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Report on the EEC Workshop on Graphics Certification Defining a Device Interface for Certification Miltenberg/Darmstadt, FRG25–28 April 1982
Author(s) -
Brodlie K.W.,
Pfaff G.E.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
computer graphics forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.578
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1467-8659
pISSN - 0167-7055
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8659.1982.tb00029.x
Subject(s) - certification , computer science , graphics , interface (matter) , graphical user interface testing , graphical user interface , software engineering , simple (philosophy) , user interface , engineering drawing , programming language , computer graphics (images) , human–computer interaction , operating system , user interface design , engineering , philosophy , bubble , epistemology , maximum bubble pressure method , political science , law
Summary The outcome of the Miltenberg meeting shows that a practical method of certification by testing (falsification) can be developed, given a reasonable amount of time and effort. It is based on semiautomatic comparison at the “device” interface of a candidate implementation against a so‐called reference implementation. A prerequisite for this method is the availability of a number of isolated simple basic facilities of the candidate implementation which have been verified by pictorial testing and by testing through operator actions. To permit semi‐automatic comparison, a format for describing graphical output and input items and their associated properties must be defined. The workshop produced an outline design for such a format, which can be applied at any interface within GKS at which testing might be desirable.