# Spotlight on SIG Architecture: Conformance

DevFeed: [Spotlight on SIG Architecture: Conformance](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/spotlight-on-sig-architecture-conformance-17565.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.kubernetes.dev/blog/2023/10/05/sig-architecture-conformance-spotlight-2023/>)

Author: The Kubernetes Authors

Published: 2023-10-05T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Kubernetes Contributors Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/kubernetes-contributors-blog.md>)

Topics: [Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kubernetes.md>), [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>)

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## AI overview

An interview spotlighting Kubernetes SIG Architecture's Conformance subproject. It describes the team's work managing conformance-testing technical debt, writing tests, coordinating with SIGs that own untested APIs, and supporting compatibility with the Kubernetes specification.

## Source excerpt

This is the first interview of a SIG Architecture Spotlight series that will cover the different subprojects. We start with the SIG Architecture: Conformance subproject In this SIG Architecture spotlight, we talked with Riaan Kleinhans (ii-Team), Lead for the Conformance sub-project . About SIG Architecture and the Conformance subproject Frederico (FSM): Hello Riaan, and welcome! For starters, tell us a bit about yourself, your role and how you got involved in Kubernetes. Riaan Kleinhans (RK): Hi! My name is Riaan Kleinhans and I live in South Africa. I am the Project manager for the ii-Team in New Zealand. When I joined ii the plan was to move to New Zealand in April 2020 and then Covid happened. Fortunately, being a flexible and dynamic team we were able to make it work remotely and in very different time zones. The ii.nz team have been tasked with managing the Kubernetes Conformance testing technical debt and writing tests to clear the technical debt. I stepped into the role of project manager to be the link between monitoring, test writing and the community. Through that work I had the privilege of meeting the late Dan Kohn in those first months, his enthusiasm about the work we were doing was a great inspiration. FSM: Thank you - so, your involvement in SIG Architecture started because of the conformance work? RK: SIG Architecture is the home for the Kubernetes Conformance subproject. Initially, most of my interactions were directly with SIG Architecture through the Conformance sub-project. However, as we began organizing the work by SIG, we started engaging directly with each individual SIG. These engagements with the SIGs that own the untested APIs have helped us accelerate our work. FSM: How would you describe the main goals and areas of intervention of the Conformance sub-project? RM: The Kubernetes Conformance sub-project focuses on guaranteeing compatibility and adherence to the Kubernetes specification by developing and maintaining a comprehensive confor