# nicklockwood/XMLDictionary

[DEPRECATED]

Repository: https://github.com/nicklockwood/XMLDictionary
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/xmldictionary
Homepage: http://charcoaldesign.co.uk/source/cocoa#xml-dictionary
Language: Objective-C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2024-05-11T02:17:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5529, "days_push": 845, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1131, forks 229 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:42.413522+00:00)

## What it is
XMLDictionary is an Objective-C library that parses XML into NSDictionary trees and generates XML from dictionaries, built on NSXMLParser with a DOM-style interface. It is officially deprecated and will receive no further updates or bug fixes.

## Use cases
- parse xml into nsdictionary on ios
- convert xml to dictionary in objective-c
- generate xml from nested data structures
- use xml as data interchange format in cocoa apps
- simplify xml parsing without sax events

## When to choose
- you maintain a legacy iOS or macOS codebase already using it
- you need simple dictionary-based XML parsing for flat nested data structures on Apple platforms

## When to avoid
- starting a new project, since it is deprecated
- parsing HTML or documents with text interleaved with nested tags
- you need standards-compliant XML handling or ongoing bug fixes

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: parser, serialization
- domain: parsers, files, developer-tools
- platform: cpp
- tags: xml, objective-c, nsdictionary, dom-parser, deprecated, cocoa, ios, macos

## Member repositories
- nicklockwood/XMLDictionary (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:42.413522+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:38:03.393781+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nicklockwood/XMLDictionary (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:42.413522+00:00, sha ea136990eaf2)
  - homepage: http://charcoaldesign.co.uk/source/cocoa#xml-dictionary (fetched 2026-08-29T12:42:30.135007+00:00, sha d395e41ae808)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.