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-- XML Benchmark Tool v1.0 for Linux* and Windows* Operating Systems Release Notes -- Document number: 320135-002 --- Contents --- - Overview - What's New - Available Drivers - System Requirements - Installation and Configuration - Documentation - Known Limitations - Technical Support - Disclaimer and Legal Information ---- Overview ---- The XML Benchmark Tool (XBT) provides a powerful and flexible framework for measuring XML processing performance. The same package is provided for both the Linux* and Windows* Operating Systems. The package consists of a test framework, drivers for many popular XML processing engines, and a few sample workloads. In doing so, the user is given a valuable tool not only for benchmarking their system, but for conducting performance comparisons among popular XML processing engine choices. We encourage the user community to contact us through the online Intel(R) XML Software Solutions user forum at softwarecommunity.intel.com to request additional drivers, as well as to share additional benchmarks. - What's New - v1.0.1 - An error was fixed in the driver for Saxon Java XSL Transformation, which picked up the default driver, instead of the Saxon driver. ------ Available Drivers

------ This product contains many drivers for an array of popular XML processing engines representing the functions of SAX Parsing, DOM Parsing, Schema Validation, XSL Transformation, and XPath Navigation. The available drivers in the XBT 1.0 product are listed below, including the product version, and source website. The actual engines themselves are not provided in this package. It is the user's responsibility to provide them. ------ Drivers for SAX Parsing ------ - Xerces-J* 2.7.0, available from xerces.apache.org - Piccolo 1.0.4, available from piccolo.sourceforge.net - - Intel(R) XML Software Suite 1.0 for, available from - Xerces-C* 2.7.0, available from xerces.apache.org - libxml 2.6.28, available from www.xmlsoft.org - Windows* OS only: Microsoft* Core XML Services (MSXML) 6.0, ------- Drivers for DOM Parsing ------- - Xerces-J 2.7.0, available from xerces.apache.org - Piccolo 1.0.4, available from piccolo.sourceforge.net - JDOM 1.1, available from www.jdom.org - - Intel(R) XML Software Suite 1.0 for, available from - Xerces-C 2.7.0, available from xerces.apache.org - libxml 2.6.28, available from www.xmlsoft.org

- Windows* OS only: Microsoft* Core XML Services (MSXML) 6.0, ----- Drivers for Schema Validation ----- - Xerces-J 2.7.0, available from xerces.apache.org - Saxon* 9.0.04, available from saxon.sourceforge.net - - Intel(R) XML Software Suite 1.0 for, available from - Xerces-C 2.7.0, available from xerces.apache.org - libxml 2.6.28, available from www.xmlsoft.org - Windows* OS only: Microsoft* Core XML Services (MSXML) 6.0, ------- Drivers for XSL Transformation ------- - Xalan-J* 2.7.0 available from xml.apache.org/xalan-j - XSLTC* 2.7.0, part of the Xalan-J distribution, available from xml.apache.org/xalan-j - Saxon* 9.0.04, available from saxon.sourceforge.net - - Intel(R) XML Software Suite 1.0 for, available from - Oracle* XDK 10.0, available from www.oracle.com - libxslt 1.1.11, available from www.xmlsoft.org/xslt - Windows* OS only: Microsoft* Core XML Services (MSXML) 6.0, ---

Drivers for XPath Navigation ---- - Xalan-J* 2.7.0 available from xml.apache.org/xalan-j - Intel(R) XML Software Suite 1.0 for, available from --- System Requirements --- Supported Platforms - The XML Benchmark Tool is delivered as both source and object, to give users maximum flexibility to adjust and compile for the Linux* and Windows* operating system of their choosing. The object code in the distribution has been compiled using the Red Hat* gcc 3.4.6 compiler and the Microsoft* Visual C++.NET 13.10.3077. These versions of code have been validated to run on the following operating systems on IA-32 architecture: - Microsoft Windows XP*, Microsoft Windows Server 2003*, Microsoft* Windows Vista* operating systems - Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES4.0*, SUSE Enterprise Linux* 9 operating systems Required Environment ---- In addition to the files provided in this distribution, the user must provide the following 3rd party products in the environment: - For Windows* platforms only: Cygwin*, available from sources.redhat.com/cygwin, the validated is 2.457.2.2 - JDK*6.0 or above is needed to run the Java* drivers, available from java.sun.com - Microsoft* Visual Studio.NET 2003, if you want to compile the XBT source code on Windows* platforms ---- Installation and Configuration ---- This product is provided without an installer nor uninstaller. The installation and configuration instructions per platform follow.

1. Create a directory where you want to run XBT1.0. 2. Execute 'unzip xml_benchmark_tool_1.0.1.zip' to extract the product (You need to do this within the Cygwin environment on Windows" platforms) 3. Configure the environments according to the following instructions: On Windows* OS ------ - Configure your environment variables in Start -> My Computer -> Properties -> Advanced -> Environment Variables. Add _HOME. For example: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_02 Add JRE_HOME=$_HOME/jre Add PATH: %_HOME%\bin Add CLASSPATH:.;%_HOME%\lib - Open Cygwin runtime environment export TESTBENCH_HOME=<XML Benchmark Tool Install Dir> On Linux* OS -- - Open terminal, and input the following configurations: export _HOME=[your JDK 1.6 home path e.g. /usr/java/jdk1.6.0_02] export JRE_HOME=$_HOME/jre export PATH=$_HOME/bin:$PATH export CLASSPATH=.:$_HOME/lib export TESTBENCH_HOME=<XML Benchmark Tool Install Dir> --- Documentation --- This package contains the following user documentation: README, Release Notes, User Guide, the End User License Agreement, and 3rd party notices and licenses. ----- Known Issues and Limitations ----- ID Description ------+------- XBT-9 A random error may be observed when running several drivers from XBT using batch mode on Microsoft* Windows Vista* platform, which is because the unstable Cygwin on Windows Vista* OS. ------- XBT-10 When running XPath Scenarios, sometimes, users may want to provide namespace binding for the measured XPath Expressions. This feature is currently not supported. -------

------ Technical Support ------ Technical support for this product is available through the online Intel(R) XML Software Solutions forum, at http://softwarecommunity.intel.com/isn/community/en-us/forums/2504/showforum.aspx This support is free, and there is no need to register. Disclaimer and Legal Information =============================================================================== INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH INTEL(R) PRODUCTS. NO LICENSE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, BY ESTOPPEL OR OTHERWISE, TO ANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IS GRANTED BY THIS DOCUMENT. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN INTEL'S TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE FOR SUCH PRODUCTS, INTEL ASSUMES NO LIABILITY WHATSOEVER, AND INTEL DISCLAIMS ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY, RELATING TO SALE AND/OR USE OF INTEL PRODUCTS INCLUDING LIABILITY OR WARRANTIES RELATING TO FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY, OR INFRINGEMENT OF ANY PATENT, COPYRIGHT OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT. UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED IN WRITING BY INTEL, THE INTEL PRODUCTS ARE NOT DESIGNED NOR INTENDED FOR ANY APPLICATION IN WHICH THE FAILURE OF THE INTEL PRODUCT COULD CREATE A SITUATION WHERE PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH MAY OCCUR. Intel may make changes to specifications and product descriptions at any time, without notice. Designers must not rely on the absence or characteristics of any features or instructions marked "reserved" or "undefined." Intel reserves these for future definition and shall have no responsibility whatsoever for conflicts or incompatibilities arising from future changes to them. The information here is subject to change without notice. Do not finalize a design with this information. The products described in this document may contain design defects or errors known as errata which may cause the product to deviate from published specifications. Current characterized errata are available on request. Contact your local Intel sales office or your distributor to obtain the latest specifications and before placing your product order. Copies of documents which have an order number and are referenced in this document, or other Intel literature, may be obtained by calling 1-800-548-4725, or by visiting Intel's Web Site. Intel processor numbers are not a measure of performance. Processor numbers differentiate features within each processor family, not across different processor families. See http://www.intel.com/products/processor_number for details.

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