Re: [cowiki-dev] Parser test document

On 03 Apr 13:46, PAUL HANCHETT wrote:

> Daniel T. Gorski wrote:

> >I would prefer to have this test document in CVS with a name like
> >TEST.IDIOM or TEST.COWIKI.IDIOM (for future use, I already mentioned this
> >somewhere). The developers would have to use this document to check the
> >parser and if the parser behaviour should have change, it should by
> >discussed anyway first on the dev- list. This would lead to appropiate
> >changes to the test document first.
> >
> >If its finished, the right place for it is CVS, not coWiki pages.

> How about putting it into a new directory <coWiki_Root>/misc/test/parser 
> as ReferenceMarkup.txt?
> 
> This document may actually end up being a series documents:
> 
>    * One document with only valid markup.
>      (Does it need to demonstrate all valid combinations?)

I don't know if its possible to demonstrate all valid combinations and
permutation, but its a "test" document, isn't it? An test should cover
things that have to be tested :) This would be the best soultion.

>      For validation, probably it should also
>      have a parallel document representing the XML version in the data
>      store.  This would make an automated check of the parser
>      possible.  Potentially, this is a series of individual markup
>      checks, but still needs to check valid aggregations of markups.
>    * Disallowed combinations of markup and the resulting (expected) XML
>      store
> 
>    * Similarly, there should be examples of the XML store and the HTML
>      it should be translated to.

> If these things were done, checks of the parser and display formatting 
> would could be automated...

Sounds good for me :)

regards dtg