====== Test Input ======

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===== Discussion =====

A Test Input supplies data, a value, a signal, a command, an event, or another stimulus to a [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:c:candidate_solution|Candidate Solution]] during a [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:t:test_execution|Test Execution]].

The applicable [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:t:test_definition|Test Definition]] identifies each Test Input and establishes its value, form, source, sequence, timing, or delivery condition.

A Test Input differs from a configuration. A configuration establishes the arrangement or settings under which the Candidate Solution operates. A Test Input supplies content or a stimulus to the Candidate Solution as part of the test.

DIDO-TE records the Test Inputs used during each Test Execution to preserve [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:t:traceability|Traceability]] between the Test Definition, Test Execution, [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:o:observation|Observations]], and [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:t:test_outcome|Test Outcome]].

===== Definition =====

//data, value, signal, command, event, or other stimulus supplied to a test item during test execution//

===== Source =====

Adapted from the testing concepts defined by:

  * [[https://www.iso.org/standard/79428.html|ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119-2:2021, Software and systems engineering — Software testing — Part 2: Test processes]]
  * [[https://glossary.istqb.org/en/term/test-input|ISTQB Glossary, “test input”]]

===== Note =====

A Test Input identifies what the test applies to the Candidate Solution. It does not represent the Candidate Solution’s response.

A Test Input record includes the information needed to reproduce or interpret the input, such as:

  * Input identifier
  * Value or content
  * Format
  * Source
  * Sequence
  * Time of application
  * Delivery mechanism
  * Applicable Test Execution

===== Example =====

A DIDO-TE Test Definition instructs the Candidate Solution to process a digitally signed Transfer Bundle. The Transfer Bundle and the command that initiates its processing constitute Test Inputs. The resulting log entries, state changes, and returned status constitute Observations.

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