Running validation tests

Unit tests are written in nose, so you'll need to pip install nose. Then from the root of the repository, run nosetests. Python will automatically run the tests in the tests folder. If you want detailed output you can run nosetests --nocapture.

Writing unit tests

Each unit test is a VERIS json object wrapped inside another object. Each test object has three keys, "incident" should be a VERIS json object; "should" indicates whether the incident should pass or fail validation; "message is a string that explains why the incident should or should not pass validation." #--- http://veriscommunity.net

JSON Notes

Learn more about the JSON schema definition at http://json-schema.org/. We also are not enforcing the enumerations at the schema level, but instead have a separate file with the enumerations. Those may update a bit more often then the schema itself.

XML notes

The XML version has been archived until we can sync the XML with the JSON schema. The JSON schema represents the latest version of VERIS.

Index

• verisc.json - the JSON schema definition, compliant with the propoosed JSON standard
• verisc-enum.json - definition of the allowable enumerations within VERIS