Date: May. 22, 2001
Link: http://www.themindelectric.com/products/xml/xml.html
Source Author or Organization: Graham Glass, The Mind Electric

Electric XML is an open source Java-based XML parser designed to have a small memory footprint and an intuitive operation as part of the GLUE distributed computing platform.

Electric XML parses Document Type Definitions (DTDs) but does not perform validation or implement the Document Object Model (DOM). The ability to parse Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) messages significantly faster than popular DOM-based parsers was a significant design goal (see When less is more: a compact toolkit for parsing and manipulating XML).

Electric XML may also be used to generate Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML), Wireless Markup Language (WML), or other markup documents. The Mind Electric claims its parser can perform at speeds typically 3 to 10 times faster than other parsers. The parser supports XML Path Language (XPath), XML Namespaces and multiple encoding schemes. The Electric XML site includes links to documentation, the Application Programming Interface (API), source code download (requires registration), competitive benchmark results and a mailing list.

Electric XML supports Windows and UNIX, and is distributed under a copyright and license granting conditional rights to use, modify and distribute the binary and source.