@classmethod
    def fromstring(cls, root_name, data):
        """Initialize STSElement from name and XML string data.

        :param name: Name for XML data. Used in XML errors.
        :param data: string data to be parsed.
        :return: Returns an STSElement.
        """
        try:
            return cls(root_name, cElementTree.fromstring(data))
        except _ETREE_EXCEPTIONS as error:
            raise InvalidXMLError(