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We introduce the XPT approach for the automated systematic generation of XML instances which conform to a given XML Schema, and its implementation into the proof-of-concept tool TAXI. XPT can be used to automatize the black-box testing of any general application that expects in input the XML instances. We generate a comprehensive set of instances by sampling all the possible combinations of elements within the schema, applying and adapting the well known Category-Partition strategy for functional testing. Originally, XPT has been conceived for application to the e-Learning domain, within which we briefly discuss some examples.
This work has been supported by the European Project TELCERT (FP6 STREP 507128).
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Bertolino, A., Gao, J., Marchetti, E., Polini, A. (2007). Systematic Generation of XML Instances to Test Complex Software Applications. In: Guelfi, N., Buchs, D. (eds) Rapid Integration of Software Engineering Techniques. RISE 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4401. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71876-5_8
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