Implementing ATML into the Automatic Test System development and execution workflow

The lack of standards for automatic test information has stifled the development of more efficient and interoperable test systems to better meet next generation automatic test challenges. In response, the Naval Air Systems Command led the creation of the automatic test markup language (ATML) to standardize the exchange medium for sharing information between components of an automatic test system. ATML defines component standards that represent the components of an automatic test system (ATS), such as test results, test description and instrument description, and the interoperability between these standards. The ATML specification standardizes how components are documented but doesnpsilat elaborate on how ATS developers should use the standards in the design and execution of an ATS. This paper will propose an implementation of ATML in the ATS development and execution workflow in order to motivate the use of this standard in ATS development and generate discussion in the ATML community.