Patent ID: 8454369
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: G06F,G09B

Abstract:
1. In a computer-based testing system executing at least one test controlled by a test driver, a method for computer-based testing for the at least one test, the at least one test having a presentation format and data content, the method comprising: authoring at least one of a plurality of segments of a test definition language in extensible markup language format and storing the at least one of the plurality of segments to a source file; instantiating a validation expansion module during a test production cycle; loading the at least one of the plurality of segments of the test definition language into a memory from the source file; validating the at least one of the plurality of segments; unloading the at least one of the plurality of segments from the memory into at least one of a plurality of storage elements; providing to the validation expansion module the at least one of the plurality of storage elements; loading the at least one of the plurality of segments of the test definition language from the at least one of the plurality of storage elements into the validation expansion module during a test delivery cycle; implementing directly by the validation expansion module the information defined by the at least one of the plurality of segments; and accessing by the test driver the at least one of the plurality of segments of the test definition language to enable the functionality of the test driver via the direct implementation by the validation expansion module.