Fast XML/HTML for Haskell: XML TypeLift

TL;DR

This paper introduces a high-performance XML parser for Haskell that combines speed with ease of use, enabling large-scale XML data processing by developers with minimal prior experience.

Contribution

It presents a new XML parser for Haskell that is both fast and user-friendly, outperforming existing tools and simplifying XML data handling for developers.

Findings

Parser competes with fastest tools in other languages

Enables processing of large XML datasets efficiently

Accessible to intermediate-level Haskell programmers

Abstract

The paper presents and compares a range of parsers with and without data mapping for conversion between XML and Haskell. The best performing parser competes favorably with the fastest tools available in other languages and is, thus, suitable for use in large-scale data analysis. The best performing parser also allows software developers of intermediate-level Haskell programming skills to start processing large numbers of XML documents soon after finding the relevant XML Schema from a simple internet search, without the need for specialist prior knowledge or skills. We hope that this unique combination of parser performance and usability will provide a new standard for XML mapping to high-level languages.