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    TinyXML is a simple, small, minimal, C++ XML parser that can be easily integrating into other programs. It reads XML and creates C++ objects representing the XML document. The objects can be manipulated, changed, and saved again as XML. *Please Note* that TinyXML development has stopped and all development has moved to TinyXML-2. TinyXML-2 is available at https://github.com/leethomason/tinyxml2
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    Downloads: 6,474 This Week
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    Expat XML Parser

    Fast XML parser library in C

    PLEASE NOTE that we are in the process of moving to GitHub: https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat This is James Clark's Expat XML parser library in C. It is a stream oriented parser that requires setting handlers to deal with the structure that the parser discovers in the document. PLEASE NOTE that we are in the process of moving to GitHub: https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat
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    Downloads: 995 This Week
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    RapidXml is an attempt to create the fastest XML parser possible, while retaining useability, portability and reasonable W3C compatibility. It is an in-situ parser with parsing speed approaching speed of strlen function executed on the same data.
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    Downloads: 2,308 This Week
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    Llama Cloud Services

    Llama Cloud Services

    Knowledge Agents and Management in the Cloud

    Llama Cloud Services is a suite of tools designed to facilitate the integration of large language models (LLMs) into applications. It offers components for parsing, extracting, and reporting on complex documents, streamlining the process of preparing data for LLM consumption.​
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    An XML parser C library that's simple and easy to use. Inspired by simpleXML for PHP.
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    Downloads: 30 This Week
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    htmlparser2

    htmlparser2

    The fast & forgiving HTML and XML parser

    The fast & forgiving HTML and XML parser. htmlparser2 is the fastest HTML parser, and takes some shortcuts to get there. If you need strict HTML spec compliance, have a look at parse5. htmlparser2 itself provides a callback interface that allows the consumption of documents with minimal allocations. While the Parser interface closely resembles Node.js streams, it’s not a 100% match. Use the WritableStream interface to process a streaming input.
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    optparse-applicative

    optparse-applicative

    Applicative option parser

    optparse-applicative is a haskell library for parsing options on the command line, and providing a powerful applicative interface for composing them. optparse-applicative takes care of reading and validating the arguments passed to the command line, handling and reporting errors, generating a usage line, a comprehensive help screen, and enabling context-sensitive bash, zsh, and fish completions. A value of type Parser a represents a specification for a set of options, which will yield a value of type a when the command line arguments are successfully parsed. If you are familiar with parser combinator libraries like parsec, attoparsec, or the json parser aeson you will feel right at home with optparse-applicative. If not, don't worry! All you really need to learn are a few basic parsers, and how to compose them as instances of Applicative and Alternative.
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    sxmlc

    Simple, lightweight XML parser in C, statically or dynamically linked.

    Simple XML parser written in C, with limited XPath and Unicode support and customizable tags. 'Simple' means that it does not implement all XML specifications, only the most widely used ones.
    Downloads: 6 This Week
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    VTD-XML is the next generation XML parser/indexer/editor/slicer/assembler/xpath-engine that goes beyond DOM, SAX and PULL in performance, memory usage, and ease of use.
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    RexxXMLParser
    An XML parser written in the REXX programming language. It runs on mainframes (z/OS Rexx) as well as Windows and Linux (Regina or ooRexx). Includes example Rexx programs that use the parser such as: JCL2XML (converts z/OS JCL into an XML format), AUX2SVG (converts a z/OS CICS auxiliary trace file into a visual SVG format), PRETTY (an XML pretty printer), DEVISIO (an example of removing unwanted tags from an SVG file).
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    EDIReader parses EDI input from ANSI X12 and EDIFACT, including documents for HIPAA compliance. It supports Java JAXP/SAX XML interfaces with a custom implementation of an "XML" parser, allowing access to EDI data with XML tools.
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    NunniMCAX is a minimal (19KB) C library for parsing XML. The API recall SAX and is sequential and event-driven. The parser strives to verify that the XML is well-formed, but no validation. NunniMCAX's FSM has been generated using NunniFSMGen
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    An efficient little program to simply parse XML files to find contents of different sets of tags, whichever you please. Can also return a list of all the XML tags in relation to their content.
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    NQXML is a pure Ruby implementation of a non-validating XML processor. It includes an XML tokenizer, a SAX-style streaming XML parser, a DOM-style tree parser, an XML writer, and a context-sensitive callback mechanism.
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    TCUI
    TCUI is a Graphical User Interface for mobile devices, running on Java 2 Microedition. So, this lighweight (only 47 KiB) library provides you automatic GUI. Components: Window, Pane, Tree, List, Menu, Text, Label, Combo, Check, Soft bar, Popup menu.
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    MuLanPa

    MuLanPa

    transfer text in diverse formats into specific xml parser-trees

    MuLanPa is a source-analyser with a configurable parser and may be may be used for several programming-languages. Its xml-output should be used for tools like project-browsers or code-viewers like moritz (www.sourceforge.net/projects/moritz/) .
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    YAP - Yet another Proxy: a TCP/UDP port mapper! Written in Delphi, it is the ideal tool to build a bridge between subnets e.g. to reach a PcAnywhere or VNC host that is on another subnet. Also embeds a full, independent XML parser and a web server.
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    xxe

    Intentionally vulnerable web services exploitable with XXE

    An XML External Entity attack is a type of attack against an application that parses XML input. This attack occurs when XML input containing a reference to an external entity is processed by a weakly configured XML parser. This attack may lead to the disclosure of confidential data, denial of service, port scanning from the perspective of the machine where the parser is located. This zipped Ubuntu VM is set up as a Capture the Flag with those that successfully exploit the XXE vulnerability able to place their name on a leaderboard. As with other challenges in the OWASP Vicnum project the overall purpose is to have fun and generate interest in the topic. This challenge was used in an OWASP APPSEC 'Breaking Bad' event.
    Downloads: 3 This Week
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    High performance stream-based XML parser written in C.
    Downloads: 2 This Week
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    TrollEditor

    Editor of virtual worlds.

    Troll enables creation and visualisation of complex environments. It is based on Ogre3D (graphics engine), Bullet (physics engine), PhysX (physics engine), OpenAL (3D sound and music), OpenCV (image analysis and camera model) and Boost (threading and python binding). It uses Python for scripting, as well as built in simple scripting language. Some features: - built in multiplayer - incorporating data from different sensors (IMU, AHRS, Razer Hydra) - image server/client - built in support for motion capture data analysis - path finding using data from physics engine (backwave propagation algorithm) - built in XML parser - graphical world editor - plugins system (C++)
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    The program can be used to solve the problems about XML encoding exception. Step 1: Convert XML to SXML; Step 2: Extract the data ID in SXML using other XML parser library ; Step 3: The raw data are extracted from SXML.
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    Command line XML parser using "expat" libraries allowing you to on the fly extract / add / modify / delete / split / format / unformat / count tag value, name and attributes. Usefull for shell scripting on UNIX or Linux based systems.
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    A C++ XML Parser and validator.
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    tinyxp

    a tiny xml parser tool

    If you want to read this source code,maybe you should learn CHINESE first, or waitting for the ENGLISH later.Thanks for your attention!
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    A framework for creating highly interactive websites using javascript, css, xml, and html. Includes a custom xml parser for highly readable javascript. Essentially, all the plumbing for making AJAX-based websites, with js-based GUI toolkit.
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Open Source XML Parsers Guide

An open source XML parser is a software library that allows developers to programmatically access, interpret and edit the contents of an XML document. It reads in an XML file and parses it into elements or nodes using a set of rules known as the Document Object Model (DOM). This allows the developer to access data within an XML document based on its specified structure, such as tag names and attribute values. There are many open source parsing libraries available for different programming languages, such as Java, JavaScript, Python and C#.

One popular open-source library is Apache Xerces-C++ which has been around since 1999. It is highly configurable and supports standards including DOM Level 3 and SAX2. Another widely used library is Expat which was written by James Clark in 1998 as part of his free SGML parser project called Sp (for SGML Parser). Expat is lightweight but fast, making it ideal for embedded applications or web services where speed needs to be maximized at all costs.

Open source libraries provide developers with flexibility when working with large volumes of data stored in various formats such as JSON or HTML documents. By designing applications that can automatically read these files without needing human intervention (such as manual reformatting), they become more efficient and cost effective to implement. Furthermore, they allow companies to avoid having to purchase expensive commercial packages just so they can access their data quickly and securely.

Features of Open Source XML Parsers

  • SAX (Simple API for XML): SAX is an event driven parser that parses each element of an XML document independently. It allows developers to register handlers each time a particular event occurs on the source document which they can use to implement custom logic. SAX is the most performant and memory efficient approach to parsing XML documents as it does not require the entire document be stored in memory.
  • DOM (Document Object Model): The DOM approach uses a tree structure representation of an XML document instead of paginated events as with SAX. This requires more system resources as it must store entire documents in memory during processing, however, it also provides better capabilities for manipulating and querying data.
  • StAX (Streaming API for XML): StAX provides a pull type mechanism for reading and writing from/to an XML stream or file. It provides support for both reading and writing with methods such as nextEvent() or previousEvent(). As such, you can control how much of the content you want to access at any point rather than having all content loaded into memory like DOM or waiting until events occur like with SAX.
  • JAXB (Java Architecture for XML Binding): JAXB is used to bind Java objects to XML documents and vice-versa using annotations on classes, allowing them to be converted back and forth without manual marshalling/unmarshalling code required. This significantly reduces development time when working with complex object structures serialized into xml form.

Different Types of Open Source XML Parsers

  • DOM Parser: A Document Object Model (DOM) parser manipulates a tree representation of an XML document and uses it to provide developers with a way to access, update, and delete the content of an XML document.
  • SAX Parser: Simple API for XML (SAX) parsers work by slowly scanning through each line of code in an XML document and generating events that can be used to identify nodes within the document. This type of parser is often used when memory or performance are critical considerations.
  • StAX Parser: Streaming API for XML (StAX) is similar to SAX in that it reads through several elements on an XML file without actually loading the entire document into memory. It's generally faster than SAX since it can choose which elements need to be processed while still avoiding redundant parsing tasks.
  • JDOM Parser: Java DOM (JDOM) is designed specifically for use with the Java programming language. It provides a means of easily manipulating any kind of structured data stored in the form of XML documents from within the language itself. It's well suited for applications where maximum flexibility or extensibility matters most, such as web services and enterprise application integration projects.
  • XSLT Processor: An Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation (XSLT) processor allows developers to transform input documents written in one language into output documents written in another language using XSLT rules and transformations—which come in handy when transforming data between different formats like CSV or JSON.
  • XPath Processor: XPath works alongside other technologies like XQuery, XPointer and XLink by allowing developers to locate specific information within complex documents such as those generated by HTML and XML standards by searching for particular substrings inside them using expressions known as “paths”.

Open Source XML Parsers Advantages

  1. Comprehensive: Open source XML parsers provide comprehensive services, including validation and transformation functions. This makes it easier to ensure that incoming data is valid and provides the ability to transform documents for different purposes.
  2. Flexible: Open source XML parsers can be used in a variety of different programming languages, making them highly flexible when it comes to application development. Most open source parsers are designed to work with a range of programming languages, meaning that developers can easily port projects between different platforms.
  3. Cost-Effective: Because open source XML parsers are generally provided for free or at minimal cost, they can save organizations significant amounts of money compared to proprietary alternatives. This makes them an attractive choice for organizations looking to reduce their costs while still maintaining high levels of functionality.
  4. Open Source Community Support: An important benefit of using open source XML parsers is the level of support offered by a large and active community behind many such projects. This means users are always able to receive help should they encounter any problems while using the parser, as there will likely be others who have faced (and solved) similar issues before them.

Types of Users That Use Open Source XML Parsers

  • Business Users: Business users often use open source XML parsers to aggregate and analyze data from different sources. They may also utilize the technology to process exchange rates, customer information, stock prices, etc.
  • Web Developers: Some web developers choose open source XML parsers when creating new websites or applications because it allows for better control over aesthetics and achieves complex tasks more quickly than other methods.
  • Educators: Educators may use open-source XML parsers to create educational materials such as eBooks, but they can also be used in learning platforms to structure content in an interactive way.
  • Researchers: Researchers working on digital humanities projects have come to rely on open source software like XML parsers help organize large amounts of qualitative data.
  • Government Agencies & Organizations: Government agencies utilize the power of open source technologies like XML parsers to store and manage sensitive governmental data more securely than some proprietary solutions could offer.

How Much Do Open Source XML Parsers Cost?

Open source XML parsers typically don't come with a price tag attached. Instead, they are often free to use and open source, meaning that you can download and modify the code as you wish, without having to worry about paying for it. This makes them an ideal choice for those who want to develop XML-based applications without spending extra money. However, there can be certain costs associated with using open source XML parsers - such as hiring a developer or purchasing additional resources like libraries or software packages. Additionally, depending on the platform you choose to build your application on, there may be fees charged by the service or software provider as well. Ultimately though, these costs are minimal compared to the cost of purchasing a commercial parser and do not stand in comparison with the flexibility that comes with using an open source solution.

What Software Do Open Source XML Parsers Integrate With?

Open source XML parsers can integrate with a variety of software types, including applications programming interfaces (APIs), database management systems, web browsers, and document editors. APIs allow the parser to work seamlessly with other software components by providing a standard way for them to communicate. Database management systems often use parsers to store and read data from XML documents efficiently. Web browsers are able to interpret XML tags and display them in an organized view for easier reading. Finally, document editors use XML parsers to enable editing of XML text in an intuitive manner. All of these applications use the parser's ability to interpret and analyze elements within an XML file in order to process or represent it in a useful way.

What Are the Trends Relating to Open Source XML Parsers?

  1. Expanded Usage: Open source XML parsers have become increasingly popular over the past decade due to their ease-of-use and flexibility. This has led to more developers using these parsers for a variety of tasks, such as creating web applications and working with data feeds.
  2. Increased Availability: With the proliferation of open source software, a number of different open source XML parsers have become available. This allows developers to choose from a variety of options when it comes to selecting the best parser for their needs.
  3. Improved Performance: Open source XML parsers are known for their improved performance compared to other parsers. Many of these parsers have been optimized for speed, allowing them to process large amounts of XML data quickly and efficiently.
  4. Enhanced Security: Many open source XML parsers offer enhanced security features, such as built-in validation and support for namespaces. These features help ensure that any data that is processed through the parser is done so in a secure manner.
  5. Cost Savings: Open source XML parsers are usually free or very affordable, allowing developers to save money while still obtaining reliable tools for processing XML data.

How Users Can Get Started With Open Source XML Parsers

  1. Getting started with open source XML parsers is actually a fairly straightforward process. First, you will need to locate an appropriate parser for your needs. There are several popular open source parsers available such as libxml2, Expat, and Libxslt. You should be sure to read online reviews of the parser before making a decision in order to ensure that it meets the requirements of your project.
  2. Once you have selected a parser, you can download it and install it on your machine. Depending on the system that you are running, this process may vary slightly but typically involves unzipping the file in the desired location and then configuring path variables so that the system knows which version of the parser to use when needed. Consult the installation instructions included with each specific program if necessary.
  3. Once installed, you can begin parsing your XML documents right away using commands or APIs provided by your chosen software package. Many packages also provide comprehensive tutorials for their users to maximize their tool’s potential without needing prior programming experience or knowledge about XML processing techniques. Additionally, many open source communities provide support forums that allow users of all levels to ask questions or troubleshoot specific issues they may be facing while using their programs.
  4. In summary, getting started with using open source XML parsers requires just a few simple steps: selecting an appropriate software package for your purposes; downloading and installing it; becoming familiar with how to use its various features; and utilizing any available resources (tutorials, documentation) or support services offered by the developers or community members if necessary.