FYI: http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2007/05/16/xml-parser-benchmarks-part-2.html
Maybe it is important to consider some JIRA that improves the performance of AXIOM when the full document is parsed , and when the document is itself small < 10k (that's the most common scenario anyway), otherwise the whole set of (theoretical) benefits that it could provide, is lost. Thanks. Regards, Angel