Design of a flexible, integrated testing system for STEP and OMG standards

摘要

New software standards supporting integration of manufacturing and engineering systems are emerging at a rapid pace. Two groups, the Object Management Group (OMG) and the community producing the Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data (STEP, formally known as ISO 10303), dominate in the production of standards for manufacturing and Engineering industries. Their standards are based on common methods, which can be exploited in developing tests for Systems supporting the standards. This paper describes the methods employed and a system that builds on those methods to Support the automatic and rapid development of conformance tests for the emerging standards.