Abstract: Techniques for use in telecommunications products and services for processing XML-type (e.g., CCXML or VXML) documents in association with the operation of a telecommunications network include parsing a XML-type document a single time for all instruction execution relating to the XML-type document for generating an XML-type reference document. Compiling the XML reference document occurs next for generating a XML-type binary reference file comprising a plurality of binary data sets derived from the XML-type reference document. Then, the method and system convert the XML-type binary reference file to an object tree for use of the contents of the XML-type binary reference file at essentially execution speeds. The method and system provide for storing data in a cache memory, the data relating to the XML-type binary reference file at a point essentially approximating the execution point of the data in the processing of the XML-type document.