QA

Recent Topics

• How to write a good IssueReport for commenting on a specification? (2008-04-01)

Writing Specifications

• what RequirementsDocument are good for
• W3C Editors Home page has links to all the useful documents on this matter
• TestableOrNot analyses what makes an assertion testable, useful when trying to ensure a spec is testable
• NormativeButNotTestable puts light on the cost of using non testable requirements as normative requirements
• RfcKeywords tries to resolve what are the good ways of using RFC 2119 keywords in a spec
• when defining a specification, how to choose between MeaningVsBehavior ?
• what are the possible approaches to deal with ErrorHandling ?
• XmlBasedLanguagesCheckpoints asks a few questions to have in mind when designing an XML based language
• what's the issues that may arise when using FormalLanguageVsProse in writing a spec?
• TrackingIssues exposes the different methods used at W3C to track issues and gather requirements on improving them
• ExtensibilityGoodOrBad
• ImplementationReport
• Why NormativeReferences matter?
• What BackwardCompatibility means? Does it really exist?

(where to speak about uses cases, stories and scenarios? see Generating Complete, Unambiguous, and Verifiable Requirements from Stories, Scenarios, and Use Cases

Building a Test Suite

• TestSuiteArchitecture tries to identify the different parts of a test suite
• TestDevelopmentMethodologies tries to gather the different approaches possible when building a test suite, with pros and cons
• TestingErrorConditions (WriteMe)
• TestableOrNot
• TestCaseMetadata
• TestMaterialsQualities covers the expected qualities of test materials
• TestCoverageInformation
• TestBooks

Old Suggested Topics

• QaFrameworkNG a reviewed version of the W3C QA framework
• QaIg
• QaTools: QA/ValidatorStatistics
• WebFaq
• EducationAndOutreach

W3C Note which needs to be updated

• CuapNote
• ChipsNote

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