&XercesCName; is a validating XML parser written in a portable subset of C++. &XercesCName; makes it easy to give your application the ability to read and write XML data. A shared library is provided for parsing, generating, manipulating, and validating XML documents using the DOM, SAX, and SAX2 APIs. For an introduction to programming with &XercesCName; refer to the Programming Guide.

&XercesCName; is faithful to the XML 1.0 recommendation and many associated standards (see Features below).

The parser provides high performance, modularity, and scalability. Source code, samples and API documentation are provided with the parser. For portability, care has been taken to make minimal use of templates, no RTTI, and minimal use of #ifdefs.

&XercesCProjectName; has rich generating and validating capabilities. The parser is used for:

Building XML-savvy Web servers
Building next generation of vertical applications that use XML as their data format
On-the-fly validation for creating XML editors
Ensuring the integrity of e-business data expressed in XML
Building truly internationalized XML applications

Conforms to

XML 1.0 (Third Edition), W3C Recommendation
XML 1.1 (First Edition), W3C Recommendation (Note: section 2.13 Normalization Checking has not been implemented)
DOM Level 1 Specification, W3C Recommendation of October 1, 1998
DOM Level 2 Core Specification, W3C Recommendation of November 13, 2000
DOM Level 2 Traversal and Range Specification, W3C Recommendation of November 13, 2000
SAX 1.0 and SAX 2.0
Namespaces in XML, W3C Recommendation of January 14, 1999
Namespaces in XML 1.1, W3C Recommendation
XML Schema Part 1: Structure, W3C Recommendation 2 May 2001
XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes, W3C Recommendation 2 May 2001
DOM Level 3.0 Core Specification, W3C Recommendation 7 April 2004
DOM Level 3.0 Load and Save Specification, W3C Recommendation 7 April 2004
See DOM Level 3 Support for detail.
XML Inclusions (XInclude) 1.0 (Second Edition), W3C Recommendation 15 November 2006
Element Traversal Specification, W3C Recommendation 22 December 2008

Source code, samples, and documentation are provided
Programmatic generation and validation of XML
Pluggable catalogs, validators and encodings
High performance
Customizable error handling

The &XercesCName; Version &XercesC3Version; is available in both source distribution and binary distribution. &XercesCName; is made available under the Apache Software License, Version 2.0.

If you're looking for information regarding the old Xerces 2.x library, please be advised that Xerces 2.8.0 and all earlier releases are 100% unsupported and should no longer be used by applications.