I think I've asked this before on HN but is there a language-independent test format? There are multiple libraries (think date/time manipulation for a good example) where the tests should be the same across all languages, but every library has developed its own test suite.
Having a standard test input/output format would let test definitions be shared between libraries.
Maybe tape?
Like Cucumber?
https://www.google.com/search?q=cucumber+testing+framework