requirements
and/or functionality defined in the specification and no more (i.e., no
extensions to the specification are implemented).
- test assertion
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From QA Framework: Specification Guidelines (2005-08-17)
A measurable or testable statement of behavior, action, or condition. It is derived from the specification's requirements.
- testability
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From QA Framework: Specification Guidelines (2005-08-17)
A proposition is testable if there is such a procedure that assesses the truth-value of a proposition with a high confidence level.