"This European Telecommunication Standard (ETS) specifies a methodology for developing telecommunications conformance testing specifications with the final objective to standardize them. This ETS defines the components to be produced when specifying a European conformance Testing Standard (TS) in the domain of telecommunications. The methodology specified in this ETS is@ in principle@ applicable to domains other than telecommunications@ e.g. Open Systems Interconnection (OSI). However@ the limits of such an application of the methodology outside telecommunications testing are not defined@ and each group defining test specifications are responsible for deciding if any part of this methodology is applicable. This methodology applies to conformance TSs for protocols@ for profiles@ for information objects@ for interfaces@ and for services. NOTE 1: The methodology of this ETS is generic@ in the sense that it applies to protocols@ to profiles@ to information objects@ etc. Following the example of ISO/IEC 9646 (references [5] to [12])@ the terminology employed is also generic@ e.g. Implementation Conformance Statement (ICS)@ Implementation eXtra Information for Testing (IXIT). However@ in order to avoid confusing the readers who are familiar with the protocolrelated terminology@ the non-generic terms (Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS)@ Protocol Implementation eXtra Information for Testing (PIXIT)@ etc.) have been kept in the titles of clauses and subclauses. The test of physical aspects@ such as ""layer 1""@ analogue measurements@ Electro-Magnetic Compatibility (EMC)@ is not covered by this ETS. However@ part of the methodology may be still be applied@ e.g. the concepts of ICS@ IXIT@ Test Purposes (TPs)@ and Test Suite Structure (TSS). This ETS provides the rules for standardization bodies developing telecommunications conformance TSs. NOTE 2: One objective of this ETS is the use@ when relevant@ within standardization bodies. For this purpose@ within ETSI@ it has the same value as an internal Technical Committee Reference Technical Report (TCR-TR). This ETS is applicable to organizations such as Conformance Testing Services (CTS) programmes@ prestandardization institutions@ private institutions@ which develop conformance testing specifications with the objective of contributing them for the purposes of European telecommunications standardization. This ETS contains two types of information@ following a twofold objective: - it clarifies the principles of the ISO/IEC 9646 (references [5] to [12]) testing framework and methodology@ as well as the concept of profile; - it defines additional criteria for European telecommunications TSs@ whereby it constitutes a ""European telecommunications profile"" of the ISO/IEC 9646 (references [5] to [12]) methodology@ containing its own recommendations. This ETS is consistent with the normative references listed in clause 2. This ETS extends the current principles contained in ISO/IEC 9646 (references [5] to [12])@ in particular in the field of the combination of TPs@ and concerning the choice of a single Abstract Test Suite (ATS). For conformance testing in the ""voluntary domain"" (i.e. outside the regulatory domain)@ for instance by the suppliers to support their commercial claims for conformance@ TSs are normally published as I-ETS@ or ETS@ depending on their role and their maturity. This ETS addresses telecommunications TS methodology for the voluntary domain."
PRETS 300 406-1994 history
1995PRETS 300 406-1995 Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); Protocol and Profile Conformance Testing Specifications; Standardization Methodology
1994PRETS 300 406-1994 Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); Protocol and Profile Conformance Testing Specifications Standardization Methodology