# Streaming Parsers

> The ability to parse input incrementally as it streams in, without buffering the whole document.

Record: `lexicon:streaming-parsers`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Execution Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/execution-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-streaming-parsers

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Complex Grammar/Global State](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/complex-grammar-global-state.md) and before [Control-Flow-Centric Monolith](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/control-flow-centric-monolith.md).

## Category

- [Streaming / Pipeline / Dataflow Processing](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/streaming-pipeline-dataflow-processing.md)

## Enabled by

- [Forward-Only Processing](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/forward-only-processing.md)

## Linked from

- [Streaming / Pipeline / Dataflow Processing](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-streaming-pipeline-dataflow-processing.md)