[dais-wg] DAIS Interoperability Testing

[Norman Paton]

The GGF Recommendation Track includes a requirement for a document to be 
written that demonstrates the interoperability of implementations of 
specifications. As no such document has yet been produced, there is some 
uncertainty as to the process that should be applied to a specification 
to enable a suitable document to be written. As a result, it has been 
suggested by the Data Area Directors that the DAIS-WG should produce an 
Informational document that describes its plans, which can then be 
reviewed by the GFSG. If these plans are accepted and then followed, it 
is assumed that a (positive) report on their implementation will satisfy 
the relevant requirement.

With this in mind, the following draft has been produced, which it is 
hoped to submit to the GGF document process during March (depending on 
the feedback received):

https://forge.gridforum.org/projects/dais-wg/document/Interoperability_Plan_for_DAIS_Working_Group_Specifications/en/1

We invite comment on this document, in particular from list members that 
have experience of interoperability testing.  Please either post 
comments to the list or add them to GridForge by close of play on 6th 
March.  Depending on the feedback received, we will either submit the 
document shortly after 6th March, or continue the discussion on the list 
and/or in conference calls.

Regards, Norman