Merge branch 'prestonc/november_update'

* prestonc/november_update:
  Updated pom and instructions based on code review.
  Updated XQTS results and included fix for Algebricks upgrade.
  Added rat exclusion for folder manually created for XQTS.
  Updated the site to fix a few formatting issues.
  Updated the error checking to search nested exceptions.
  Updated the XML styling of the pom files.
  lowercase the 'xml' category
  fix typos
  Updated website and xtest now can run all previously passing tests.
  Feedback from review and maven now runs the previous passing XQTS  with maven test. (Saving work)
  Recent round of changes to improve performance in the benchmarks.
  Updated the XML styling of the pom files.
  lowercase the 'xml' category
  fix typos
  Added two new test cases for numeric functions. Also includes a few bug fixes and clean up items.
  Switched arithmetic from a static call to an object created at the beginning of processing.
  Log output settings have been refined for testing.
  Recent round of changes to improve performance in the benchmarks.
  Consolidated changes for November.