parson supports ASAM with technical writing services for ASAM OpenTestSpecification Concept Paper

To assess the current state of the art and relevant use cases for testing autonomous driving functions, ASAM has written a concept paper. parson has editorially revised the Concept Paper to ensure that it complies with ASAM's style guides and meets the consortium's high quality requirements.

Standardization of autonomous driving test specifications

The testing of software-based and autonomous driving functions is critical to the automotive industry. A common industry standard for test specifications is important to ensure compatibility between different test tools.

ASAM intends to develop this standard with the "ASAM OpenTestSpecification". The cornerstone is a Concept Paper. It describes the current situation of testing autonomous driving functions in the industry, defines an initial list of requirements for the standard, and explains use cases for standardizing test specifications.

In-depth Concept Paper on testing autonomous driving

The Concept Paper was written by experts from leading companies and organizations in the automotive industry, such as BMW and dSPACE.

The initial focus of the paper was on technical correctness rather than adherence to ASAM's writing and formatting guidelines. To ensure that the Concept Paper meets the high-quality standards of the ASAM consortium members in terms of language, structure, and format, an editorial revision was commissioned.

Editorial optimization of the Concept Paper

Based on ASAM's editorial and graphic guidelines and in close cooperation with the project team, parson's experts edited the Concept Paper. We provided the following services:

  • Define goals, requirements, milestones and deadlines
  • Review ASAM's editorial and graphic guidelines and other related documents
  • Review the Concept Paper for language, style, terminology, and consistency
  • Edit the Concept Paper and standardize formatting 
  • Create graphics in color and shape according to the graphic guidelines and ASAM look & feel
ASAM Concept Paper. Example 1. Terms and definitions
Example 1: Creating a glossary of technical terms that require explanation to create a common understanding for all readers
ASAM Concept Paper OpenTestSpecification. Test Case and Test Procedure Viewions
Example 2: Code examples have been standardized by replacing screenshots with uniformly formatted text representations according to ASAM guidelines.

parson has many years of experience in technical documentation for the automotive industry, particularly in the documentation of technical standards, such as:

Download the Concept Paper from the ASAM website.

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About ASAM e.V.

ASAM (Association for Standardization of Automation and Measuring Systems) is a consortium that promotes the standardization of development and test systems in the automotive industry. Members include automobile manufacturers, automotive suppliers, software producers, engineering service providers and research institutes in the automotive sector.