Date: May. 14, 2001
Link: http://www.geocities.com/fastxml/
Source Author or Organization: Helena Kupkova

FastXML is a prototype of component software for processing XML and Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT) that is compatible with MSXML3 and optimized for speed.

The developer claims the program is about five times faster than MSXML3, although it only requires about half as much memory. The results of XSLTMark benchmark testing against MSXML are provided and a number of XSLT processors are charted.

FastXML is written in C++ and some assembly language. Simple Application Programming Interface for XML (SAX) support is not yet implemented. Windows 2000 and NT 4.0 are currently supported.

The developer's goal is to create a fully conformant XSLT processor able to run twice as fast as its current version. This version of FastXML is distributed with no explicit license, no warranty and no usage restrictions.