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This document describes libxml, the XML C library developped for the Gnome project. XML is a standard for building tag-based structured documents/data.

Here are some key points about libxml:

  • Libxml exports Push and Pull type parser interfaces for both XML and HTML.
  • Libxml can do DTD validation at parse time, using a parsed document instance, or with an arbitrary DTD.
  • Libxml now includes nearly complete XPath, XPointer and XInclude implementations.
  • It is written in plain C, making as few assumptions as possible, and sticking closely to ANSI C/POSIX for easy embedding. Works on Linux/Unix/Windows, ported to a number of other platforms.
  • Basic support for HTTP and FTP client allowing aplications to fetch remote resources
  • The design is modular, most of the extensions can be compiled out.
  • The internal document repesentation is as close as possible to the DOM interfaces.
  • Libxml also has a SAX like interface; the interface is designed to be compatible with Expat.
  • This library is released both under the W3C IPR and the GNU LGPL. Use either at your convenience, basically this should make everybody happy, if not, drop me a mail.

Warning: unless you are forced to because your application links with a Gnome library requiring it, Do Not Use libxml1, use libxml2

Daniel Veillard