libxml(3)						     Library Functions Manual							 libxml(3)

NAME

       libxml - library used to parse XML files

DESCRIPTION

       The  libxml  library  is  used to parse XML files.  Its internal document repesentation 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  pro-
       cessor.

       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
			     shareable 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)