testaro 38.0.1 → 38.0.2

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  2. package/package.json +1 -1
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@@ -236,6 +236,13 @@ The standard format of each tool report has these properties:
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  - `spec`: the location information
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  - `excerpt`: some or all of the code
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+ The most common location types reported by the tools are:
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+ - `line`: Nu Html Checker
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+ - `selector`: Axe, QualWeb, WAVE
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+ - `xpath`: Alfa, ASLint, Equal Access
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+ - `box`: Editoria11y, Testaro
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+ - none: HTML CodeSniffer
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  The original result of a test act is recorded as the value of a `result` property of the act. The standard-format result is recorded as the value of the `standardResult` property of the act. Its format is shown by this example:
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  ``` javascript
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  - One cannot be confident in excluding some tests of some tools on the assumption that they perfectly duplicate tests of other tools.
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  - The Testaro report from a job documents each tool’s results separately, so a single defect may be documented in multiple locations within the report, making the direct consumption of the report inefficient.
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  - An effort to aggregate the results into a single score may distort the scores by inflating the weights of defects that happen to be discovered by multiple tools.
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+ - It is difficult to identify duplicate instances, in part because, as described above, tools use four different methods for identifying the locations of elements that violate tool rules.
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  To deal with the above problems, you can:
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  - configure `test` acts for tools to exclude tests that you consider duplicative
package/package.json CHANGED
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  "name": "testaro",
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- "version": "38.0.1",
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+ "version": "38.0.2",
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  "description": "Run 1000 web accessibility tests from 10 tools and get a standardized report",
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  "main": "index.js",
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  "scripts": {