StAX
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StAX (Streaming API for XML) is a Java-based pull-parsing API that enables efficient, forward-only, stream-oriented processing of XML documents.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| StAX canonical | 3 |
| Streaming API for XML | 1 |
| XMLEventWriter interface | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5767787 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: StAX Context triple: [XML technology stack, includesStandard, StAX]
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A.
XML
XML (Extensible Markup Language) is a flexible, text-based markup language designed for structuring, storing, and transporting data in a platform-independent way.
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B.
xalan
Xalan is an Apache project that provides an XSLT processor for transforming XML documents.
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C.
DSSSL
DSSSL (Document Style Semantics and Specification Language) is an ISO standard language used to define stylesheets and transformations for SGML documents, particularly in technical publishing.
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D.
XSLT
XSLT is a language for transforming XML documents into other formats such as XML, HTML, or plain text using template-based rules.
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E.
RELAX NG
RELAX NG is a schema language used to define and validate the structure and content of XML documents in a concise and flexible way.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: StAX Target entity description: StAX (Streaming API for XML) is a Java-based pull-parsing API that enables efficient, forward-only, stream-oriented processing of XML documents.
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A.
XML
XML (Extensible Markup Language) is a flexible, text-based markup language designed for structuring, storing, and transporting data in a platform-independent way.
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B.
xalan
Xalan is an Apache project that provides an XSLT processor for transforming XML documents.
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C.
DSSSL
DSSSL (Document Style Semantics and Specification Language) is an ISO standard language used to define stylesheets and transformations for SGML documents, particularly in technical publishing.
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D.
XSLT
XSLT is a language for transforming XML documents into other formats such as XML, HTML, or plain text using template-based rules.
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E.
RELAX NG
RELAX NG is a schema language used to define and validate the structure and content of XML documents in a concise and flexible way.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Java API
ⓘ
XML processing API ⓘ |
| abbreviation | StAX ⓘ |
| advantage |
better control over parsing flow
ⓘ
reduced memory footprint compared to DOM ⓘ simpler state management compared to SAX in some use cases ⓘ |
| APIStyle |
event iterator API
ⓘ
iterator-like cursor API ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Java XML processing APIs ⓘ |
| category |
Java XML technology
ⓘ
linked to:
Java API for XML Processing (JAXP)
|
| comparedToDOM | does not require loading entire XML into memory ⓘ |
| comparedToSAX | uses pull model instead of push model ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
DOM
ⓘ
SAX ⓘ |
| designGoal |
efficient XML processing
ⓘ
low-memory XML parsing ⓘ |
| fullName |
Streaming API for XML
ⓘ
linked to:
StAX
|
| introducedIn |
Java 6 platform
ⓘ
linked to:
Java Platform, Standard Edition
|
| license | part of standard Java platform licensing ⓘ |
| operatesOn |
XML input streams
ⓘ
XML output streams ⓘ |
| paradigm | pull-based XML parsing ⓘ |
| parsingModel | pull parsing ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
parsing XML documents
ⓘ
processing XML documents ⓘ |
| processingDirection | forward-only ⓘ |
| processingMode | stream-oriented ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | Java ⓘ |
| provides |
XMLEventFactory class
ⓘ
XMLEventReader interface ⓘ XMLEventWriter interface ⓘ
linked to:
StAX
XMLInputFactory class ⓘ XMLOutputFactory class ⓘ XMLStreamReader interface ⓘ XMLStreamWriter interface ⓘ |
| standardizedIn | Java Specification Request 173 ⓘ |
| supports |
cursor-based XML parsing
ⓘ
event-based XML parsing ⓘ iterator-style XML parsing ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
namespace-aware parsing
ⓘ
validation via external mechanisms ⓘ |
| typicalEnvironment |
middleware and integration systems
ⓘ
server-side Java applications ⓘ |
| typicalUsage |
processing XML over network streams
ⓘ
processing large XML streams ⓘ |
| usedFor |
incremental XML parsing
ⓘ
writing XML streams ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: StAX Description of subject: StAX (Streaming API for XML) is a Java-based pull-parsing API that enables efficient, forward-only, stream-oriented processing of XML documents.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.