Release Notes
Release 17.0.0 - 31st July 2025
This release marks a significant advancement in comparison performance, configurability, and usability. The highlights of this version include the introduction of input multithreading to boost processing efficiency, powerful new XML comparison features such as in-built ignore rules, attribute word by word processing, and unordered comparison capabilities, and a new lightweight Data Comparator pipeline. The visual comparison experience has also been enhanced, offering improved clarity in element moves and attribute-level changes.
Important Note: Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) are no longer shipped with XML Compare from this version onward. Please refer to the documentation for headless or API-based usage options.
New Features/Enhancements | Risk |
|---|---|
Input pipelines now run in parallel, significantly improving overall comparison performance - especially for large and complex documents and data sets. | 🟢 |
A streamlined data comparison pipeline has been introduced for use cases requiring fast, minimal-configuration analysis of datasets. | 🟢 |
Side-by-Side Diff Report:
| 🟢 |
In-built Ignore Changes: Automatically suppress differences in selected elements or attributes to reduce noise and focus on meaningful variations. | 🟢 |
Unordered Comparison Support: Enables subtree-level configuration to treat element ordering as significant or insignificant, offering flexibility in structured document comparisons. | 🟢 |
Attribute Word-by-Word Processing: Provides word-level granularity in attribute comparisons for clearer insights into subtle changes. | 🟢 |
Risks Explained
Indicator | Risk Level | Description | Notes |
⚪ | None | No risk to release. | No impact to users, or their current working practices, or standard operating procedures. |
🟢 | Low | A low level of risk. | Risk addressed by: Issue of new/updated user documentation. No impact to users, or their current working practices, or standard operating procedures. |
🟡 | Medium | A medium level of risk. | Risk addressed by: Issue of new/updated user documentation. User education sessions to show new functionality. No impact to users, or their current working practices, or standard operating procedures. |
🔴 | High | A high level of risk. | Risk addressed by: Issue of new/updated user documentation. User education sessions to show new functionality. Changes required to users current working practices, or standard operating procedures.
Best practice recommendations will be made by DeltaXignia team to ease adoption. |