Don Park of the SML-DEV
group has released Min, the first
processor for the group's simplified XML spec, Minimal
XML.
The Java processor, which has SAX and JAXP interfaces,
appears to provide fast data processing - Park writes:
On my Celeron laptop, it zips through
Minimal XML files
at around 6 megabytes of UTF-8 data per second and over
10 megabytes of UTF-16 data per second. Sun's XML parser
parses at about 3 megabytes/sec on UTF-8 and 4 megabytes
per second on UTF-16.
Also included in the distribution is a script called
"minimize", which converts XML to Minimal XML. This provides
a quick way to see the immediate differences between the two
specifications. Park concludes his release announcement with
the invitation to "give Min a spin".