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== OVAL Language ==
The [http://oval.mitre.org/language/index.html OVAL Language] standardizes the three main steps of the assessment process: representing configuration information of systems for testing; analyzing the system for the presence of the specified machine state (vulnerability, configuration, patch state, etc.); and reporting the results of this assessment.
'''OVAL Interprter'''
The [http://oval.mitre.org/language/download/interpreter/index.html OVAL Interpreter] is a freely available reference implementation created to show how data can be collected from a computer for testing based on a set of OVAL Definitions and then evaluated to determine the results of each definition.
The OVAL Interpreter demonstrates the usability of OVAL Definitions, and can be used to by definition writers to ensure correct syntax and adherence to the OVAL Language during the development of draft definitions. It is not a fully functional scanning tool and has a simplistic user interface, but running the OVAL Interpreter will provide you with a list of result values for each evaluated definition.
== OVAL Repository ==
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