AS/NZS 4103.

1:1993
ISO/IEC 9646-1:1991

Australian/New Zealand Standard

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Information technology—
Open Systems Interconnection—
Conformance testing methodology
and framework

Part 1: General concepts

 AS/NZS 4103.1:1993

This Joint Australian/New Zealand Standard was prepared by Joint Technical

Committee IT/1, Information Systems — Interconnection. It was approved on behalf
of the Council of Standards Australia on 13 November 1992 and on behalf of the
Council of Standards New Zealand on 22 September 1992. It was published on
15 March 1993.

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AOTC
Australian Association of Permanent Building Societies
Australian Bankers’ Association
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian Committee of Directors and Principals
Australian Computer Society
Australian Computer Users Association
Australian Information Industry Association
Australian Telecommunications Users Group
Australian Vice Chancellors Committee
Confederation of Australian Industry
Department of Defence
Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce
Information Exchange Steering Committee
Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, CSIRO
Life Insurance Federation of Australia
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 AS/NZS 4103.1:1993

Australian/New Zealand Standard

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Information technology—
Open Systems Interconnection—
Conformance testing methodology
and framework

Part 1: General concepts

First publi shed as Joint Australi an/New Zealand Standard

AS/NZS 4103.1:1993.

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PREFACE
This Standard was prepared by the Joint Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand Committee on
Information Systems — Interconnection. It is identical with and has been reproduced from,
ISO/IEC 9646-1:1991, Information technology — Open Systems Interconnection — Conformance testing
methodology and framework — Part 1: General concepts.
The Standard is one of a series of Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Standards which are currently
under development. Since OSI Standards are developmental, there may be some minor difficulties
encountered in their implementation. For this reason, Standards Australia will be providing, through the
OSI Help Desk, a service to coordinate and disseminate information concerning difficulties which are
identified in using this Standard.
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Standards bodies, ISO and IEC, as well as certain other Standards organizations, users of this Joint
Standard are advised of the following:
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Standards New Zealand
(b) The number of this Standard is not reproduced on each page; its identity is shown only on the cover
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and title pages.

For the purpose of this Joint Standard, the ISO/IEC text should be modified as follows:
(i) Terminology The words ‘Australian Standard’, ‘New Zealand Standard’ or ‘Joint Australian/
New Zealand Standard’ should replace the words ‘International Standard’ wherever they appear.
(ii) References The references to International Standards should be replaced by references to the following
Australian/New Zealand Standards:
Reference to International Australian/New Zealand Standard
Standard or other Publication
ISO
7498 Information processing systems — AS Information processing systems —
Open Systems Interconnection — 2777 Open systems Interconnection — Basic
Basic Reference Model reference model
8825 Information technology — Open AS Information technology — Open
Systems Interconnection — 3626 Systems Interconnection —
Specification of Basic Encoding Rules Specification of basic encoding rules
for Abstract Syntax Notation One for Abstract Syntax Notation One
(ASN.1) (ASN.1)
ISO/IEC
9646 Information technology — Open AS Information technology — Open
Systems Interconnection — 9646 Systems Interconnection —
Conformance testing methodology and Conformance testing methodology and
framework— framework
9646-2 Part 2: Abstract Test Suite 9646.2 Part 2: Abstract test suite
Specification specification
9646-4 Part 4: Test Realization 9646.4 Part 4: Test realization
9646-5 Part 5: Requirements on test 9646.5 Part 5: Requirements on test
laboratories and clients for laboratories and clients for
the Conformance the conformance assessment
Assessment Process process
ISO/TR
8509 Information processing systems — AS Information processing systems —
Open Systems Interconnection — 3620 Open Systems Interconnection —
Service Conventions Service conventions
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CONTENTS

Page

1 Scope ........... ... .. .... ........ .... .. ... ............ .. . 5

2 Normative references ........... ... .. .... ........ .... .. ... .... 5

3 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............ 6
3.1 Reference model definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........ .... 6
3.2 Terms defined in other International Standards, CCITT
Recommendations and Technical Reports . . . . . . . . . . . ... .. .. . . .. 6
3.3 Conformance testing definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. .. . . .. 6
3.4 Basic terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . .. . . .. 6
3.5 Types of testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . .. . . .. 7
3.6 Terminology of test suites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... .. .. . . .. 7
3.7 Terminology of results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . .. . . . . .. 8
3.8 Terminology of test methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... .. .. . . .. 9
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4 Abbreviations ........... ... .. .... ........ .... .. ... ......... 10

5 The meaning of conformance in OSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ... . .. . . . 10

5.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ... . .. . . . 10
5.2 Conformance requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . 10
5.3 Static conformance requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... .. . .. . . . 10
5.4 Dynamic conformance requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ... . .. . . . 11
5.5 Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS ) .... . .. . . . 11
5.6 A Conforming system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... .. . . . . . . 11
5.7 Interworking and conformance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . .. . . . 11

6 Conformance and testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. . 11

6.1 Objectives of conformance testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .... . 11
6.1.1 Introduction ........... ... .. .... ........ .. .. .. . 11
6.1.2 Basic Interconnection Tests (BITs) . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. . 12
6.1.3 Capability tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .... . 12
6.1.4 Behaviour tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .... . 12
6.1.5 Conformance resolution tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. . 12
6.2 Protocol Implementation Extra Information for Testing (PIXIT) .. .... . 13
6.3 Conformance assessment process overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . 13
6.4 Use of BlTs and capability tests in the test campaign. . . . . . . .. ... . . 13
6.5 Analysis of results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ... . . 15
6.5.1 Test outcomes and test verdicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .... . 15
6.5.2 Conformance test reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .... . 15
6.5.3 Repeatability of results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .... .. 15
6.5.4 Comparability of results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .... . 15
6.5.5 Auditability of results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .... . 15

7 Test methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 15
7.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 15
7.2 Classification of real open systems and IUTs for conformance testing . 17
7.2.1 Classification of SUTs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 17
7.2.2 Identification of the IUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 17
7.3 Abstract testing methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 17
7.3.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
7.3.2 Points of Control and Observation (PC Os) . . . . . . . . . . . .. 17
7.4 Abstract testing functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
7.5 Overview of Abstract Test Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 19
7.5.1 End-system IUTs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 19
7.5.2 The Local and Distributed test methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
7.5.3 The Coordinated and Remote test methods . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
7.5.4 Variants of end-system test methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
7.5.5 Relay-system IUTs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 19
7.6 Applicability of test methods to real open systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
7.7 Applicability of the test methods to OS I protocols and layers . . . . . . .. 21

8 Test suites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
8.1 Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
8.2 Abstract and executable test cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

9 Relationships between parts, concepts and roles ........... ... .. .... 21

10 Compliance ........... ... .. .... ........ .... .. ... .......... 23

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Annexes

A (informative) Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 25
B (informative) Applicability of the test methods to OS I protocols . . .. . . .. . . 26
B.1 The Physical layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . 26
B.2 Data Link and Media Access Control protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 26
B.3 Network protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 26
B.4 Transport protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 26
B.5 Session protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 26
B.6 Presentation and Application protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . 26
B.6.1 General comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . 26
B.6.2 Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
B.6.3 Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . 27
B.6.4 Transfer syntaxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 27
B.7 Connectionless protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . 27
C (informative) Index to ISO /IEC 9646 Parts 1, 2, 4 and 5 . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . 28
C.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . 28
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C.2 The Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . 28

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