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NAME

       libxml - library used to parse XML files

DESCRIPTION

       The  libxml  library  is  used  to  parse XML files.  Its internal document representation 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 language 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
                             shared library

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

AUTHORS

       Daniel   Veillard   (daniel@veillard.com).    Red   Hat   Inc.    Manual   page   by    Ziying    Sherwin
       (sherwin@nlm.nih.gov),  Lister  Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications, U.S. National Library
       of Medicine.

SEE ALSO

       xmllint(1), libxslt(3), libexslt(3), xsltproc(1)

                                                  12 April 2000                                        libxml(3)