What is XML Conformance Testing?

Requirements:

• what is important to users and buyers of XML technologies?
• what is important to vendors of XML technologies?

Methodology:

• will testing use a RAST-like result?
• will testing use a DOM-like result?
• will testing use a grove-like result?
• will there be a reference test suite?
• will there be a reference testing application?
• will it be necessary to find an organization to take responsibility for testing?
• is it sufficient to pass James Clark's files (ftp://ftp.jclark.com/pub/xml/xmltest.zip) through a processor noting which files report errors as required while producing his "Canonical XML" (http://www.jclark.com/xml/canonxml.html)?
• is it necessary to analyze the results of parsing to establish XML conformance, or should that be left to an API conformance requirement?

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