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"Programmingwith
libxml2 is like the thrilling embrace of an exotic stranger." MarkPilgrim
Libxml2 is the XML C parser and toolkit developed for the Gnome
project(but usable outside of the Gnome platform), it is free software
availableunder the MITLicense.
XML itself is a metalanguage to design markup languages, i.e.text language
where semantic and structure are added to the content usingextra "markup"
information enclosed between angle brackets. HTML is the mostwell-known
markup language. Though the library is written in C a
variety of language bindingsmake it available inother environments.
Libxml2 is known to be very portable, the library should build and
workwithout serious troubles on a variety of systems (Linux, Unix,
Windows,CygWin, MacOS, MacOS X, RISC Os, OS/2, VMS, QNX, MVS, ...)
Libxml2 implements a number of existing standards related to
markuplanguages:
In most cases libxml2 tries to implement the specifications in arelatively
strictly compliant way. As of release 2.4.16, libxml2 passed all1800+ tests
from the OASIS XML
TestsSuite.
To some extent libxml2 provides support for the following
additionalspecifications but doesn't claim to implement them completely:
- Document Object Model (DOM) http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-Core/the
document model, but it doesn't implement the API itself, gdome2 doesthis
on top of libxml2
- RFC
959:libxml2 implements a basic FTP client code
- RFC
1945:HTTP/1.0, again a basic HTTP client code
- SAX: a SAX2 like interface and a minimal SAX1 implementation
compatiblewith early expat versions
A partial implementation of XML Schemas Part1:
Structureis being worked on but it would be far too early to make
anyconformance statement about it at the moment.
Separate documents:
Logo designed by Marc Liyanage.
Daniel Veillard
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