XDS_Toolkit_Tests_Per_Actor

The NIST XDS Toolkit is used by developers before and during IHE North American and European Connectathons.

The XDS Tools will be used during Connectathon week, so participants should prepare by using the tools in their home lab prior to Connectathon.

Location of tool and associated documentation: 

Refer to the home page for the NIST Document Conformant Test Tools here: https://ihexds.nist.gov/

Source code and release notes for XDS Toolkit are found here: https://github.com/usnistgov/iheos-toolkit2/releases

IHE profiles/actors tested:

The NIST XDS Toolkit contains tests for these actors:

      • XDS.b - Cross-Enterprise Document Sharing:
        • Document Registry
        • Document Registry for Metadata Update (ITI-57)
        • Document Repository
        • Integrated Source/Repository??
      • XDR - Cross-Enterprise Document Reliable Interchange:
        • Document Recipient
      • XCA - Cross Community Access:
        • Initiating Gateway
        • Responding Gateway
      • MPQ - Multi-patient Query
        • Document Registry
      • RMD - Remove Metadata and Documents:
        • Document Registry
        • Document Repository
      • RMU - Restricted Metadata Update:
        • Update Responder (XDS Persistence Option & XCA Persistence Option)

Test instructions for each actor:

The list of tests for each actor now reside within the toolkit package.  Likewise, the test definitions are distributed in the package.

--> You should perform the tests for the actor(s) you have implemented   You will be instructed to create a 'test session' within the tool to represent the actor you are testing.  When you do this, all of your results are collected within one directory.

Evaluation:

In Gazelle Test Management, your preparatory test list will contain one test per actor you are testing with the XDS Toolkit.  The naming convention is XDS_Toolkit_<profile>-<actor>, e.g., XDS_Toolkit_XDS.b-Doc_Repository.

When you have successfully finished testing your actor, create a zip file of the result files located in toolkit in the {ExternalCache}/TestLogCache directory.  

Upload that zip file into Gazelle Test Management as the result for this actor.

Stay informed: 

Join the XDS implementer google group to receive information on updates to the tools and to follow Q&A within the developer community.  Users of XDS Toolkit should subscribe.