Editing Conformance testing (section)

=== Software engineering ===

In [[software testing]], conformance testing verifies that a product performs according to its specified standards. [[Compiler]]s, for instance, are extensively tested to determine whether they meet the recognized standard for that language.<ref name="GoerigkTowards99">{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gM6AS9_XwtgC&pg=PA62 |chapter=Towards Rigorous Compiler Implementation Verification |title=Collaboration Between Human and Artificial Societies: Coordination and Agent-Based Distributed Computing |author1=Goerigk, W. |author2=Simon, F. |editor=Padget, J.A. |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |pages=62–73 |year=1999 |isbn=9783540669302}}</ref><ref name="CuginiACent01">{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hrizEY2BWOoC&pg=PA258 |chapter=FORTRAN Test Programs |title=A Century of Excellence in Measurements, Standards, and Technology |author=Cugini, J. |editor=Lide, D.R. |publisher=CRC Press |pages=258–259 |year=2001 |isbn=9780849312472}}</ref>