As XML proliferates, so too does the need for scalable, robust XML processing. There is no consensus as to how best to perform XML processing. SAX, DOM, XSLT all have their fervent admirers and detractors.

XPipe is a methodology for XML processing that steps one degree above individual processing techniques and blend thems into a single XML processing approach. Using the assembly line principle, XPipe promotes the decomposition of large processing tasks thus promoting the creation of repositories of re-usable XML processing components.