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The Resource Description Framework (RDF) is a general-purpose language for representing information on the web. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has endorsed the RDF/XML specification to promote its widespread deployment for enhanced functionality and interoperability. The RDF Primer provides a good introduction to the language's concepts and applications.

In addition to HTML results, the Testcover.com test case generator provides RDF/XML results for use by other applications. The Calendar Example leads to these RDF/XML results. The results can be validated on the web using the W3C RDF Validation Service and the Scholarly Technology Group XML Validation Form. The W3C RDF Validation Service also provides a 3-tuple (triple) representation of the corresponding data model. Note: Select the "Relax namespace checks" box when using the Scholarly Technology Group XML Validation Form.

A simple illustration using the RDF/XML results follows. Suppose there is an RDF test case repository supporting a software development organization. The RDF/XML results for the Calendar Example test plan could be entered into the repository. Subsequent queries would provide test status information. A sample repository was set up using Sesame, an open source RDF database with support for RDF Schema inferencing and querying. The Calendar Results were pasted into a repository form, and the following SeRQL (Sesame RDF Query Language, pronounced "circle") query was made.

SELECT DISTINCT TestCaseID, Factor1, Factor2, Factor3, ComboCountdown, Status FROM {s} <tc:testCaseID> {TestCaseID}; <tc:factorValueSequence> {} <rdf:_1> {} <tc:factorValue> {Factor1}, {s} <tc:factorValueSequence> {} <rdf:_2> {} <tc:factorValue> {Factor2}, {s} <tc:factorValueSequence> {} <rdf:_3> {} <tc:factorValue> {Factor3}, {s} <tc:countdownValue> {ComboCountdown}; <tc:testCaseStatus> {} p {} <tc:testCaseStatusValue> {Status} USING NAMESPACE rdf = <!http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#>, tc = <!http://www.testcover.com/terms/1#>

The SeRQL query results give the status information for all the test cases before they are run.

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