SAX is a simple standardized API for XML parsers developed by the contributors to the xml-dev mailing list The interface is mostly language-independent, as long as the language is object-oriented; the first implementation was written for Java, but a Python implementation is also available SAX is supported by many XML parsers
Simple API for XML A standardised API for event based analysis of XML programme modules
a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore a Belgian maker of musical instruments who invented the saxophone (1814-1894)
Old English Seax, a knife, used of the single-edged iron cleavers common in European Saxon and Anglo-Saxon graves Continental versions have a curving back; English types (late 6th-century and later) are straight-backed with an angle near the point
Simple API for XML" An event-driven interface in which the parser invokes one of several methods supplied by the caller when a "parsing event" occurs "Events" include recognizing an XML tag, finding an error, encountering a reference to an external entity, or processing a DTD specification
An event-based interface created specifically for XML parsers that are written in object-oriented applications, such as Java