automating the writing of test cases

Title: automating the writing of test cases

Maybe this is too simplistic, but what about using comments/notes in a word processor + a wiki-style, very basic markup ?

If we simply open the ODF spec and add a note/comment on the part that contains a testable feature, and in the note itself we do something like

"

== Scenario

1. open app

2. insert table

== App

+ text

+ spreadsheet

- presentation

== RW

+ write

"

Then, using a small java or .net tool, we could parse the ODT, filter out the notes and the exact location in the spec and have a test scenario with your name on it, probably we can also parse the text for "may"/"should" and references to other spec

Only problem is that this doesn't work when you want to create a scenario that tests multiple aspects in different parts of the spec

Best regards,

Bart