ISO/IEC INTERNATIONAL 9646-1 STANDARD Second edition 1994-12-15 Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection -- Conformance testing methodology and framework - Part 1: General concepts Cadre general et méthodologie des tests de conformité Os! Partie1: Conceptsgenéraux IEC Reference number ISO/IEC 9646-1:1994(E) ISO/IEC 9646-1:1994(E) Contents Page Foreword .. Introduction Scope.... 2 Normative references. 3 3 3.1 Reference model definitions .. . 3.2 Terms defined in other International Standards, ITU-T Recommendations and Technical Reports . . . . 3.3 Conformance testing definitions 4 Abbreviations ... The meaning of conformance in OsI. .11 5.1 Introduction ... . ..11 5.2 Conformance requirements 5.3 Static conformance requirements. Dynamic conformance requirements. . . . .. . .. 5.4 5.5 Conformance requirements related to transfer syntaxes.. . . . Implementation Conformance Statements (ICSs) . ..12 5.6 5.6.1 Introduction ... Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) ..12 5.6.2 5.6.3 Profile Implementation Conformance Statement (profile ICS). . . . : . .12 5.6.4 System Conformance Statement (SCS). . . ..13 5.7 A conforming system. . . ..13 5.8 Interworking and conformance .14 Conformance and testing . . . : Objectives of conformance testing.. . ..14 6.1 Introduction...... ..14 6.1.1 ..14 6.1.2 BasicInterconnectionTests. 6.1.3 Capability tests. . . . 6.1.4 Behaviour tests. . ..15 6.1.5 Conformance resolution tests Extra information for testing . . 6.2 6.2.1 Implementation Extra Information for Testing (IXIT) . . 6.2.2 Protocol Implementation Extra Information for Testing (PIXIT) . . . . .16 @ISO/IEC1994 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from the publisher. ISO/IEC Copyright Office · Case Postale 56 CH-1211 Geneve 20 · Switzerland Printed in Switzerland ISO/IEC 9646-1:1994(E) @ ISO/IEC 6.2.3 Profile Implementation Extra Information for Testing (profile IXIT) .16 6.3 Conformance assessment process overview . Use of Basic Interconnection Tests and capability tests in the test campaign18 6.4 6.5 Analysis of results . . Test outcomes and test verdicts. .18 6.5.1 6.5.2 Conformance test reports Repeatability of results .19 6.5.3 6.5.4 Comparability of results 19 6.5.5 Auditability of results . Test methods . . .19 7.1 Introduction. Classification of real open systems and IUTs for conformance testing . . . .19 7.2 .19 7.2.1 ClassificationofSUTs 7.2.2 Identification of the IUT . . 7.3 Abstract testing methodology .21 7.3.1 General .. 7.3.2 Points of Control and Observation (PCOs). .23 .23 7.4 Abstract testing functions.. . Overview of Abstract Test Methods, 7.5 .24 7.5.1 End-system IUTs in the Single-Party Testing context .. . .24 7.5.2 The Local and Distributed test methods 7.5.3 The Coordinated and Remote test methods. . .24 7.5.4Variants of abstract test methods .24 7.5.5IUTsintheMulti-PartyTestingcontext. Applicability of test methods to real open systems. .24 7.6 7.7Applicability of the test methods to OSI protocols and layers . .26 8 Test suites .... Structure .26 8.2 Abstract and executable test cases 8.3 Base specification conformance testing specifications . . . . . . .. Profile Test Specifications (PTS) . .28 8.4 Relationships between parts, concepts and roles 9 .29 10 Compliance ..... Annex .31 A Options.. B Index of parts 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7 .32 ili