# Standardized Performance Benchmarking Format

## Version 1.1.0
**Last Updated**: 2025-05-04T11:18:31-05:00
**Schema Version**: 1.1.0

## Required Sections
1. **Test Environment**  
   - Hardware specifications  
   - Software versions  
   - Network configuration  
   - Test date (ISO 8601 format)

2. **Security Requirements**  
```markdown
1. Encryption: AES-256 for secrets
2. Access Control: RBAC implementation
3. Audit Logging: 90-day retention
4. Transport Security: TLS 1.3 required
5. Performance Targets:
   - CLI Response ≤500ms (with security)
   - Web API Response ≤800ms (with security)
   - Memory ≤512MB
```

3. **Benchmark Methodology**  
   - Test duration  
   - Warmup period (minimum 5 runs)  
   - Measurement approach  
   - Iteration count (minimum 100)  
   - Test script reference  

4. **JSON Schema Specification**  
```json
{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "version",
    "timestamp",
    "environment",
    "cli_interface",
    "web_interface",
    "test_parameters"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "version": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^\\d{4}\\.\\d$"
    },
    "timestamp": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time"
    },
    "environment": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "hardware": {"type": "string"},
        "software": {"type": "string"},
        "network": {"type": "string"},
        "test_date": {"type": "string", "format": "date"}
      }
    },
    "cli_interface": {
      "$ref": "#/definitions/interfaceMetrics"
    },
    "web_interface": {
      "$ref": "#/definitions/interfaceMetrics"
    },
    "test_parameters": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "iterations": {"type": "integer", "minimum": 100},
        "warmup_runs": {"type": "integer", "minimum": 5},
        "test_script": {"type": "string"},
        "validation": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "schema": {"type": "string"},
            "last_validated": {"type": "string", "format": "date-time"}
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "definitions": {
    "interfaceMetrics": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "baseline": {"$ref": "#/definitions/measurement"},
        "security_metrics": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "rbac": {"$ref": "#/definitions/securityMeasurement"},
            "tls": {"$ref": "#/definitions/securityMeasurement"},
            "full_security": {"$ref": "#/definitions/securityMeasurement"}
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "measurement": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "avg_time_ms": {"type": "number"},
        "throughput_rps": {"type": "number"}
      }
    },
    "securityMeasurement": {
      "allOf": [
        {"$ref": "#/definitions/measurement"},
        {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "overhead_ms": {"type": "number"}
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

5. **Validation Requirements**
1. JSON Schema validation  
2. Timestamp format verification  
3. Required field checks  
4. Security metric completeness  
5. Interface consistency validation  
6. Test parameter validation  

6. **Example CLI Benchmark**
```json
{
  "cli_interface": {
    "baseline": {
      "avg_time_ms": 120,
      "throughput_rps": 83.3
    },
    "security_metrics": {
      "rbac": {
        "avg_time_ms": 145,
        "throughput_rps": 69.0,
        "auth_overhead_ms": 25
      }
    }
  }
}
```

7. **Version History**
- 1.1.0 (2025-05-04): Added CLI/web interface separation, standardized security metrics
- 1.0.0 (2025-04-15): Initial release

8. **Implementation Notes**
- Null values indicate unmeasured metrics
- Reference implementation: performance_logs.json
- Schema validation script: tests/performance/validate_schema.py
- Current implementation: performance_logs.json (v1.1.0)