diff --git a/generator/registry/c-parse.zig b/generator/registry/c-parse.zig
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/generator/registry/c-parse.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,575 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const registry = @import("../registry.zig");
+const xml = @import("../xml.zig");
+const mem = std.mem;
+const Allocator = mem.Allocator;
+const testing = std.testing;
+const ArraySize = registry.Array.ArraySize;
+const TypeInfo = registry.TypeInfo;
+
+const Token = struct {
+    id: Id,
+    text: []const u8,
+
+    const Id = enum {
+        id, // Any id thats not a keyword
+        name, // Vulkan <name>...</name>
+        type_name, // Vulkan <type>...</type>
+        enum_name, // Vulkan <enum>...</enum>
+        int,
+        star,
+        comma,
+        semicolon,
+        colon,
+        lparen,
+        rparen,
+        lbracket,
+        rbracket,
+        kw_typedef,
+        kw_const,
+        kw_vkapi_ptr,
+        kw_struct,
+    };
+};
+
+const CTokenizer = struct {
+    source: []const u8,
+    offset: usize = 0,
+
+    fn peek(self: CTokenizer) ?u8 {
+        return if (self.offset < self.source.len) self.source[self.offset] else null;
+    }
+
+    fn consumeNoEof(self: *CTokenizer) u8 {
+        const c = self.peek().?;
+        self.offset += 1;
+        return c;
+    }
+
+    fn consume(self: *CTokenizer) !u8 {
+        return if (self.offset < self.source.len)
+                return self.consumeNoEof()
+            else
+                return null;
+    }
+
+    fn keyword(self: *CTokenizer) Token {
+        const start = self.offset;
+        _ = self.consumeNoEof();
+
+        while (true) {
+            const c = self.peek() orelse break;
+            switch (c) {
+                'A'...'Z', 'a'...'z', '_', '0'...'9' => _ = self.consumeNoEof(),
+                else => break,
+            }
+        }
+
+        const token_text = self.source[start .. self.offset];
+
+        const id = if (mem.eql(u8, token_text, "typedef"))
+                Token.Id.kw_typedef
+            else if (mem.eql(u8, token_text, "const"))
+                Token.Id.kw_const
+            else if (mem.eql(u8, token_text, "VKAPI_PTR"))
+                Token.Id.kw_vkapi_ptr
+            else if (mem.eql(u8, token_text, "struct"))
+                Token.Id.kw_struct
+            else
+                Token.Id.id;
+
+        return .{.id = id, .text = token_text};
+    }
+
+    fn int(self: *CTokenizer) Token {
+        const start = self.offset;
+        _ = self.consumeNoEof();
+
+        // TODO: 123ABC is now legal
+        while (true) {
+            const c = self.peek() orelse break;
+            switch (c) {
+                '0'...'9' => _ = self.consumeNoEof(),
+                else => break,
+            }
+        }
+
+        return .{
+            .id = .int,
+            .text = self.source[start .. self.offset],
+        };
+    }
+
+    fn next(self: *CTokenizer) !?Token {
+        while (true) {
+            switch (self.peek() orelse return null) {
+                ' ', '\t', '\n', '\r' => _ = self.consumeNoEof(),
+                else => break,
+            }
+        }
+
+        const c = self.peek().?;
+        var id: Token.Id = undefined;
+        switch (c) {
+            'A'...'Z', 'a'...'z', '_' => return self.keyword(),
+            '0'...'9' => return self.int(),
+            '*' => id = .star,
+            ',' => id = .comma,
+            ';' => id = .semicolon,
+            ':' => id = .colon,
+            '[' => id = .lbracket,
+            ']' => id = .rbracket,
+            '(' => id = .lparen,
+            ')' => id = .rparen,
+            else => return error.UnexpectedCharacter
+        }
+
+        const start = self.offset;
+        _ = self.consumeNoEof();
+        return Token{
+            .id = id,
+            .text = self.source[start .. self.offset]
+        };
+    }
+};
+
+pub const XmlCTokenizer = struct {
+    it: xml.Element.ContentList.Iterator,
+    ctok: ?CTokenizer = null,
+    current: ?Token = null,
+
+    pub fn init(elem: *xml.Element) XmlCTokenizer {
+        return .{
+            .it = elem.children.iterator(0),
+        };
+    }
+
+    fn elemToToken(elem: *xml.Element) !?Token {
+        if (elem.children.count() != 1 or elem.children.at(0).* != .CharData) {
+            return error.InvalidXml;
+        }
+
+        const text = elem.children.at(0).CharData;
+        if (mem.eql(u8, elem.tag, "type")) {
+            return Token{.id = .type_name, .text = text};
+        } else if (mem.eql(u8, elem.tag, "enum")) {
+            return Token{.id = .enum_name, .text = text};
+        } else if (mem.eql(u8, elem.tag, "name")) {
+            return Token{.id = .name, .text = text};
+        } else if (mem.eql(u8, elem.tag, "comment")) {
+            return null;
+        } else {
+            return error.InvalidTag;
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn next(self: *XmlCTokenizer) !?Token {
+        if (self.current) |current| {
+            const token = current;
+            self.current = null;
+            return token;
+        }
+
+        while (true) {
+            if (self.ctok) |*ctok| {
+                if (try ctok.next()) |tok| {
+                    return tok;
+                }
+            }
+
+            self.ctok = null;
+
+            if (self.it.next()) |child| {
+                switch (child.*) {
+                    .CharData => |cdata| self.ctok = CTokenizer{.source = cdata},
+                    .Comment => {},
+                    .Element => |elem| if (try elemToToken(elem)) |tok| return tok,
+                }
+            } else {
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn nextNoEof(self: *XmlCTokenizer) !Token {
+        return (try self.next()) orelse return error.InvalidSyntax;
+    }
+
+    fn peek(self: *XmlCTokenizer) !?Token {
+        if (self.current) |current| {
+            return current;
+        }
+
+        self.current = try self.next();
+        return self.current;
+    }
+
+    fn peekNoEof(self: *XmlCTokenizer) !Token {
+        return (try self.peek()) orelse return error.InvalidSyntax;
+    }
+
+    fn expect(self: *XmlCTokenizer, id: Token.Id) !Token {
+        const tok = (try self.next()) orelse return error.UnexpectedEof;
+        if (tok.id != id) {
+            return error.UnexpectedToken;
+        }
+
+        return tok;
+    }
+};
+
+// TYPEDEF = kw_typedef DECLARATION ';'
+pub fn parseTypedef(allocator: *Allocator, xctok: *XmlCTokenizer) !registry.Declaration {
+    _ = try xctok.expect(.kw_typedef);
+    const decl = try parseDeclaration(allocator, xctok);
+    _ = try xctok.expect(.semicolon);
+    if (try xctok.peek()) |_| {
+        return error.InvalidSyntax;
+    }
+
+    return registry.Declaration{
+        .name = decl.name orelse return error.MissingTypeIdentifier,
+        .decl_type = decl.decl_type,
+    };
+}
+
+// MEMBER = DECLARATION (':' int)?
+pub fn parseMember(allocator: *Allocator, xctok: *XmlCTokenizer) !registry.Container.Field {
+    const decl = try parseDeclaration(allocator, xctok);
+    var field = registry.Container.Field {
+        .name = decl.name orelse return error.MissingTypeIdentifier,
+        .field_type = decl.decl_type,
+        .bits = null,
+    };
+
+    if (try xctok.peek()) |tok| {
+        if (tok.id != .colon) {
+            return error.InvalidSyntax;
+        }
+
+        _ = try xctok.nextNoEof();
+        const bits = try xctok.expect(.int);
+        field.bits = try std.fmt.parseInt(usize, bits.text, 10);
+
+        // Assume for now that there won't be any invalid C types like `char char* x : 4`.
+
+        if (try xctok.peek()) |_| {
+            return error.InvalidSyntax;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return field;
+}
+
+pub fn parseParamOrProto(allocator: *Allocator, xctok: *XmlCTokenizer) !registry.Declaration {
+    const decl = try parseDeclaration(allocator, xctok);
+    if (try xctok.peek()) |_| {
+        return error.InvalidSyntax;
+    }
+    return registry.Declaration{
+        .name = decl.name orelse return error.MissingTypeIdentifier,
+        .decl_type = decl.decl_type,
+    };
+}
+
+pub const Declaration = struct {
+    name: ?[]const u8, // Parameter names may be optional, especially in case of func(void)
+    decl_type: TypeInfo,
+};
+
+pub const ParseError = error{
+    OutOfMemory,
+    InvalidSyntax,
+    InvalidTag,
+    InvalidXml,
+    Overflow,
+    UnexpectedEof,
+    UnexpectedCharacter,
+    UnexpectedToken,
+    MissingTypeIdentifier,
+};
+
+// DECLARATION = kw_const? type_name DECLARATOR
+// DECLARATOR = POINTERS (id | name)? ('[' ARRAY_DECLARATOR ']')*
+//     | POINTERS '(' FNPTRSUFFIX
+fn parseDeclaration(allocator: *Allocator, xctok: *XmlCTokenizer) ParseError!Declaration {
+    // Parse declaration constness
+    var tok = try xctok.nextNoEof();
+    const inner_is_const = tok.id == .kw_const;
+    if (inner_is_const) {
+        tok = try xctok.nextNoEof();
+    }
+
+    if (tok.id == .kw_struct) {
+        tok = try xctok.nextNoEof();
+    }
+    // Parse type name
+    if (tok.id != .type_name and tok.id != .id) return error.InvalidSyntax;
+    const type_name = tok.text;
+
+    var type_info = TypeInfo{.alias = type_name};
+
+    // Parse pointers
+    type_info = try parsePointers(allocator, xctok, inner_is_const, type_info);
+
+    // Parse name / fn ptr
+
+    if (try parseFnPtrSuffix(allocator, xctok, type_info)) |decl| {
+        return decl;
+    }
+
+    const name = blk: {
+        const name_tok = (try xctok.peek()) orelse break :blk null;
+        if (name_tok.id == .id or name_tok.id == .name) {
+            _ = try xctok.nextNoEof();
+            break :blk name_tok.text;
+        } else {
+            break :blk null;
+        }
+    };
+
+    var inner_type = &type_info;
+    while (try parseArrayDeclarator(xctok)) |array_size| {
+        // Move the current inner type to a new node on the heap
+        const child = try allocator.create(TypeInfo);
+        child.* = inner_type.*;
+
+        // Re-assign the previous inner type for the array type info node
+        inner_type.* = .{
+            .array = .{
+                .size = array_size,
+                .child = child,
+            }
+        };
+
+        // update the inner_type pointer so it points to the proper
+        // inner type again
+        inner_type = child;
+    }
+
+    return Declaration{
+        .name = name,
+        .decl_type = type_info,
+    };
+}
+
+// FNPTRSUFFIX = kw_vkapi_ptr '*' name' ')' '(' ('void' | (DECLARATION (',' DECLARATION)*)?) ')'
+fn parseFnPtrSuffix(allocator: *Allocator, xctok: *XmlCTokenizer, return_type: TypeInfo) !?Declaration {
+    const lparen = try xctok.peek();
+    if (lparen == null or lparen.?.id != .lparen) {
+        return null;
+    }
+    _ = try xctok.nextNoEof();
+    _ = try xctok.expect(.kw_vkapi_ptr);
+    _ = try xctok.expect(.star);
+    const name = try xctok.expect(.name);
+    _ = try xctok.expect(.rparen);
+    _ = try xctok.expect(.lparen);
+
+    const command = try allocator.create(registry.TypeInfo);
+    command.* = .{
+        .command = .{
+            .params = &[_]registry.Command.Param{},
+            .return_type = try allocator.create(TypeInfo),
+            .success_codes = &[_][]const u8{},
+            .error_codes = &[_][]const u8{},
+        }
+    };
+
+    command.command.return_type.* = return_type;
+    const command_ptr = Declaration{
+        .name = name.text,
+        .decl_type = .{
+            .pointer = .{
+                .is_const = true,
+                .size = .one,
+                .child = command,
+            }
+        },
+    };
+
+    const first_param = try parseDeclaration(allocator, xctok);
+    if (first_param.name == null) {
+        if (first_param.decl_type != .alias or !mem.eql(u8, first_param.decl_type.alias, "void")) {
+            return error.InvalidSyntax;
+        }
+
+        _ = try xctok.expect(.rparen);
+        return command_ptr;
+    }
+
+    // There is no good way to estimate the number of parameters beforehand.
+    // Fortunately, there are usually a relatively low number of parameters to a function pointer,
+    // so an ArrayList backed by an arena allocator is good enough.
+    var params = std.ArrayList(registry.Command.Param).init(allocator);
+    try params.append(.{
+        .name = first_param.name.?,
+        .param_type = first_param.decl_type,
+    });
+
+    while (true) {
+        switch ((try xctok.peekNoEof()).id) {
+            .rparen => break,
+            .comma => _ = try xctok.nextNoEof(),
+            else => return error.InvalidSyntax,
+        }
+
+        const decl = try parseDeclaration(allocator, xctok);
+        try params.append(.{
+            .name = decl.name orelse return error.MissingTypeIdentifier,
+            .param_type = decl.decl_type,
+        });
+    }
+
+    _ = try xctok.nextNoEof();
+    command.command.params = params.toOwnedSlice();
+    return command_ptr;
+}
+
+// POINTERS = (kw_const? '*')*
+fn parsePointers(allocator: *Allocator, xctok: *XmlCTokenizer, inner_const: bool, inner: TypeInfo) !TypeInfo {
+    var type_info = inner;
+    var first_const = inner_const;
+
+    while (true) {
+        var tok = (try xctok.peek()) orelse return type_info;
+        var is_const = first_const;
+        first_const = false;
+
+        if (tok.id == .kw_const) {
+            is_const = true;
+            _ = try xctok.nextNoEof();
+            tok = (try xctok.peek()) orelse return type_info;
+        }
+
+        if (tok.id != .star) {
+            // if `is_const` is true at this point, there was a trailing const,
+            // and the declaration itself is const.
+            return type_info;
+        }
+
+        _ = try xctok.nextNoEof();
+
+        const child = try allocator.create(TypeInfo);
+        child.* = type_info;
+
+        type_info = .{
+            .pointer = .{
+                .size = .one, // set elsewhere
+                .is_const = is_const or first_const,
+                .child = child,
+            },
+        };
+    }
+}
+
+// ARRAY_DECLARATOR = '[' (int | enum_name) ']'
+fn parseArrayDeclarator(xctok: *XmlCTokenizer) !?ArraySize {
+    const lbracket = try xctok.peek();
+    if (lbracket == null or lbracket.?.id != .lbracket) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    _ = try xctok.nextNoEof();
+
+    const size_tok = try xctok.nextNoEof();
+    const size: ArraySize = switch (size_tok.id) {
+        .int => .{
+            .int = std.fmt.parseInt(usize, size_tok.text, 10) catch |err| switch (err) {
+                error.Overflow => return error.Overflow,
+                error.InvalidCharacter => unreachable,
+            }
+        },
+        .enum_name => .{.alias = size_tok.text},
+        else => return error.InvalidSyntax
+    };
+
+    _ = try xctok.expect(.rbracket);
+    return size;
+}
+
+fn testTokenizer(tokenizer: var, expected_tokens: []const Token) void {
+    for (expected_tokens) |expected| {
+        const tok = (tokenizer.next() catch unreachable).?;
+        testing.expectEqual(expected.id, tok.id);
+        testing.expectEqualSlices(u8, expected.text, tok.text);
+    }
+
+    if (tokenizer.next() catch unreachable) |_| unreachable;
+}
+
+test "CTokenizer" {
+    var ctok = CTokenizer {
+        .source = "typedef ([const)]** VKAPI_PTR 123,;aaaa"
+    };
+
+    testTokenizer(
+        &ctok,
+        &[_]Token{
+            .{.id = .kw_typedef, .text = "typedef"},
+            .{.id = .lparen, .text = "("},
+            .{.id = .lbracket, .text = "["},
+            .{.id = .kw_const, .text = "const"},
+            .{.id = .rparen, .text = ")"},
+            .{.id = .rbracket, .text = "]"},
+            .{.id = .star, .text = "*"},
+            .{.id = .star, .text = "*"},
+            .{.id = .kw_vkapi_ptr, .text = "VKAPI_PTR"},
+            .{.id = .int, .text = "123"},
+            .{.id = .comma, .text = ","},
+            .{.id = .semicolon, .text = ";"},
+            .{.id = .id, .text = "aaaa"},
+        }
+    );
+}
+
+test "XmlCTokenizer" {
+    const document = try xml.parse(
+        testing.allocator,
+        "<root>typedef void (VKAPI_PTR *<name>PFN_vkVoidFunction</name>)(void);</root>"
+    );
+    defer document.deinit();
+
+    var xctok = XmlCTokenizer.init(document.root);
+
+    testTokenizer(
+        &xctok,
+        &[_]Token{
+            .{.id = .kw_typedef, .text = "typedef"},
+            .{.id = .id, .text = "void"},
+            .{.id = .lparen, .text = "("},
+            .{.id = .kw_vkapi_ptr, .text = "VKAPI_PTR"},
+            .{.id = .star, .text = "*"},
+            .{.id = .name, .text = "PFN_vkVoidFunction"},
+            .{.id = .rparen, .text = ")"},
+            .{.id = .lparen, .text = "("},
+            .{.id = .id, .text = "void"},
+            .{.id = .rparen, .text = ")"},
+            .{.id = .semicolon, .text = ";"},
+        }
+    );
+}
+
+test "parseTypedef" {
+    const document = try xml.parse(
+        testing.allocator,
+        "<root>typedef const struct <type>Python</type>* pythons[4];</root>"
+    );
+    defer document.deinit();
+
+    var arena = std.heap.ArenaAllocator.init(testing.allocator);
+    defer arena.deinit();
+
+    var xctok = XmlCTokenizer.init(document.root);
+    const decl = try parseTypedef(&arena.allocator, &xctok);
+
+    testing.expectEqualSlices(u8, "pythons", decl.name);
+    testing.expectEqual(TypeInfo.array, decl.decl_type);
+    testing.expectEqual(ArraySize{.int = 4}, decl.decl_type.array.size);
+    const array_child = decl.decl_type.array.child.*;
+    testing.expectEqual(TypeInfo.pointer, array_child);
+    const ptr = array_child.pointer;
+    testing.expectEqual(true, ptr.is_const);
+    testing.expectEqual(TypeInfo.alias, ptr.child.*);
+    testing.expectEqualSlices(u8, "Python", ptr.child.alias);
+}
diff --git a/generator/registry/parse.zig b/generator/registry/parse.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..deb9c13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/generator/registry/parse.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,430 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const registry = @import("../registry.zig");
+const xml = @import("../xml.zig");
+const xmlc = @import("c-parse.zig");
+const mem = std.mem;
+const Allocator = mem.Allocator;
+const ArenaAllocator = std.heap.ArenaAllocator;
+
+const api_constants_name = "API Constants";
+
+pub const ParseResult = struct {
+    arena: ArenaAllocator,
+    registry: registry.Registry,
+
+    pub fn deinit(self: ParseResult) void {
+        self.arena.deinit();
+    }
+};
+
+pub fn parseXml(backing_allocator: *Allocator, root: *xml.Element) !ParseResult {
+    var arena = ArenaAllocator.init(backing_allocator);
+    errdefer arena.deinit();
+
+    const allocator = &arena.allocator;
+
+    var reg = registry.Registry{
+        .decls = try parseDeclarations(allocator, root),
+        .api_constants = try parseApiConstants(allocator, root),
+        .tags = try parseTags(allocator, root),
+    };
+
+    return ParseResult{
+        .arena = arena,
+        .registry = reg,
+    };
+}
+
+fn parseDeclarations(allocator: *Allocator, root: *xml.Element) ![]registry.Declaration {
+    var types_elem = root.findChildByTag("types") orelse return error.InvalidRegistry;
+    var commands_elem = root.findChildByTag("commands") orelse return error.InvalidRegistry;
+
+    const decl_upper_bound = types_elem.children.count() + commands_elem.children.count();
+    const decls = try allocator.alloc(registry.Declaration, decl_upper_bound);
+
+    var count: usize = 0;
+    count += try parseTypes(allocator, decls, types_elem);
+    count += try parseEnums(allocator, decls[count..], root);
+    count += try parseCommands(allocator, decls[count..], commands_elem);
+    return allocator.shrink(decls, count);
+}
+
+fn parseTypes(allocator: *Allocator, out: []registry.Declaration, types_elem: *xml.Element) !usize {
+    var i: usize = 0;
+    var it = types_elem.findChildrenByTag("type");
+    while (it.next()) |ty| {
+        out[i] = blk: {
+            const category = ty.getAttribute("category") orelse {
+                break :blk try parseForeigntype(ty);
+            };
+
+            // Enums are handled later, in parseEnums. This also has the effect of filtering
+            // out any enums which have no elements, and should be unused by other parts of the API.
+            if (mem.eql(u8, category, "bitmask")) {
+                break :blk try parseBitmaskType(ty);
+            } else if (mem.eql(u8, category, "handle")) {
+                break :blk try parseHandleType(ty);
+            } else if (mem.eql(u8, category, "basetype")) {
+                break :blk try parseBaseType(allocator, ty);
+            } else if (mem.eql(u8, category, "struct")) {
+                break :blk try parseContainer(allocator, ty, false);
+            } else if (mem.eql(u8, category, "union")) {
+                break :blk try parseContainer(allocator, ty, true);
+            } else if (mem.eql(u8, category, "funcpointer")) {
+                break :blk try parseFuncPointer(allocator, ty);
+            }
+
+            continue;
+        };
+
+        i += 1;
+    }
+
+    return i;
+}
+
+fn parseForeigntype(ty: *xml.Element) !registry.Declaration {
+    const name = ty.getAttribute("name") orelse return error.InvalidRegistry;
+    const dependency = ty.getAttribute("requires") orelse if (mem.eql(u8, name, "int"))
+            "vk_platform"  // for some reason, int doesn't depend on vk_platform (but the other c types do)
+        else
+            return error.InvalidRegistry;
+
+    return registry.Declaration{
+        .name = name,
+        .decl_type = .{.foreign = .{.dependency = dependency}},
+    };
+}
+
+fn parseBitmaskType(ty: *xml.Element) !registry.Declaration {
+    if (ty.getAttribute("name")) |name| {
+        const alias = ty.getAttribute("alias") orelse return error.InvalidRegistry;
+        return registry.Declaration{
+            .name = name,
+            .decl_type = .{.alias = alias},
+        };
+    } else {
+        return registry.Declaration{
+            .name = ty.getCharData("name") orelse return error.InvalidRegistry,
+            .decl_type = .{.bitmask = .{.bits_enum = ty.getAttribute("requires")}},
+        };
+    }
+}
+
+fn parseHandleType(ty: *xml.Element) !registry.Declaration {
+    // Parent is not handled in case of an alias
+    if (ty.getAttribute("name")) |name| {
+        const alias = ty.getAttribute("alias") orelse return error.InvalidRegistry;
+        return registry.Declaration{
+            .name = name,
+            .decl_type = .{.alias = alias},
+        };
+    } else {
+        const name = ty.getCharData("name") orelse return error.InvalidRegistry;
+        const handle_type = ty.getCharData("type") orelse return error.InvalidRegistry;
+        const dispatchable = mem.eql(u8, handle_type, "VK_DEFINE_HANDLE");
+        if (!dispatchable and !mem.eql(u8, handle_type, "VK_DEFINE_NON_DISPATCHABLE_HANDLE")) {
+            return error.InvalidRegistry;
+        }
+
+        return registry.Declaration{
+            .name = name,
+            .decl_type = .{
+                .handle = .{
+                    .parent = ty.getAttribute("parent"),
+                    .is_dispatchable = dispatchable,
+                }
+            },
+        };
+    }
+}
+
+fn parseBaseType(allocator: *Allocator, ty: *xml.Element) !registry.Declaration {
+    const name = ty.getCharData("name") orelse return error.InvalidRegistry;
+    if (ty.getCharData("type")) |_| { // TODO: Parse as full type?
+        var tok = xmlc.XmlCTokenizer.init(ty);
+        return try xmlc.parseTypedef(allocator, &tok);
+    } else {
+        // Either ANativeWindow, AHardwareBuffer or CAMetalLayer. The latter has a lot of
+        // macros, which is why this part is not built into the xml/c parser.
+        return registry.Declaration{
+            .name = name,
+            .decl_type = .{.opaque = {}},
+        };
+    }
+}
+
+fn parseContainer(allocator: *Allocator, ty: *xml.Element, is_union: bool) !registry.Declaration {
+    const name = ty.getAttribute("name") orelse return error.InvalidRegistry;
+
+    if (ty.getAttribute("alias")) |alias| {
+        return registry.Declaration{
+            .name = name,
+            .decl_type = .{.alias = alias},
+        };
+    }
+
+    var members = try allocator.alloc(registry.Container.Field, ty.children.count());
+
+    var i: usize = 0;
+    var it = ty.findChildrenByTag("member");
+    while (it.next()) |member| {
+        var xctok = xmlc.XmlCTokenizer.init(member);
+        members[i] = try xmlc.parseMember(allocator, &xctok);
+        try parsePointerMeta(&members[i].field_type, member);
+        i += 1;
+    }
+
+    return registry.Declaration{
+        .name = name,
+        .decl_type = .{
+            .container = .{
+                .fields = allocator.shrink(members, i),
+                .is_union = is_union,
+            }
+        },
+    };
+}
+
+fn parseFuncPointer(allocator: *Allocator, ty: *xml.Element) !registry.Declaration {
+    var xctok = xmlc.XmlCTokenizer.init(ty);
+    return try xmlc.parseTypedef(allocator, &xctok);
+}
+
+fn lenToPointerSize(len: []const u8) registry.Pointer.PointerSize {
+    if (mem.eql(u8, len, "null-terminated")) {
+        return .zero_terminated;
+    } else {
+        return .many;
+    }
+}
+
+fn parsePointerMeta(type_info: *registry.TypeInfo, elem: *xml.Element) !void {
+    if (elem.getAttribute("len")) |lens| {
+        var it = mem.split(lens, ",");
+        var current_type_info = type_info;
+        while (current_type_info.* == .pointer) {
+            const size = if (it.next()) |len_str| lenToPointerSize(len_str) else .one;
+            current_type_info.pointer.size = size;
+            current_type_info = current_type_info.pointer.child;
+        }
+
+        if (it.next()) |_| {
+            // There are more elements in the `len` attribute than there are pointers
+            // Something probably went wrong
+            return error.InvalidRegistry;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn parseEnums(allocator: *Allocator, out: []registry.Declaration, root: *xml.Element) !usize {
+    var i: usize = 0;
+    var it = root.findChildrenByTag("enums");
+    while (it.next()) |enums| {
+        const name = enums.getAttribute("name") orelse return error.InvalidRegistry;
+        if (mem.eql(u8, name, api_constants_name)) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        out[i] = .{
+            .name = name,
+            .decl_type = .{.enumeration = try parseEnumFields(allocator, enums)},
+        };
+        i += 1;
+    }
+
+    return i;
+}
+
+fn parseEnumFields(allocator: *Allocator, elem: *xml.Element) !registry.Enum {
+    // TODO: `type` was added recently, fall back to checking endswith FlagBits for older versions?
+    const enum_type = elem.getAttribute("type") orelse return error.InvalidRegistry;
+    const is_bitmask = mem.eql(u8, enum_type, "bitmask");
+    if (!is_bitmask and !mem.eql(u8, enum_type, "enum")) {
+        return error.InvalidRegistry;
+    }
+
+    const fields = try allocator.alloc(registry.Enum.Field, elem.children.count());
+
+    var i: usize = 0;
+    var it = elem.findChildrenByTag("enum");
+    while (it.next()) |field| {
+        fields[i] = try parseEnumField(field);
+        i += 1;
+    }
+
+    return registry.Enum{
+        .fields = allocator.shrink(fields, i),
+        .is_bitmask = is_bitmask,
+    };
+}
+
+fn parseEnumField(field: *xml.Element) !registry.Enum.Field {
+    const is_compat_alias = if (field.getAttribute("comment")) |comment|
+        mem.eql(u8, comment, "Backwards-compatible alias containing a typo") or
+            mem.eql(u8, comment, "Deprecated name for backwards compatibility")
+    else
+        false;
+
+    const name = field.getAttribute("name") orelse return error.InvalidRegistry;
+    const value: registry.Enum.Value = blk: {
+        // An enum variant's value could be defined by any of the following attributes:
+        // - value: Straight up value of the enum variant, in either base 10 or 16 (prefixed with 0x).
+        // - bitpos: Used for bitmasks, and can also be set in extensions.
+        // - alias: The field is an alias of another variant within the same enum.
+        // - offset: Used with features and extensions, where a non-bitpos value is added to an enum.
+        //     The value is given by `1e9 + (extr_nr - 1) * 1e3 + offset`, where `ext_nr` is either
+        //     given by the `extnumber` field (in the case of a feature), or given in the parent <extension>
+        //     tag. In the latter case its passed via the `ext_nr` parameter.
+        // TODO: Handle `offset` elsewhere
+        if (field.getAttribute("value")) |value| {
+            if (mem.startsWith(u8, value, "0x")) {
+                break :blk .{.bit_vector = try std.fmt.parseInt(i32, value[2..], 16)};
+            } else {
+                break :blk .{.int = try std.fmt.parseInt(i32, value, 10)};
+            }
+        } else if (field.getAttribute("bitpos")) |bitpos| {
+            break :blk .{.bitpos = try std.fmt.parseInt(u5, bitpos, 10)};
+        } else if (field.getAttribute("alias")) |alias| {
+            break :blk .{.alias = .{.alias_name = alias, .is_compat_alias = is_compat_alias}};
+        } else {
+            return error.InvalidRegistry;
+        }
+    };
+
+    return registry.Enum.Field{
+        .name = name,
+        .value = value,
+    };
+}
+
+fn parseCommands(allocator: *Allocator, out: []registry.Declaration, commands_elem: *xml.Element) !usize {
+    var i: usize = 0;
+    var it = commands_elem.findChildrenByTag("command");
+    while (it.next()) |elem| {
+        out[i] = try parseCommand(allocator, elem);
+        i += 1;
+    }
+
+    return i;
+}
+
+fn splitResultCodes(allocator: *Allocator, text: []const u8) ![]const []const u8 {
+    var n_codes: usize = 1;
+    for (text) |c| {
+        if (c == ',') n_codes += 1;
+    }
+
+    const codes = try allocator.alloc([]const u8, n_codes);
+    var it = mem.split(text, ",");
+    for (codes) |*code| {
+        code.* = it.next().?;
+    }
+
+    return codes;
+}
+
+fn parseCommand(allocator: *Allocator, elem: *xml.Element) !registry.Declaration {
+    if (elem.getAttribute("alias")) |alias| {
+        const name = elem.getAttribute("name") orelse return error.InvalidRegistry;
+        return registry.Declaration{
+            .name = name,
+            .decl_type = .{.alias = alias}
+        };
+    }
+
+    const proto = elem.findChildByTag("proto") orelse return error.InvalidRegistry;
+    var proto_xctok = xmlc.XmlCTokenizer.init(proto);
+    const command_decl = try xmlc.parseParamOrProto(allocator, &proto_xctok);
+
+    var params = try allocator.alloc(registry.Command.Param, elem.children.count());
+
+    var i: usize = 0;
+    var it = elem.findChildrenByTag("param");
+    while (it.next()) |param| {
+        var xctok = xmlc.XmlCTokenizer.init(param);
+        const decl = try xmlc.parseParamOrProto(allocator, &xctok);
+        params[i] = .{.name = decl.name, .param_type = decl.decl_type};
+        try parsePointerMeta(&params[i].param_type, param);
+        i += 1;
+    }
+
+    const return_type = try allocator.create(registry.TypeInfo);
+    return_type.* = command_decl.decl_type;
+
+    const success_codes = if (elem.getAttribute("successcodes")) |codes|
+            try splitResultCodes(allocator, codes)
+        else
+            &[_][]const u8{};
+
+    const error_codes = if (elem.getAttribute("errorcodes")) |codes|
+            try splitResultCodes(allocator, codes)
+        else
+            &[_][]const u8{};
+
+    return registry.Declaration{
+        .name = command_decl.name,
+        .decl_type = .{
+            .command = .{
+                .params = allocator.shrink(params, i),
+                .return_type = return_type,
+                .success_codes = success_codes,
+                .error_codes = error_codes,
+            }
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+fn parseApiConstants(allocator: *Allocator, root: *xml.Element) ![]registry.ApiConstant {
+    var enums = blk: {
+        var it = root.findChildrenByTag("enums");
+        while (it.next()) |child| {
+            const name = child.getAttribute("name") orelse continue;
+            if (mem.eql(u8, name, api_constants_name)) {
+                break :blk child;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return error.InvalidRegistry;
+    };
+
+    const constants = try allocator.alloc(registry.ApiConstant, enums.children.count());
+
+    var i: usize = 0;
+    var it = enums.findChildrenByTag("enum");
+    while (it.next()) |constant| {
+        const value = if (constant.getAttribute("value")) |expr|
+                registry.ApiConstant.Value{.expr = expr}
+            else if (constant.getAttribute("alias")) |alias|
+                registry.ApiConstant.Value{.alias = alias}
+            else
+                return error.InvalidRegistry;
+
+        constants[i] = .{
+            .name = constant.getAttribute("name") orelse return error.InvalidRegistry,
+            .value = value,
+        };
+
+        i += 1;
+    }
+
+    return allocator.shrink(constants, i);
+}
+
+fn parseTags(allocator: *Allocator, root: *xml.Element) ![]registry.Tag {
+    var tags_elem = root.findChildByTag("tags") orelse return error.InvalidRegistry;
+    const tags = try allocator.alloc(registry.Tag, tags_elem.children.count());
+
+    var i: usize = 0;
+    var it = tags_elem.findChildrenByTag("tag");
+    while (it.next()) |tag| {
+        tags[i] = .{
+            .name = tag.getAttribute("name") orelse return error.InvalidRegistry,
+            .author = tag.getAttribute("author") orelse return error.InvalidRegistry,
+        };
+
+        i += 1;
+    }
+
+    return allocator.shrink(tags, i);
+}