ISO/TC 184/SC 5/WG 6 - Application service interface

This document defines the formatting, syntax and semantic rules for describing ? an object oriented interface for using services provided by a coordinator and ? the configuration of virtual devices and the environment for their use.

ISO 20242-3:2011 defines a service interface for the communication with virtual devices comprising capabilities of software modules and physical devices, accessed via resource management services as defined in ISO 20242-2.

ISO 20242-4:2011 defines the formatting, syntax and semantic rules for describing device and coordinator capabilities with XML schema, and the configuration of devices with XML.

ISO 20242-2:2010 defines a service interface that provides a generic service access point for managing and operating the resources supported by the operating system of a computer and its peripherals, including special hardware on plug-in boards that are used in computer-assisted testing applications. The resource management service interface is intended to be implemented in a manner that offers the exposed services of a computing platform adapter to be generic and independent of the operating system and its communication interfaces.

ISO 20242-1:2005 provides an overview of the particularities of International Standard ISO 20242 and its use in the computer-aided testing environment, the main aim of ISO 20242 being to provide users with: independence from the computer operating system; independence from the device connection technology (device interface/network); independence from device suppliers; the ability to certify device drivers with connected devices and their behaviour in the context of a given computer platform; independence from the technological device development in the future.