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XML Document Parsing: Operational and Performance Characteristics
September 2008 (vol. 41 no. 9)
pp. 30-37
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Tak Cheung (Brian) Lam, Jianxun Jason Ding, Jyh-Charn Liu, "XML Document Parsing: Operational and Performance Characteristics," Computer, vol. 41, no. 9, pp. 30-37, September, 2008.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MC.2008.403,
author = {Tak Cheung (Brian) Lam and Jianxun Jason Ding and Jyh-Charn Liu},
title = {XML Document Parsing: Operational and Performance Characteristics},
journal ={Computer},
volume = {41},
number = {9},
issn = {0018-9162},
year = {2008},
pages = {30-37},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MC.2008.403},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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Jyh-Charn Liu, Texas A&M University
Parsing is an expensive operation that can degrade XML processing performance. A survey of four representative XML parsing models—DOM, SAX, StAX, and VTD—reveals their suitability for different types of applications.

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Index Terms:
online information services, information storage and retrieval, information technology and systems, XML processing
Citation:
Tak Cheung (Brian) Lam, Jianxun Jason Ding, Jyh-Charn Liu, "XML Document Parsing: Operational and Performance Characteristics," Computer, vol. 41, no. 9, pp. 30-37, Sept. 2008, doi:10.1109/MC.2008.403
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