1. 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 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
(CEF, CEN, eSENS, BRIS, IRI, LRI, e-Evidence, ESPD, TED, EIRA, …)
Support 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. Demos

7. Scenario 2 - Public service metadata
Scenario 1 - UBL invoice
UBL 2.11 defines XML syntaxes for business documents
Test: user uploads an UBL invoice for validation
Scenario 2 - Public service metadata
Aggregation of Member State public service data in CPSV-AP2
Test: EU portal harvests and aggregates data from EE and FI
1 Universal Business Language:
2 CPSV-AP

8. Find out more Try it yourself ISA2 test bed on Joinup
Online documentation materials
User guide, developer guides (tests, services), tutorials
Try it yourself
Log onto as password “test”

9. ?
Questions?

10. ISA² programme Stay in touch ec.europa.eu/isa2
You click, we link.
Stay in touch
ec.europa.eu/isa2
@EU_isa2
Run by the Interoperability Unit at DIGIT (European Commission) with 131€M budget, the ISA2 programme provides public administrations, businesses and citizens with specifications and standards, software and services to reduce administrative burdens.