&XercesCName; is packaged with the API documentation for SAX and DOM, the two most common programming interfaces for XML. The most common framework classes have also been documented.

&XercesCName; SAX is an implementation of the SAX 1.0/2.0 specification.

&XercesCName; DOM is an implementation of the following specifications:

• DOM Level 1 Specification, a W3C Recommendation of October 1, 1998
• DOM Level 2 Core Specification, a W3C Recommendation of November 13, 2000
• DOM Level 2 Traversal and Range Specification, a W3C Recommendation of November 13, 2000
• DOM Level 3.0 Core Specification, and DOM Level 3.0 Load and Save Specification, a W3C Recommendation of April 7, 2004 See DOM Level 3 Support for details.

For a complete understanding of how the &XercesCName; APIs work, we recommend that you read these specifications.

See the &XercesCName; API Reference for the detailed documentation of &XercesCName; interfaces.