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[[Software testing|Testing]] the implementation-vs-specification relationship further enhances the [[Product family engineering|production]]'s inter-process efficiencies:

{{blockquote|A reference implementation is, in general, an implementation of a specification to be used as a definitive interpretation for that specification. During the development of the&nbsp;... conformance test suite, at least one relatively trusted implementation of each interface is necessary to (1) discover errors or ambiguities in the specification, and (2) validate the correct functioning of the test suite.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://xw2k.sdct.itl.nist.gov/smartcard/document/ref-imp51.pdf |title=Requirements for GSC-IS Reference Implementations |date=2003-03-26 |access-date=2006-07-22 |website=[[National Institute of Standards and Technology#Organization|National Institute of Standards and Technology, Information Technology Laboratory]] |last=Dalci |first=Eric |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060928231404id_20060928231404/http://xw2k.sdct.itl.nist.gov/smartcard/document/ref-imp51.pdf |archive-date=2006-09-28 |url-status=dead |last2=Fong |first2=Elizabeth |last3=Goldfine |first3=Alan }}</ref>}}

{{blockquote|Characteristics of a Reference Implementation:

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# Enables the test suite to be tested;

# Serves as a Gold Standard against which other implementations can be measured;

# Helps to clarify the intent of the specification in situations where [[Conformance testing|conformance tests]] are inadequate<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://vote.nist.gov:80/speeches/1%20-%20Specification%20Panel/6%20-%20Curran.pdf |title=Conformance Testing: An Industry Perspective |date=2003-12-10 |access-date=2006-07-22 |website=[[National Institute of Standards and Technology]] |last=Curran |first=Patrick |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031219120934id_20031219120934/http://vote.nist.gov:80/speeches/1%20-%20Specification%20Panel/6%20-%20Curran.pdf |archive-date=2003-12-19 |url-status=dead |publisher=[[Sun Microsystems]] }}</ref>}}

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