diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bdc5af0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*~
+build
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d36f39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# Project setup
+PROJECT(xml)
+CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.6.0 FATAL_ERROR) 
+
+
+# Compiler setup
+SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "-DDEBUG")
+SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O2")
+
+#IF (${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} strequal "Debug")
+#	ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DDEBUG)
+#	
+#ELSE (DEFINED ${DEBUG_BUILD})
+#	SET(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE})
+#ENDIF (DEFINED ${DEBUG_BUILD})
+
+
+# Sources
+SET(SOURCE_DIRECTORY src)
+SET(TEST_SOURCE_DIRECTORY test)
+
+
+# Build library
+ADD_LIBRARY(xml STATIC
+	${SOURCE_DIRECTORY}/xml.c
+)
+
+
+# Build unit cases
+INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${SOURCE_DIRECTORY})
+
+ADD_EXECUTABLE(test-xml
+	${TEST_SOURCE_DIRECTORY}/test-xml
+)
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(test-xml xml)
+
+
+# Deploy
+INSTALL(TARGETS xml DESTINATION lib)
+INSTALL(FILES DESTINATION)
+
diff --git a/src/xml.c b/src/xml.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..863c5d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/xml.c
@@ -0,0 +1,736 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 ooxi/xml.c
+ *     https://github.com/ooxi/xml.c
+ *
+ * This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied warranty.
+ * In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages arising from the
+ * use of this software.
+ * 
+ * Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
+ * including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
+ * freely, subject to the following restrictions:
+ *
+ *  1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
+ *     claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software in a
+ *     product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be
+ *     appreciated but is not required.
+ * 
+ *  2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
+ *     misrepresented as being the original software.
+ *
+ *  3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.
+ */
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <malloc.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "xml.h"
+
+
+
+
+
+/**
+ * [OPAQUE API]
+ *
+ * UTF-8 text
+ */
+struct xml_string {
+	uint8_t* buffer;
+	size_t length;
+};
+
+/**
+ * [OPAQUE API]
+ *
+ * An xml_node will always contain a tag name and a 0-terminated list of
+ * children. Moreover it may contain text content.
+ */
+struct xml_node {
+	struct xml_string* name;
+	struct xml_string* content;
+	struct xml_node** children;
+};
+
+/**
+ * [OPAQUE API]
+ *
+ * An xml_document simply contains the root node and the underlying buffer
+ */
+struct xml_document {
+	struct xml_string buffer;
+	struct xml_node* root;
+};
+
+
+
+
+
+/**
+ * [PRIVATE]
+ *
+ * Parser context
+ */
+struct xml_parser {
+	uint8_t* buffer;
+	size_t position;
+	size_t length;
+};
+
+/**
+ * [PRIVATE]
+ *
+ * Character offsets
+ */
+enum xml_parser_offset {
+	NO_CHARACTER = -1,
+	CURRENT_CHARACTER = 0,
+	NEXT_CHARACTER = 1,
+};
+
+
+
+
+
+/**
+ * [PRIVATE]
+ *
+ * @return Number of elements in 0-terminated array
+ */
+static size_t get_zero_terminated_array_elements(struct xml_node** nodes) {
+	size_t elements = 0;
+
+	while (nodes[elements]) {
+		++elements;
+	}
+
+	return elements;
+}
+
+
+
+/**
+ * [PRIVATE]
+ *
+ * @warning No UTF conversions will be attempted
+ *
+ * @return true gdw. a == b
+ */
+static _Bool xml_string_equals(struct xml_string* a, struct xml_string* b) {
+	_Bool const true = 1;
+	_Bool const false = 0;
+
+	if (a->length != b->length) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	size_t i = 0; for (; i < a->length; ++i) {
+		if (a->buffer[i] != b->buffer[i]) {
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+
+
+/**
+ * [PRIVATE]
+ *
+ * Frees the resources allocated by the string
+ *
+ * @waring `buffer` must _not_ be freed, since it is a reference to the
+ *     document's buffer
+ */
+static void xml_string_free(struct xml_string* string) {
+	free(string);
+}
+
+
+
+/**
+ * [PRIVATE]
+ * 
+ * Frees the resources allocated by the node
+ */
+static void xml_node_free(struct xml_node* node) {
+	xml_string_free(node->name);
+
+	if (node->content) {
+		xml_string_free(node->content);
+	}
+
+	struct xml_node** it = node->children;
+	while (*it) {
+		xml_node_free(*it);
+		++it;
+	}
+	free(node->children);
+
+	free(node);
+}
+
+
+
+/**
+ * [PRIVATE]
+ *
+ * Echos the parsers call stack for debugging purposes
+ */
+#ifdef DEBUG
+static void xml_parser_info(struct xml_parser* parser, char const* message) {
+	fprintf(stdout, "xml_parser_info %s\n", message);
+}
+#else
+#define xml_parser_info(parser, message) {}
+#endif
+
+
+
+/**
+ * [PRIVATE]
+ *
+ * Echos an error regarding the parser's source to the console
+ */
+static void xml_parser_error(struct xml_parser* parser, enum xml_parser_offset offset, char const* message) {
+	int row = 0;
+	int column = 0;
+
+	#define min(X,Y) ((X) < (Y) ? (X) : (Y))
+	#define max(X,Y) ((X) > (Y) ? (X) : (Y))
+	size_t character = max(0, min(parser->length, parser->position + offset));
+	#undef min
+	#undef max
+
+	size_t position = 0; for (; position < character; ++position) {
+		column++;
+
+		if ('\n' == parser->buffer[position]) {
+			row++;
+			column = 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (NO_CHARACTER != offset) {
+		fprintf(stderr,	"xml_parser_error at %i:%i (is %c): %s\n",
+				row + 1, column, parser->buffer[character], message
+		);
+	} else {
+		fprintf(stderr,	"xml_parser_error at %i:%i: %s\n",
+				row + 1, column, message
+		);
+	}
+}
+
+
+
+/**
+ * [PRIVATE]
+ *
+ * Returns the n-th not-whitespace byte in parser and 0 if such a byte does not
+ * exist
+ */
+static uint8_t xml_parser_peek(struct xml_parser* parser, size_t n) {
+	size_t position = parser->position;
+
+	while (position < parser->length) {
+		if (!isspace(parser->buffer[position])) {
+			if (n == 0) {
+				return parser->buffer[position];
+			} else {
+				--n;
+			}
+		}
+
+		position++;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
+
+/**
+ * [PRIVATE]
+ *
+ * Moves the parser's position n bytes. If the new position would be out of
+ * bounds, it will be converted to the bounds itself
+ */
+static void xml_parser_consume(struct xml_parser* parser, size_t n) {
+
+	/* Debug information
+	 */
+	#ifdef DEBUG
+	#define min(X,Y) ((X) < (Y) ? (X) : (Y))
+	char* consumed = alloca((n + 1) * sizeof(char));
+	memcpy(consumed, &parser->buffer[parser->position], min(n, parser->length - parser->position));
+	consumed[n] = 0;
+	#undef min
+
+	size_t message_buffer_length = 512;
+	char* message_buffer = alloca(512 * sizeof(char));
+	snprintf(message_buffer, message_buffer_length, "Consuming %li bytes \"%s\"", (long)n, consumed);
+	message_buffer[message_buffer_length - 1] = 0;
+
+	xml_parser_info(parser, message_buffer);
+	#endif
+
+
+	/* Move the position forward
+	 */
+	parser->position += n;
+
+	/* Don't go too far
+	 *
+	 * @warning Valid because parser->length must be greater than 0
+	 */
+	if (parser->position >= parser->length) {
+		parser->position = parser->length - 1;
+	}
+}
+
+
+
+/**
+ * [PRIVATE]
+ * 
+ * Skips to the next non-whitespace character
+ */
+static void xml_skip_whitespace(struct xml_parser* parser) {
+	xml_parser_info(parser, "whitespace");
+
+	while (isspace(parser->buffer[parser->position])) {
+		if (parser->position + 1 >= parser->length) {
+			return;
+		} else {
+			parser->position++;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+
+
+/**
+ * [PRIVATE]
+ *
+ * Parses the name out of the an XML tag's ending
+ *
+ * ---( Example )---
+ * tag_name>
+ * ---
+ */
+static struct xml_string* xml_parse_tag_end(struct xml_parser* parser) {
+	xml_parser_info(parser, "tag_end");
+	size_t start = parser->position;
+	size_t length = 0;
+
+	/* Parse until `>' or a whitespace is reached
+	 */
+	while (start + length < parser->length) {
+		uint8_t current = xml_parser_peek(parser, CURRENT_CHARACTER);
+
+		if (('>' == current) || isspace(current)) {
+			break;
+		} else {
+			xml_parser_consume(parser, 1);
+			length++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* Consume `>'
+	 */
+	if ('>' != xml_parser_peek(parser, CURRENT_CHARACTER)) {
+		xml_parser_error(parser, CURRENT_CHARACTER, "xml_parse_tag_end::expected tag end");
+		return 0;
+	}
+	xml_parser_consume(parser, 1);
+
+	/* Return parsed tag name
+	 */
+	struct xml_string* name = malloc(sizeof(struct xml_string));
+	name->buffer = &parser->buffer[start];
+	name->length = length;
+	return name;
+}
+
+
+
+/**
+ * [PRIVATE]
+ *
+ * Parses an opening XML tag without attributes
+ *
+ * ---( Example )---
+ * <tag_name>
+ * ---
+ */
+static struct xml_string* xml_parse_tag_open(struct xml_parser* parser) {
+	xml_parser_info(parser, "tag_open");
+	xml_skip_whitespace(parser);
+
+	/* Consume `<'
+	 */
+	if ('<' != xml_parser_peek(parser, CURRENT_CHARACTER)) {
+		xml_parser_error(parser, CURRENT_CHARACTER, "xml_parse_tag_open::expected opening tag");
+		return 0;
+	}
+	xml_parser_consume(parser, 1);
+
+	/* Consume tag name
+	 */
+	return xml_parse_tag_end(parser);
+}
+
+
+
+/**
+ * [PRIVATE]
+ *
+ * Parses an closing XML tag without attributes
+ *
+ * ---( Example )---
+ * </tag_name>
+ * ---
+ */
+static struct xml_string* xml_parse_tag_close(struct xml_parser* parser) {
+	xml_parser_info(parser, "tag_close");
+	xml_skip_whitespace(parser);
+
+	/* Consume `</'
+	 */
+	if (		('<' != xml_parser_peek(parser, CURRENT_CHARACTER))
+		||	('/' != xml_parser_peek(parser, NEXT_CHARACTER))) {
+
+		if ('<' != xml_parser_peek(parser, CURRENT_CHARACTER)) {
+			xml_parser_error(parser, CURRENT_CHARACTER, "xml_parse_tag_close::expected closing tag `<'");
+		}
+		if ('/' != xml_parser_peek(parser, NEXT_CHARACTER)) {
+			xml_parser_error(parser, NEXT_CHARACTER, "xml_parse_tag_close::expected closing tag `/'");
+		}
+
+		return 0;
+	}
+	xml_parser_consume(parser, 2);
+
+	/* Consume tag name
+	 */
+	return xml_parse_tag_end(parser);
+}
+
+
+
+/**
+ * [PRIVATE]
+ *
+ * Parses a tag's content
+ *
+ * ---( Example )---
+ *     this is
+ *   a
+ *       tag {} content
+ * ---
+ *
+ * @warning CDATA etc. is _not_ and will never be supported
+ */
+static struct xml_string* xml_parse_content(struct xml_parser* parser) {
+	xml_parser_info(parser, "content");
+
+	/* Whitespace will be ignored
+	 */
+	xml_skip_whitespace(parser);
+
+	size_t start = parser->position;
+	size_t length = 0;
+
+	/* Consume until `<' is reached
+	 */
+	while (start + length < parser->length) {
+		uint8_t current = xml_parser_peek(parser, CURRENT_CHARACTER);
+
+		if ('<' == current) {
+			break;
+		} else {
+			xml_parser_consume(parser, 1);
+			length++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* Next character must be an `<' or we have reached end of file
+	 */
+	if ('<' != xml_parser_peek(parser, CURRENT_CHARACTER)) {
+		xml_parser_error(parser, CURRENT_CHARACTER, "xml_parse_content::expected <");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/* Ignore tailing whitespace
+	 */
+	while ((length > 0) && isspace(parser->buffer[start + length - 1])) {
+		length--;
+	}
+
+	/* Return text
+	 */
+	struct xml_string* content = malloc(sizeof(struct xml_string));
+	content->buffer = &parser->buffer[start];
+	content->length = length;
+	return content;
+}
+
+
+
+/**
+ * [PRIVATE]
+ * 
+ * Parses an XML fragment node
+ *
+ * ---( Example without children )---
+ * <Node>Text</Node>
+ * ---
+ *
+ * ---( Example with children )---
+ * <Parent>
+ *     <Child>Text</Child>
+ *     <Child>Text</Child>
+ *     <Test>Content</Test>
+ * </Parent>
+ * ---
+ */
+static struct xml_node* xml_parse_node(struct xml_parser* parser) {
+	xml_parser_info(parser, "node");
+
+	/* Setup variables
+	 */
+	struct xml_string* tag_open = 0;
+	struct xml_string* tag_close = 0;
+	struct xml_string* content = 0;
+
+	struct xml_node** children = calloc(1, sizeof(struct xml_node*));
+	children[0] = 0;
+
+
+	/* Parse open tag
+	 */
+	tag_open = xml_parse_tag_open(parser);
+	if (!tag_open) {
+		xml_parser_error(parser, NO_CHARACTER, "xml_parse_node::tag_open");
+		goto exit_failure;
+	}
+
+
+	/* If the content does not start with '<', a text content is assumed
+	 */
+	if ('<' != xml_parser_peek(parser, CURRENT_CHARACTER)) {
+		content = xml_parse_content(parser);
+
+		if (!content) {
+			xml_parser_error(parser, 0, "xml_parse_node::content");
+			goto exit_failure;
+		}
+
+
+	/* Otherwise children are to be expected
+	 */
+	} else while ('/' != xml_parser_peek(parser, NEXT_CHARACTER)) {
+
+		/* Parse child node
+		 */
+		struct xml_node* child = xml_parse_node(parser);
+		if (!child) {
+			xml_parser_error(parser, NEXT_CHARACTER, "xml_parse_node::child");
+			goto exit_failure;
+		}
+
+		/* Grow child array :)
+		 */
+		size_t old_elements = get_zero_terminated_array_elements(children);
+		size_t new_elements = old_elements + 1;
+		children = realloc(children, new_elements * sizeof(struct xml_node*));
+
+		/* Save child
+		 */
+		children[new_elements - 1] = child;
+		children[new_elements] = 0;
+	}
+
+
+	/* Parse close tag
+	 */
+	tag_close = xml_parse_tag_close(parser);
+	if (!tag_close) {
+		xml_parser_error(parser, NO_CHARACTER, "xml_parse_node::tag_close");
+		goto exit_failure;
+	}
+
+
+	/* Close tag has to match open tag
+	 */
+	if (!xml_string_equals(tag_open, tag_close)) {
+		xml_parser_error(parser, NO_CHARACTER, "xml_parse_node::tag missmatch");
+		goto exit_failure;
+	}
+
+
+	/* Return parsed node
+	 */
+	xml_string_free(tag_close);
+
+	struct xml_node* node = malloc(sizeof(struct xml_node));
+	node->name = tag_open;
+	node->content = content;
+	node->children = children;
+	return node;
+
+
+	/* A failure occured, so free all allocalted resources
+	 */
+exit_failure:
+	if (tag_open) {
+		xml_string_free(tag_open);
+	}
+	if (tag_close) {
+		xml_string_free(tag_close);
+	}
+	if (content) {
+		xml_string_free(content);
+	}
+
+	struct xml_node** it = children;
+	while (*it) {
+		xml_node_free(*it);
+		++it;
+	}
+	free(children);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+/**
+ * [PUBLIC API]
+ *
+ * 
+ */
+struct xml_document* xml_parse_document(uint8_t* buffer, size_t length) {
+
+	/* Initialize parser
+	 */
+	struct xml_parser parser = {
+		.buffer = buffer,
+		.position = 0,
+		.length = length
+	};
+
+	/* An empty buffer can never contain a valid document
+	 */
+	if (!length) {
+		xml_parser_error(&parser, NO_CHARACTER, "xml_parse_document::length equals zero");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/* Parse the root node
+	 */
+	struct xml_node* root = xml_parse_node(&parser);
+	if (!root) {
+		xml_parser_error(&parser, NO_CHARACTER, "xml_parse_document::parsing document failed");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/* Return parsed document
+	 */
+	struct xml_document* document = malloc(sizeof(struct xml_document));
+	document->buffer.buffer = buffer;
+	document->buffer.length = length;
+	document->root = root;
+
+	return document;
+}
+
+
+
+/**
+ * [PUBLIC API]
+ */
+void xml_document_free(struct xml_document* document, _Bool free_buffer) {
+	if (free_buffer) {
+		free(document->buffer.buffer);
+	}
+	free(document);
+}
+
+
+
+/**
+ * [PUBLIC API]
+ */
+struct xml_node* xml_document_root(struct xml_document* document) {
+	return document->root;
+}
+
+
+
+/**
+ * [PUBLIC API]
+ */
+struct xml_string* xml_node_name(struct xml_node* node) {
+	return node->name;
+}
+
+
+
+/**
+ * [PUBLIC API]
+ */
+struct xml_string* xml_node_content(struct xml_node* node) {
+	return node->content;
+}
+
+
+
+/**
+ * [PUBLIC API]
+ *
+ * @warning O(n)
+ */
+size_t xml_node_children(struct xml_node* node) {
+	return get_zero_terminated_array_elements(node->children);
+}
+
+
+
+/**
+ * [PUBLIC API]
+ */
+struct xml_node* xml_node_child(struct xml_node* node, size_t child) {
+	if (child >= xml_node_children(node)) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return node->children[child];
+}
+
+
+
+/**
+ * [PUBLIC API]
+ */
+size_t xml_string_length(struct xml_string* string) {
+	return string->length;
+}
+
+
+
+/**
+ * [PUBLIC API]
+ */
+void xml_string_copy(struct xml_string* string, uint8_t* buffer, size_t length) {
+	#define min(X,Y) ((X) < (Y) ? (X) : (Y))
+	length = min(length, string->length);
+	#undef min
+
+	memcpy(buffer, string->buffer, length);
+}
+
diff --git a/src/xml.h b/src/xml.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ba87a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/xml.h
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 ooxi/xml.c
+ *     https://github.com/ooxi/xml.c
+ *
+ * This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied warranty.
+ * In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages arising from the
+ * use of this software.
+ * 
+ * Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
+ * including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
+ * freely, subject to the following restrictions:
+ *
+ *  1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
+ *     claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software in a
+ *     product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be
+ *     appreciated but is not required.
+ * 
+ *  2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
+ *     misrepresented as being the original software.
+ *
+ *  3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.
+ */
+#ifndef HEADER_GLTOOLKIT_XML
+#define HEADER_GLTOOLKIT_XML
+
+
+/**
+ * Includes
+ */
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+
+
+/**
+ * Opaque structure holding the parsed xml document
+ */
+struct xml_document;
+struct xml_node;
+
+/**
+ * Internal character sequence representation
+ */
+struct xml_string;
+
+
+
+/**
+ * Tries to parse the XML fragment in buffer
+ *
+ * @param buffer Chunk to parse
+ * @param length Size of the buffer
+ *
+ * @warning `buffer` will be referenced by the document, you may not free it
+ *     until you free the xml_document
+ * @warning You have to call xml_free after you finished using the document
+ *
+ * @return The parsed xml fragment iff `parsing was successful
+ */
+struct xml_document* xml_parse_document(uint8_t* buffer, size_t length);
+
+
+
+/**
+ * Frees all resources associated with the document. All xml_node and xml_string
+ * references obtained through the document will be invalidated
+ *
+ * @param document xml_document to free
+ * @param free_buffer iff true the internal buffer supplied via xml_parse_buffer
+ *     will be freed with the `free` system call
+ */
+void xml_document_free(struct xml_document* document, _Bool free_buffer);
+
+
+/**
+ * @return xml_node representing the document root
+ */
+struct xml_node* xml_document_root(struct xml_document* document);
+
+
+
+/**
+ * @return The xml_node's tag name
+ */
+struct xml_string* xml_node_name(struct xml_node* node);
+
+
+
+/**
+ * @return The xml_node's string content (if available, otherwise NULL)
+ */
+struct xml_string* xml_node_content(struct xml_node* node);
+
+
+
+/**
+ * @return Number of child nodes
+ */
+size_t xml_node_children(struct xml_node* node);
+
+
+
+/**
+ * @return The n-th child or 0 if out of range
+ */
+struct xml_node* xml_node_child(struct xml_node* node, size_t child);
+
+
+
+/**
+ * @return Length of the string
+ */
+size_t xml_string_length(struct xml_string* string);
+
+
+
+/**
+ * Copies the string into the supplied buffer
+ *
+ * @warning String will not be 0-terminated
+ * @warning Will write at most length bytes, even if the string is longer
+ */
+void xml_string_copy(struct xml_string* string, uint8_t* buffer, size_t length);
+
+
+
+
+
+#endif
+
diff --git a/test/test-xml.c b/test/test-xml.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82c2f3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-xml.c
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 ooxi/xml.c
+ *     https://github.com/ooxi/xml.c
+ *
+ * This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied warranty.
+ * In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages arising from the
+ * use of this software.
+ * 
+ * Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
+ * including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
+ * freely, subject to the following restrictions:
+ *
+ *  1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
+ *     claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software in a
+ *     product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be
+ *     appreciated but is not required.
+ * 
+ *  2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
+ *     misrepresented as being the original software.
+ *
+ *  3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.
+ */
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <xml.h>
+
+static _Bool true = 1;
+static _Bool false = 0;
+
+
+
+
+
+/**
+ * Will halt the program iff assertion fails
+ */
+static void _assert_that(_Bool condition, char const* message, char const* func, char const* file, int line) {
+	if (!condition) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Assertion failed: %s, in %s (%s:%i)\n", message, func, file, line);
+		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+}
+
+#define assert_that(condition, message)					\
+	_assert_that(condition, message, __func__, __FILE__, __LINE__)	
+
+
+
+/**
+ * @return true iff xml string equals the c string
+ */
+static _Bool string_equals(struct xml_string* a, char const* b) {
+	size_t a_length = xml_string_length(a);
+	size_t b_length = strlen(b);
+
+	uint8_t* a_buffer = alloca((a_length + 1) * sizeof(uint8_t));
+	xml_string_copy(a, a_buffer, a_length);
+	a_buffer[a_length] = 0;
+
+	if (a_length != b_length) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "string_equals: %s#%i <> %s#%i\n", a_buffer, (int)a_length, b, (int)b_length);
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	size_t i = 0; for (; i < a_length; ++i) {
+		if (a_buffer[i] != b[i]) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "string_equals: %s <> %s\n", a_buffer, b);
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+
+
+/**
+ * Converts a static character array to an uint8_t data source
+ */
+#define SOURCE(source, content)						\
+	uint8_t* source = alloca(strlen(content) * sizeof(uint8_t));	\
+	{	size_t i = 0; for (; i < strlen(content); ++i) {	\
+			source[i] = content[i];				\
+		}							\
+	}
+
+
+
+/**
+ * Tries to parse a simple document containing only one tag
+ */
+static void test_xml_parse_document_0() {
+	SOURCE(source, "<Hello>World</Hello>");
+
+	struct xml_document* document = xml_parse_document(source, strlen(source));
+	assert_that(document, "Could not parse document");
+
+	struct xml_node* root = xml_document_root(document);
+	assert_that(string_equals(xml_node_name(root), "Hello"), "root node name must be `Hello'");
+	assert_that(string_equals(xml_node_content(root), "World"), "root node content must be `World'");
+
+	xml_document_free(document, false);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Tries to parse a document containing multiple tags
+ */
+static void test_xml_parse_document_1() {
+	SOURCE(source, ""
+		"<Parent>\n"
+		"\t<Child>\n"
+		"\t\tFirst content\n"
+		"\t</Child>\n"
+		"\t<Child>\n"
+		"\t\tSecond content\n"
+		"\t</Child>\n"
+		"</Parent>\n"
+	);
+	struct xml_document* document = xml_parse_document(source, strlen(source));
+	assert_that(document, "Could not parse document");
+
+	struct xml_node* root = xml_document_root(document);
+	assert_that(string_equals(xml_node_name(root), "Parent"), "root node name must be `Parent'");
+	assert_that(2 == xml_node_children(root), "root must have two children");
+
+	struct xml_node* first_child = xml_node_child(root, 0);
+	struct xml_node* second_child = xml_node_child(root, 1);
+	assert_that(first_child && second_child, "Failed retrieving the children of root");
+
+	struct xml_node* third_child = xml_node_child(root, 2);
+	assert_that(!third_child, "root has a third child where non should be");
+
+	assert_that(string_equals(xml_node_name(first_child), "Child"), "first_child node name must be `Child'");
+	assert_that(string_equals(xml_node_content(first_child), "First content"), "first_child node content must be `First content'");
+	assert_that(string_equals(xml_node_name(second_child), "Child"), "second_child node name must be `Child'");
+	assert_that(string_equals(xml_node_content(second_child), "Second content"), "second_child node content must be `tSecond content'");
+
+	xml_document_free(document, false);
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+/**
+ * Console interface
+ */
+int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+	test_xml_parse_document_0();
+	test_xml_parse_document_1();
+
+	fprintf(stdout, "All tests passed :-)\n");
+	exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+}
+