XML Torture Test: Parsers Fail

[David Brownell]

Didier PH Martin wrote:
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> First thank you for the useful info.
> 
> Second: Do you have any link for:
>  Sun's test case.

For the moment:		http://java.sun.com/people/db/suntest.zip


> Add to the list Rick Jelliffe test suite for chinese encoding. I have lost
> the link, but I am sure Rick will be happy to provide the link.

Good reminder; thanks!

- Dave



> Regards
> Didier PH Martin
> mailto:martind at netfolder.com
> http://www.netfolder.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xml-dev at ic.ac.uk [mailto:owner-xml-dev at ic.ac.uk]On Behalf Of
> David Brownell
> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 1999 2:10 PM
> To: Elliotte Rusty Harold
> Cc: xml-dev at ic.ac.uk
> Subject: Re: XML Torture Test: Parsers Fail
> 
> Elliotte Rusty Harold wrote:
> >
> > I think what this whole mess is showing, given the widely varying problems
> > with so many parsers, is that validation is not nearly as simple as it
> > seems, especially when the validators are asked to handle large files.
> 
> Actually, the IE5 bug doesn't relate to validation ... :-)
> 
> I think this really reflects a general need for better conformance
> testing.  I know that Sun has invested a considerable amount of
> effort in complying with the XML 1.0 specification.  When we run
> other parsers through our test suite the results don't always look
> very good at all.
> 
> That is one of the problems that led us to write our own XML processor:
> the others did not conform well enough to the specification, which
> quickly leads to interoperabilty problems, undermining XML as an open
> platform level standard.
> 
> At this time I know of four sets of test cases for evaluating
> conformance with the XML 1.0 specification.  The OASIS working
> group on XML conformance is integrating these:
> 
>         - Of course, James Clark's XMLTEST suite ... good basic
>           coverage for well-formedness, and some output tests;
> 
>         - Fuji Xerox test cases ... for vendors who want to handle
>           the Japanese market, some characters and encodings are key;
> 
>         - Sun's test cases ... primarily to test validation, but
>           there are a bunch of other cases that are covered;
> 
>         - OASIS tests ... good coverage of a number of grammar
>           rules, not yet generally available.
> 
> Does anyone know of any other generally available sets of test
> cases?  Or have any tests cases they'd like to make generally
> available?  If so, please contact me!
> 
> - Dave
> 
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