Welcome to the Zowe Conformance Program.

Zowe is an integrated and extensible framework designed to allow users the flexibility to choose how they interact with z/OS applications and services. In order to better serve this goal, the Zowe community is developing a Conformance Program. 

The Zowe Conformance Program gives users the confidence that when they use a conformant product, app, or distribution they can rely on a high level of common functionality, interoperability and user experience. 

Conformance provides Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), System Integrators (SIs) and end users confidence that their software will behave as expected. Just like Zowe, the Conformance program will continue to evolve and is being developed by committers and contributors in the community.

Table of Contents

• Conformance Program Terms and Conditions
• Test Evaluation Guide
• Branding Guidelines
• Participation Form

Conformance vNext Checklist:

• Review and update the Test Evaluation Guide:
  • API ML Squad
  • Web UI Squad
  • CLI Squad

• Agree on versioning number- Proposal is to align conformance version with Zowe LTSR
  
  • Proposal to use the name "Conformance V2" - Applicable to Zowe versions 2.0.0 +
    • Archive the "Zowe Conformance 2019" - Applicable to Zowe versions 1.0.0 - 1.8.0?
• Review Program Ts&Cs
  • is 60 day's long enough to meet the next conformance level? Have we heard back from any current Zowe Conformant participants?
• Add section for Zowe Conformant Distributions to the evaluation guide?
  • Rules would align with the CUPIDS work and should follow LTSR guidelines to be a Zowe conformant distribution?
  • Review program Ts&Cs if required?
• Update Branding Guideline and the Conformance Marks to align with the Version Number
• Build consensus and implement conformance roll out to align with LTSR