libxml(3) libxml(3)
12 April 2000
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)
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