Limited to definition for what testing is required and does not provide technical guidelines on the methodology to be used during the testing and validation of applicable components. Focuses on platform conformance testing of Part 1 and Part 2, and focuses on what needs to be tested to enforce full functionality and interoperability. In particular, instances of brute force, exhaustive, or open-ended negative testing are not specified in the requirements here-in. There are no test requirements for negative testing to determine abnormal behavior with the exception of interrogating access control rules and elicitation of error codes where possible and appropriate. It is expected that test methods, procedures and environments will be developed by commercial and/or government entities to be available for developers producing GICS compliant products.
