1. EUROPEAN COMMISSION Directorate-General for Informatics (DIGIT)
Introducing the ISA2 test bed
Interoperability Test Bed ISA2 Action Project Officer: Susanne Wigard
EUROPEAN COMMISSION Directorate-General for Informatics (DIGIT)

2. What is an interoperability test bed?
Software and hardware comprising a complete platform
Purpose is to make testing easier (for systems and testers)
An interoperability test bed puts the focus on
Interoperability testing (system A can talk to system B)
Conformance testing (content conforms to specifications)
ISA2 Action aims to establish a standards-driven test bed service and help the interoperability testing community

3. What can it be used for?
Test conformance to standards and specifications
Simulate a web service for clients to test against
Validate content sent through various means
Test a complete message exchange protocol
Functional or regression testing
Performance testing
Penetration testing
Cases with sensitive or private test data
Do not use it for

4. Why ISA2’s test bed service?
Benefits
Offered services
Standards-based1
Customisable to fit user needs
Use as a service or setup locally
Growing list of users
eInvoicing (CEF, CEN)
eTendering (e-SENS, DG GROW)
Base registries (BRIS)
Support requirement definition
Help test case authoring
Develop test components
Hosting (services, test instances)
Test bed operation
Help desk services
User and developer support
1 Based on the software and specifications of the CEN Workshop Agreement: Global eBusiness Interoperability Test Bed (GITB)

5. How does it work?
Test bed manages test cases and users, and orchestrates domain-specific components
Domain-specific logic is in separate components that are used via web services

6. Demo

7. Test scenario - UBL invoice
UBL 2.11 defines XML syntaxes for business documents
Test: user uploads an UBL invoice for validation
Administrative features
Review ongoing and completed test sessions
Manage users and customise their experience
1 Universal Business Language:

8. Find out more Try it yourself ISA2 test bed on Joinup GITB project
GITB project
Test Registry and Repository on Joinup
Try it yourself
Log onto as password “test”