INTEGRATED TOOL FOR COMPLIANCE TESTING WITHIN AN ENTERPRISE CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Methods, tools, systems and computer readable media for compliance testing instrumentation and/or software. Data from one or more analytical instruments and/or software is converted to a technology-neutral format, which is independent of instrument type, instrument model, instrument manufacturer and data type of the analytical instrument or software from which the data was outputted. Calculations are performed on the converted data to produce one or more outputs, and then selection is made from the one or more outputs to populate a final report, wherein the one or more outputs are standardized and are directly comparable to outputs resultant from carrying out the method on another set of one or more other analytical instruments and/or software, irrespective of manufacturer or model of the other analytical instruments and/or software.