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<a name="Authoring_Tests" id="Authoring_Tests"></a><h1> <span class="mw-headline"> Authoring Tests </span></h1>
<a name="Test_Formats" id="Test_Formats"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline"> Test Formats </span></h2>
<p>We currently accepted in three formats (in order of preference):
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<a name="Javascript_tests" id="Javascript_tests"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> Javascript tests </span></h3>
<p>These report their results back automatically using javascript in the test file. Such tests typically use the <a href="http://www.w3c-test.org/resources/testharness.js" class="external text" title="http://www.w3c-test.org/resources/testharness.js" rel="nofollow">testing script harness</a> to provide a consistent API.<br />You need the <b>exact</b> following code in your source:
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	&lt;script src=&quot;/resources/testharnessreport.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
	&lt;script src=&quot;/resources/testharness.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
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<p>For documentation, see the source code of the <a href="http://www.w3c-test.org/resources/testharness.js" class="external text" title="http://www.w3c-test.org/resources/testharness.js" rel="nofollow">testing script harness</a>.
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<a name="Self-describing_reftests" id="Self-describing_reftests"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> Self-describing reftests </span></h3>
<p>These are used when specific visual rendering has to be tested. The test uses two files which are (typically) supposed to have identical rendering; one relying on the feature under test and one achieving the same visual result through other means. The test passes when the renderings are pixel-for-pixel identical. In order that the tests can also be run in situations where automatic comparisons of the two pages are not possible, they must have text in the page that allows a human to determine the pass condition without access to the reference. The <a href="http://wiki.csswg.org/test/reftest" class="external text" title="http://wiki.csswg.org/test/reftest" rel="nofollow">CSS WG Wiki</a> has more information about writing reftests.
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<a name="Manual_tests" id="Manual_tests"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> Manual tests </span></h3>
<p>These can be used as a <b>last resort</b> when a feature cannot be tested automatically.
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<a name="Tutorials" id="Tutorials"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline"> Tutorials </span></h2>
<ul><li> <a href="http://hoppipolla.co.uk/talks/testing/testing.html" class="external text" title="http://hoppipolla.co.uk/talks/testing/testing.html" rel="nofollow">HTML Testing</a> by James Graham
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<a name="Process_for_contributing" id="Process_for_contributing"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline"> Process for contributing </span></h2>
<p>The process for submission and approval of tests is currently:
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<ul><li> Write tests
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<ul><li> <a href="http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/Testing/Submission/" class="external text" title="http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/Testing/Submission/" rel="nofollow">Submit the tests to the working group</a>
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<ul><li> Wait for the tests to be reviewed
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