BS ISO 10303-31:1994 - Page 2

Industrial automation systems and integration. Product data representation and exchange. Conformance testing methodology and framework: general concepts | Status: Current, Under review

1 Scope This part of ISO 10303, which introduces the series of parts devoted to conformance testing, specifies a general methodology and framework for testing the conformance of an implementation of ISO 10303. During conformance testing, such an implementation is termed an IUT (implementation under test).

NOTE - Figure 1 is a pictorial representation of the relation between the various standards and some of the concepts of conformance testing. The roles of other parts of ISO 10303 are documented in ISO 10303‑1.

1.1 Applicability of this series of parts

This series of parts is applicable to the phases of the conformance testing process, these phases being characterised by the following major activities:

1. a) the definition of abstract test suites for ISO 10303 application protocols;
2. b) the definition of abstract test, methods for ISO 10303 implementation methods;
3. c) the conformance assessment process carried out by a testing laboratory for a client, culminating in the production of a conformancetest report.