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"#fffacd"><p>This document describes libxml, the
<a href=
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</a> C parser and toolkit developed for the
11 <a href=
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</a> project.
<a href=
"http://www.w3.org/XML/">XML is a standard
</a> for building tag-based
12 structured documents/data.
</p><p>Here are some key points about libxml:
</p><ul><li>Libxml2 exports Push (progressive) and Pull (blocking) type parser
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14 <li>Libxml2 can do DTD validation at parse time, using a parsed document
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16 <li>Libxml2 includes complete
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</a>,
<a href=
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xptr">XPointer
</a> and
<a href=
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xinclude">XInclude
</a> implementations.
</li>
17 <li>It is written in plain C, making as few assumptions as possible, and
18 sticking closely to ANSI C/POSIX for easy embedding. Works on
19 Linux/Unix/Windows, ported to a number of other platforms.
</li>
20 <li>Basic support for HTTP and FTP client allowing applications to fetch
21 remote resources.
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22 <li>The design is modular, most of the extensions can be compiled out.
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23 <li>The internal document representation is as close as possible to the
<a href=
"http://www.w3.org/DOM/">DOM
</a> interfaces.
</li>
24 <li>Libxml2 also has a
<a href=
"http://www.megginson.com/SAX/index.html">SAX like interface
</a>;
25 the interface is designed to be compatible with
<a href=
"http://www.jclark.com/xml/expat.html">Expat
</a>.
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26 <li>This library is released under the
<a href=
"http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html">MIT
27 License
</a>. See the Copyright file in the distribution for the precise
29 </ul><p>Warning: unless you are forced to because your application links with a
30 Gnome-
1.X library requiring it,
<strong><span style=
"background-color: #FF0000">Do Not Use libxml1
</span></strong>, use
31 libxml2
</p><p><a href=
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