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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Just a note to let you
know where we are up to with the Tests and Assertions under Task
Group 2.<br>
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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Since the TDWG Meeting
in October, Lee Belbin and I have spend many, many hours working
on the tests. The Tests have now been split into CORE tests
(mainly use/user independent tests resolving around location,
date and name plus some other admin tests) and SUPPLEMENTAL
(use/user dependent tests that will tie into the Data Quality
Profiles developed under the Framework for Data Quality (TG1)).</font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">All tests have been
renamed with consistent names following the general formula of
TYPEOFTESTS_TARGET_ACTION e.g.
VALIDATION_DECIMALLONGITUDE_OUTOFRANGE.<br>
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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">There are now 90 tests
listed as CORE and 128 as SUPPLEMENTAL.</font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">All the CORE tests will
shortly be loaded into the TDWG BDQ GitHub with each test as an
Issue along with comments and discussions already held. We ask
you to keep an eye on the GitHub and comment on any tests that
you feel need commenting on. We would like discussion to be
completed by 15 January 2018.<br>
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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">A small group will meet
in mid-January to begin working on developing code for each test
and sorting out any remaining issues.<br>
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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">We thank you for your
contributions to this important project</font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Arthur</font><br>
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