Date: Aug. 25, 1998
Link: http://www.microstar.com/aelfred.html
Source Author or Organization: Microstar

Different XML tools are suitable for different projects. Ælfred concentrates on optimising speed and size rather than error-reporting, so it is most useful for deployment over the Internet.

Ælfred must be as small as possible, so that it doesn't add too much to your applet's download time.

• Status: Ælfred is currently about 26K in total.
• The compressed JAR file, including the two required and the three optional class files, is only about 15K.
• Ælfred must use as few class files as possible, to minimize the number of HTTP connections necessary for applets.

Status: Ælfred consists of only two core class files, the main parser class (XmlParser.class) and a small interface for your own program to implement (XmlProcessor.class). All other classes in the distribution are either optional or demonstrations.