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Current Trends in Testing XMLMSs

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Since XML technologies have become a standard for data representation, a huge amount of XMLMSs have emerged as well. Consequently, it is necessary to be able to experimentally test and compare their versatility, behaviour and efficiency. In this chapter we provide an overview of existing approaches to testing XMLMSs and we discuss respective consequences and recommendations.

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    A software that tests a set of programs by running them under varying conditions and monitor their behavior and outputs.

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    XML Schema definitions

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This work was supported by the National Programme of Research (Information Society Project 1ET100300419).

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    Irena Mlynkova

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    George Angelos Papadopoulos

  2. College of Business & Economics, Dept. Information Technology &, Boise State University, Univesity Dr. 1910, Boise, 83725-1615, Idaho, USA

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  3. College of Business & Economics, Dept. Information Technology &, Boise State University, Univesity Dr. 1910, Boise, 83725-1615, Idaho, USA

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Mlynkova, I. (2009). Current Trends in Testing XMLMSs. In: Papadopoulos, G., Wojtkowski, W., Wojtkowski, G., Wrycza, S., Zupancic, J. (eds) Information Systems Development. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/b137171_56

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