<s>
The	O
Software	B-Application
Testing	I-Application
Automation	I-Application
Framework	I-Application
(	O
STAF	B-Application
)	O
is	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
Eclipse	B-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
(	O
EPL	O
)	O
project	O
that	O
enables	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
,	O
distributed	B-Architecture
software	I-Architecture
test	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
STAF	B-Application
relieves	O
the	O
user	O
of	O
building	O
an	O
automation	O
infrastructure	O
,	O
and	O
lets	O
them	O
focus	O
on	O
building	O
the	O
automation	O
solution	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
STAF	B-Application
framework	O
provides	O
the	O
foundation	O
upon	O
which	O
to	O
build	O
higher	O
level	O
solutions	O
,	O
and	O
provides	O
a	O
pluggable	O
approach	O
supported	O
across	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
platforms	O
and	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
STAF	B-Application
includes	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
services	O
that	O
provide	O
specific	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
prominent	O
of	O
these	O
is	O
called	O
the	O
STAf	B-Application
eXecution	O
engine	O
(	O
STAX	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
executes	O
test	O
scripts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
services	O
provide	O
cron	B-General_Concept
,	O
file	B-Application
system	I-Application
,	O
inter-process	O
communication	O
,	O
e-mail	O
,	O
and	O
HTML	B-Language
support	O
,	O
among	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
supports	O
users	O
of	O
STAF	B-Application
through	O
extensive	O
online	O
documentation	O
and	O
user	O
forums	O
,	O
accessible	O
via	O
the	O
.	O
</s>
