libxml(4)                                             libxml(4)




NAME
       libxml - library used to parse XML files

DESCRIPTION
       The  libxml  library  is  used  to parse XML files.  Its
       internal document repesentation is as close as  possible
       to the DOM (Document Object Model) interface, an API for
       accessing XML or HTML structured documents.

       The libxml library also has a SAX-like interface,  which
       is  designed to be compatible with expat(1).  NOTE: SAX,
       the Simple API for XML,  is  a  standard  interface  for
       event-based  XML  parsing,  developed collaboratively by
       the members  of  the  XML-DEV  mailing  list,  currently
       hosted  by OASIS.  The expat library is a XML 1.0 parser
       written in C, which aims to be fully conforming.  It  is
       currently not a validating XML processor.

       The  libxml library now includes a nearly complete XPath
       implementation.  The XPath (XML Path Language) is a lan-
       guage  for addressing parts of an XML document, designed
       to be used by both XSLT and XPointer.

       The libxml library exports Push  and  Pull  type  parser
       interfaces for both XML and html.

FILES
       /depot/lib/libxml_2.0.0/libxml.a
                             static library

       /depot/lib/libxml_2.0.0/libxml.so
                             shareable library

       /depot/package/libxml_2.0.0/bin/xmllint
                             binary application for parsing XML
                             files

AUTHORS
       Daniel Veillard (daniel@veillard.com).  If you  download
       and  install  this package please send the author email.
       Manual page  by  Ziying  Sherwin  (sherwin@nlm.nih.gov),
       Lister  Hill  National  Center for Biomedical Communica-
       tions, U.S. National Library of Medicine.

SEE ALSO
       xmllint(1), libxslt(4), libexslt(4), xsltproc(1)



                         12 April 2000                libxml(4)
