Re: EPP Implementation Test Matrix

Hollenbeck, Scott wrote:
> Here's the first draft of a complete EPP test matrix.  I've tried to
> document the results of testing between two client implementations and
> three server implementations, with all of the software being developed
> independently.  I'm sharing it here so that all can see what was done,
> how I'd like to report the results, and to catch any errors or
> omissions.  Each row should have at least one "X" in it to confirm that
> the feature was tested and confirmed in at least two implementations.  I
> believe we've met that requirement.
> 
> Please clue me in if I've missed anything.
> 

Hi Scott,

I am not sure whether I understand why you send this to this list. We can't 
verify that anyway. For example:


>   <response>                        |  X  |  X  |  X  |  X  |  X  |  X
> |
>     OPTIONAL <value>                |  X  |  X  |  X  |  X  |  X  |  X

How can I verify that? I don't know what DotRegistrar and Key Systems get from 
Afilias and Neulevel, but I know what we get, and because of this, I wouldn't 
put an 'X' here. Your draft (draft-hollenbeck-epp-rfc3730bis-01, the latest I 
could find) says:

          Zero or more OPTIONAL <value> elements that identify a client-
          provided element (including XML tag and value) that caused a
          server error condition.

Well, Afilias and Neulevel put a lot of stuff into the value element, like 
additional error codes, comments and so on, but nothing that identifies a 
client-provided element. If, for example, a domain:info command fails because 
the domain does not exist, I would expect the <value> element to contain 
"<domain:name>example.com</domain:name>" as the content, but this does not 
happen at the two registries.

This is not a special attack against Afilias and Neulevel in favour of Verisign. 
As I am not involved in our transition to EPP at Verisign, I simply don't know 
whether Verisign is any better and eats its own dog food.

Howsoever, I would be surprised if you would do anything but to ignore my 
objections -- as usual.

Regards,

Klaus


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