Let me start by laying the cards on the table – the Portable Stimulus Standard (PSS) is a language, not a methodology. Tools are not methodologies. Languages ensure a well-ordered transfer of information from which tools can be constructed. A methodology is a way of systematically breaking down and solving a problem in a manageable manner. Tools can enable methodologies, and, over time, tools may help to manage a methodology once it has become standardized. No standard methodologies exist today for PSS, neither are the capabilities of tools defined by the language. (more…)