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ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119-5:2024

Software and systems engineering — Software testing — Part 5: Keyword-driven testing

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Valid from 19.12.2024
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19.12.2024
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17.11.2016
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This document defines an efficient and consistent solution for keyword-driven testing by:
—     giving an introduction to keyword-driven testing;
—     providing a reference approach to implement keyword-driven testing;
—     defining requirements on frameworks for keyword-driven testing to enable testers to share their work items, such as test cases, test data, keywords, or complete test specifications;
—     defining requirements for tools that support keyword-driven testing; these requirements are applicable to any tool that supports the keyword-driven approach (e.g. test automation, test design and test management tools);
—     defining interfaces and a common data exchange format to ensure that tools from different vendors can exchange their data (e.g. test cases, test data and test results);
—     defining levels of hierarchical keywords, and advising use of hierarchical keywords; this includes describing specific types of keywords (e.g. keywords for navigation or for checking a value) and when to use "flat" structured keywords;
—     providing an initial list of example generic technical (low-level) keywords, such as "inputData" or "checkValue"; these keywords can be used to specify test cases on a technical level and can be combined to create business-level keywords as required.
This document is applicable to all those who want to create keyword-driven test specifications, create corresponding frameworks, or build test automation based on keywords.

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