You are not using a DOM parser if you are getting the org.xml.sax.SAXParseException. You are using a SAX parser.
There is a malformed character under title in your vendor record. You probably do not have the correct charset.
I tried to load this pipeline file into my editor and it appears to be corrupted and will not load. I examined the record in explorer, firefox and my xml editor.
HTH
Ray
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