Details About DV Notebook
DV Notebook employs a standard BNF-like language which simultaneously describes text parsing rules as well as Abstract Syntax Tree
data-structures in a relational database. As such, the DV Notebook creates database schemas and text parsers to parse and hold tests and
test results based on test description languages specific to each client. This creates a convergence of two competing main-stream
test methodologies, allowing easy-to-read text descriptions of tests and results while not sacrificing programmatic analysis and
mutability of the test and result information.
The Achilles Notebook Descriptive Language (ANDL) allows for the easy specification of how to extract the pertinent data from each of the data formats of interest.
In the case of QoS testing by a network equipment manufacturer, the test and result description languages would include router CLI configuration, network tester configuration, source traffic descriptions, network tester results, test lists and regressions, and QoS analysis reports. This combined with drivers that can control specific lab equipment, creates a powerful lab testing device. That is where the QA Notebook comes in.