ANN: libxml-2.2.5 Gnome XML library

From:     Daniel Veillard <Daniel.Veillard@w3.org> 
To:       xml-dev@lists.xml.org 
Date:     Mon, 16 Oct 2000 12:13:40 +0200 
Subject:  ANN: libxml-2.2.5 Gnome XML library

I usually don't post announces of new releases of libxml to xml-dev, but this this version has XPointer support which was requested previously here I think it makes sense:

Libxml is the XML C library developped for the Gnome project, it allow to parse, manipulate, and save XML and HTML documents but it does not expose a GUI interface.

Homepage:

http://xmlsoft.org/
ftp://xmlsoft.org/

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 a nearly complete XPath and XPointer 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
Basic support for HTTP and FTP client allowing 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

New in 2.2.5:

XPointer implementation and initial testsuite
Lot of XPath fixes, added variable and functions registration, more tests
Portability fixes, lots of enhancements toward an easy Windows build and release
Late validation fixes
Integrated a lot of contributed patches
Added memory management docs
A performance problem when using large buffer seems fixed

Daniel

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