Should we use XDTesting for the automation process of the project ?

[DrLeturc]

XDTesting proposes automation tool for eXtreme Design ontology modelling methodology, to keep track on the progress of an automated test management using Github Actions.

To have a look on this project, you can access to their GitHub repository here.

They propose an interesting way to use github to deploy ontologies.

Would you agree we apply this framework ?

[DrLeturc]

Interesting tutorial : https://www.dropbox.com/s/wnm5zwa443o4m68/XDTesting%20tutorial.mov?dl=0

[maximelefrancois86]

Thanks for the pointer. It seems to be quite new, and hasn't been published yet, is that right ?

In a nutshell, the tests look similar to what we have in our script folder, triggered by the .github/workflow actions, but more advanced.

They define three workflows:

construct-test.yml

• checks the exitsence of some files,
• installs rdflib,
• run sparql queries (function SPARQL_Validator),
• run JSON Validator ,
• construct CQ test cases (Competency Questions) ,
• construct IV test cases (Inference verification),
• construct ER test cases --> should be EP (Error Provocation).

create-directory.yml

• is just to create the directory structure, it's specific to the example of their musical-performance ontology network

run-test.yml

• setup OWLUnit from Luigi Asprino
• run Competency Question tests

I'd be ok to test it, but it seems we will need to configure many things.

Also, many of the basic tests we identified in #84 are not covered

[FabienGandon]

I have the feeling that this issue may have been obsoleted by the latest works on our own script. @NicoRobertIn could you confirm that? or is XDTesting bringing additional things we are missing?

[NicoRobertIn]

My script was made for model tests, while this tool seems to be more for data test and query test So this tool would be more complementary to what is already in the branch test-workflow

[DrLeturc]

Thanks, are you agree that I can close this issue now ?