An Application of Combinatorial Methods to Conformance Testing for Document Object Model Events

Published

November 1, 2010

Author(s)

Carmelo Montanez-Rivera, D. Richard Kuhn, Mary C. Brady, Richard M. Rivello, Jenise Reyes Rodriguez, Michael K. Powers

Abstract

This report describes the use of combinatorial test methods to reduce the cost of testing for the Document Object Model Events standard while maintaining an equivalent level of assurance. More than 36,000 tests - all possible combinations of equivalence class values - were reduced by approximately a factor of 20 with no reduction in error detection effectiveness.

Citation

NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 7773

Report Number

7773

NIST Pub Series

NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.7773

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Keywords

combinatorial testing, conformance testing, Document Object Model, DOM, interoperability testing

Citation

Montanez-Rivera, C. , Kuhn, D. , Brady, M. , Rivello, R. , Reyes Rodriguez, J. and Powers, M. (2010), An Application of Combinatorial Methods to Conformance Testing for Document Object Model Events, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.7773, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=907846 (Accessed October 30, 2025)