Terms used in this book

The term WebSphere MQ transport for SOAP is sometimes abbreviated to SOAP/WebSphere MQ.

The term UNIX systems denotes the following operating systems:

• AIX

• HP-UX

• Linux

• Solaris

The term Linux denotes:

• Linux (x86 platform)

• Linux (POWER platform)

• Linux (zSeries platform)

The term Windows denotes the following Windows operating systems:

• Windows 2000

• Windows XP

• Windows 2003

The term stem format, used of a file location, indicates a full path including a filename but with the file extension omitted.

The variable mqmtop represents the name of the base directory where WebSphere MQ is installed.

• On AIX, the actual name of the directory is /usr/mqm

• On other UNIX systems, the actual name of the directory is /opt/mqm

• On Windows systems, the default directory is C://IBM/WebSphere MQ but you might have chosen to install to a different directory.

The separator character in pathnames is generally shown as "/". If you use Windows 2000, substitute the backslash (\) character.