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ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119-5:2016
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ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119-5:2016
Software and systems engineering — Software testing — Part 5: Keyword-Driven Testing
Edition 1
2016-11
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Published (Edition 1, 2016)
This publication was last reviewed and confirmed in 2022. Therefore this version remains current.

Abstract

ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119-5:2016 defines an efficient and consistent solution for Keyword-Driven Testing by:

  • giving an introduction to Keyword-Driven Testing;
  • providing a reference approach to implement Keyword-Driven Testing;
  • defining requirements on frameworks for Keyword-Driven Testing to enable testers to share their work items, such as test cases, test data, keywords, or complete test specifications;
  • defining requirements for tools that support Keyword-Driven Testing. These requirements could apply to any tool that supports the Keyword-Driven approach (e.g., test automation, test design and test management tools);
  • defining interfaces and a common data exchange format to ensure that tools from different vendors can exchange their data (e.g. test cases, test data and test results);
  • defining levels of hierarchical keywords, and advising use of hierarchical keywords. This includes describing specific types of keywords (e.g. keywords for navigation or for checking a value) and when to use "flat" structured keywords;
  • providing an initial list of example generic technical (low-level) keywords, such as "inputData" or "checkValue". These keywords can be used to specify test cases on a technical level, and may be combined to create business-level keywords as required.

NOTE This standard is applicable to all those who want to create keyword-driven test specifications, create corresponding frameworks, or build test automation based on keywords.

General information

  • Status
     : Published
    Publication date
     : 2016-11
    Stage
    : International Standard to be revised [90.92]
  • Edition
     : 1
    Number of pages
     : 54
  • Technical Committee :
    ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7
    ICS :
    35.080 
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