SIST ES 201 873-7 V4.7.1:2019

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST ES 201 873-7 V4.7.1:2019
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Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS) - The Testing and Test Control Notation

2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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Intellectual Property Rights ................................................................................................................................ 5

Foreword ............................................................................................................................................................. 5

Modal verbs terminology .................................................................................................................................... 5

1 Scope ........................................................................................................................................................ 6

2 References ................................................................................................................................................ 6

2.1 Normative references ......................................................................................................................................... 6

2.2 Informative references ........................................................................................................................................ 7

3 Definitions and abbreviations ................................................................................................................... 8

3.1 Definitions .......................................................................................................................................................... 8

3.2 Abbreviations ..................................................................................................................................................... 9

4 Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 9

5 General ..................................................................................................................................................... 9

5.1 Approach ............................................................................................................................................................ 9

5.2 Conformance and compatibility ....................................................................................................................... 10

6 Amendments to the core language ......................................................................................................... 10

7 Additional TTCN-3 types ....................................................................................................................... 10

7.1 General ............................................................................................................................................................. 10

7.2 The object identifier type ................................................................................................................................. 10

7.2.0 The objid type ......................................................................................................................................... 10

7.2.1 Sub-typing of the objid type .................................................................................................................... 11

7.2.1.1 Subtrees of the objid type .................................................................................................................. 11

7.2.1.2 List subtypes ......................................................................................................................................... 12

7.2.1.3 Range subtypes ..................................................................................................................................... 12

7.2.1.4 Mixing list and range subtypings .......................................................................................................... 12

7.2.2 Object identifier values ............................................................................................................................... 12

7.2.3 Using objid values to identify modules ................................................................................................... 12

7.2.3.1 Identifying module definitions .............................................................................................................. 12

7.2.3.2 Identifying modules in import statements ............................................................................................. 13

7.2.4 Object identifier templates .......................................................................................................................... 13

7.2.4.0 General .................................................................................................................................................. 13

7.2.4.1 In-line templates .................................................................................................................................... 13

7.2.4.2 Template matching mechanisms ........................................................................................................... 13

7.2.5 Using objid with operators ...................................................................................................................... 14

7.2.5.1 List operator .......................................................................................................................................... 14

7.2.5.2 Relational operators .............................................................................................................................. 14

7.2.6 Using objid with predefined functions .................................................................................................... 15

7.2.6.1 Number of components of an objid value or template....................................................................... 15

7.2.6.2 The Substring function .......................................................................................................................... 15

7.2.6.3 The isvalue function .............................................................................................................................. 15

7.2.7 Supporting objid in TCI .............................................................................................................................. 16

7.2.7.0 General .................................................................................................................................................. 16

7.2.7.1 Adding objid to abstract data types and values ..................................................................................... 16

7.2.7.2 Adding objid to Java language mapping ............................................................................................... 17

7.2.7.3 Adding objid to ANSI C language mapping ......................................................................................... 18

8 ASN.1 and TTCN-3 type equivalents .................................................................................................... 22

8.1 General ............................................................................................................................................................. 22

8.1.a Importing from ASN.1 modules ....................................................................................................................... 23

8.1.a.1 Language specification strings .................................................................................................................... 23

8.1.a.2 Importing definitions from ASN.1 modules ............................................................................................... 23

8.1.a.3 Importing import statements from ASN.1 modules .................................................................................... 24

8.1.a.4 Import Visibility of ASN.1 definitions ....................................................................................................... 24

8.2 Identifiers ......................................................................................................................................................... 24

9 ASN.1 data types and values .................................................................................................................. 25

9.1 Transformation rules for ASN.1 types and values ............................................................................................ 25

9.2 Transformation rules for values ........................................................................................................................ 33

9.3 Scope of ASN.1 identifiers ............................................................................................................................... 33

10 Parameterization in ASN.1 ..................................................................................................................... 33

11 Defining ASN.1 message templates ....................................................................................................... 34

11.1 General ............................................................................................................................................................. 34

11.2 Receiving messages based on ASN.1 types ..................................................................................................... 34

11.3 Ordering of template fields ............................................................................................................................... 35

12 Encoding information ............................................................................................................................. 35

12.1 General ............................................................................................................................................................. 35

12.2 ASN.1 encoding attributes ............................................................................................................................... 35

12.3 ASN.1 variant attributes ................................................................................................................................... 36

Annex A (normative): Additional BNF and static semantics ........................................................... 37

A.0 General rules .......................................................................................................................................... 37

A.1 New productions for ASN.1 support ...................................................................................................... 37

A.2 Amended core language BNF productions and static semantics ............................................................ 37

Annex B (normative): Additional Pre-defined TTCN-3 functions .................................................. 39

Annex C (informative): Additional information on object identifiers ............................................... 40

C.1 The top-level arcs of the OID tree ........................................................................................ .................. 40

C.2 Character patterns to match OID IRI-s ................................................................................................... 42

Annex D (informative): Deprecated features ....................................................................................... 43

Annex E (informative): Example patterns for ASN.1 time types ....................................................... 44

E.0 General rules .......................................................................................................................................... 44

E.1 Patterns corresponding to unconstrained time types .............................................................................. 44

E.2 Constructing patterns corresponding to constrained time types ............................................................. 57

Annex F (informative): Bibliography ................................................................................................... 58

History .............................................................................................................................................................. 59

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The present document defines a normative way of using ASN.1 as defined in Recommendations ITU-T X.680 [2],

X.681 [3], X.682 [4] and X.683 [5] with TTCN-3. The harmonization of other languages with TTCN-3 is not covered

References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or

non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the

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The following referenced documents are necessary for the application of the present document.

[1] ETSI ES 201 873-1: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control

[2] Recommendation ITU-T X.680 (2008): "Information technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One

[3] Recommendation ITU-T X.681 (2008): "Information technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One

[4] Recommendation ITU-T X.682 (2008): "Information technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One

[5] Recommendation ITU-T X.683 (2008): "Information technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One

[6] Recommendation ITU-T X.690 (2008): "Information technology - ASN.1 encoding rules:

[7] Recommendation ITU-T X.691 (2008): "Information technology - ASN.1 encoding rules:

[8] Recommendation ITU-T X.693 (2008): "Information technology - ASN.1 encoding rules: XML

[9] Recommendation ITU-T T.100 (1988): "International information exchange for interactive

[10] Recommendation ITU-T T.101 (1994): "International interworking for Videotex services".

[11] Recommendation ITU-T X.660 (2011): "Information technology - Procedures for the operation of

object identifier registration authorities: General procedures and top arcs of the international object

[12] ETSI ES 201 873-6: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control

[13] Recommendation ITU-T X.696 (2015): "Information technology - ASN.1 encoding rules:

References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or

non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the

NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee

The following referenced documents are not necessary for the application of the present document but they assist the

[i.1] ISO 8601 (2004): "Data elements and interchange formats - Information interchange -

[i.2] ETSI ES 201 873-10: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test

Control Notation version 3; Part 10: TTCN-3 Documentation Comment Specification".

[i.3] ISO 3166-1: "Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions - Part 1:

[i.4] Recommendation ITU-T X.121: "Public data networks - Network aspects - International

NOTE: References to Recommendations ITU-T include the Recommendation and all Amendments and

Corrigenda published to the Recommendation except when specified otherwise in other parts of the

[i.5] Recommendation ITU-T X.208: "Specification of Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1)" (Blue

[i.6] Recommendation ITU-T X.680 (1994): "Information technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One

[i.7] Recommendation ITU-T X.680 (1997): "Information technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One

[i.8] Recommendation ITU-T X.680 (2002): "Information technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One

[i.9] Recommendation ITU-T X.681 (1994): "Information technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One

[i.10] Recommendation ITU-T X.681 (1997): "Information technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One

[i.11] Recommendation ITU-T X.681 (2002): "Information technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One

[i.12] Recommendation ITU-T X.682 (1994): "Information technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One

[i.13] Recommendation ITU-T X.682 (1997): "Information technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One

[i.14] Recommendation ITU-T X.682 (2002): "Information technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One

[i.15] Recommendation ITU-T X.683 (1994): "Information technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One

[i.16] Recommendation ITU-T X.683 (1997): "Information technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One

[i.17] Recommendation ITU-T X.683 (2002): "Information technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One

[i.18] Recommendation ITU-T X.690 (2002): "Information technology - ASN.1 encoding rules:

[i.19] Recommendation ITU-T X.691 (2002): "Information technology - ASN.1 encoding rules:

[i.20] ETSI ES 202 781: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control

Notation version 3; TTCN-3 Language Extensions: Configuration and Deployment Support".

[i.21] ETSI ES 202 782: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control

Notation version 3; TTCN-3 Language Extensions: TTCN-3 Performance and Real Time Testing".

[i.22] ETSI ES 202 784: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control

[i.23] ETSI ES 202 785: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control

[i.24] ETSI ES 202 786: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control

Notation version 3; TTCN-3 Language Extensions: Support of interfaces with continuous signals".

[i.25] ETSI ES 202 789: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control

[i.27] ETSI ES 201 873-8: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control

[i.28] ETSI ES 201 873-9: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control

[i.29] ETSI ES 201 873-11: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test

For the purposes of the present document, the terms and definitions given in ETSI ES 201 873-1 [1], Recommendation

associated TTCN-3 type: TTCN-3 type equivalent, obtained by transforming of the corresponding ASN.1 type

NOTE: Associated TTCN-3 types and values may not exist in a visible way; this term is used to identify the part

of the abstract information carried by the related ASN.1 type or value, which have significance from the

root type: Definition in ETSI ES 201 873-1 [1] applies with the following addition: in case of types based on imported

ASN.1 types, the root type is determined from the associated TTCN-3 type (see clause 8).

For the purposes of the present document, the abbreviations given in ETSI ES 201 873-1 [1] and the following apply:

When using ASN.1 with TTCN-3 all features of TTCN-3 and statements given in clause 4 of ETSI ES 201 873-1 [1] do

apply. In addition, when supporting the present document, TTCN-3 becomes fully harmonized with ASN.1 which may

be used with TTCN-3 modules as an alternative data type and value syntax. The present document defines the

capabilities required in addition of those specified in ETSI ES 201 873-1 [1] when ASN.1 is supported. The approach

used to combine ASN.1 and TTCN-3 could be applied to support the use of other type and value systems with TTCN-3.

ETSI ES 201 873-1 [1] specifies the core capabilities of the TTCN-3 language. Other language mappings (see [i.27],

[i.28] and [i.29]) and TTCN-3 language packages as ETSI ES 202 781 [i.20], ETSI ES 202 782 [i.21], ETSI

ES 202 784 [i.22], ETSI ES 202 785 [i.23], ETSI ES 202 786 [i.24], ETSI ES 202 789 [i.25] may specify extensions to

the core language that may define additional rules for the ASN.1 to TTCN-3 mapping. These additional rules are

specified in the relevant other documents and need to be supported only if the implementation claims to support the

TTCN-3 provides a clean interface for using ASN.1 definitions (as specified in Recommendations ITU-T X.680 [2],

In general, there are two approaches to the integration of other languages with TTCN-3, which will be referred to as

implicit and explicit mapping. The implicit mapping makes use of the import mechanism of TTCN-3, denoted by the