Microbenchmark

Definition

A micro-benchmark is an experimental tool that studies a given aspect (e.g., performance, resource consumption) of XML processing tool. The studied aspect is called the target of the micro-benchmark. A micro-benchmark includes a parametric measure and guidelines, explaining which data and/or operation parameters may impact the target, and suggesting value ranges for these parameters.

Key Points

Micro-benchmarks help capture the behavior of an XML processing system on a given operation, as a result of varying one given parameter. In other words, the goal of a micro-benchmark is to study the precise effect of a given system feature or aspect in isolation.

Micro-benchmarks were first introduced for object-oriented databases [2]. An XML benchmark sharing some micro-benchmark features is the Michigan benchmark [3]. The MemBeR project [1], developed jointly by researchers at INRIA Futurs, the University of Amsterdam, and University of Antwerpen provides a comprehensive repository...