# Java(TM) API for XML Parsing
README

Version: 1.0.1

The Java API for XML Parsing (JAXP) Optional Package enables basic functionality for reading, manipulating, and generating XML documents through pure Java APIs. The API provides a standard way for any XML-conformant parser to be accessed by an application. The reference implementation uses the high performance Java Project X as its default XML parser. However, the software's pluggable architecture allows any XML conformant parser to be used.

This release is addressed to Java developers who want access to Sun's fast and fully-conformant XML software for development. The library includes fast XML parsers (both validating and non-validating) and supports an optional in-memory object model tree for manipulating and writing XML structured data. Using this software, application and tool developers can build fully-functional XML-enabled Java applications for e-commerce, application integration, and web publishing. This release offers 100% conformance to the XML 1.0 Specification, SAX 1.0, DOM Level 1 Core, and XML namespaces.

You may download the current version of this package by following the links from http://java.sun.com/xml.

- Software License
- Installation Instructions
- Documentation
- Feedback

## Software License

Please read the License Agreement that applies to this software.

## Installation Instructions

To use this software, you need a version of the Java Development Kit (JDK) 1.1, which is available for many operating systems through a web page provided by Sun Microsystems. You may also use the Java 2 SDK. You need approximately 3.5M of disk space to hold the library and its documentation.

See the Installation Instructions for more information.

## Documentation

At this time, the documentation for this package is primarily:

- Documentation for the exposed APIs;
- Release Notes;
- XML and API examples.

Developers should note that this API documentation uses the Java 2 SDK javadoc features, so that the summary pages (listing the packages and the contents of each package) are considerably more useful than in older versions. Each summary now has an explanation of its significant features and (as a rule) how to use the package.

## Feedback

Please send feedback on this software to the <xml-feedback@java.sun.com> mailing address. That address is not a mailing list; you can't subscribe. There are 2 mailing lists hosted by Sun for xml. To subscribe to them go to http://java.sun.com/xml and follow the instructions listed there.

For very technical "Developers Only" discussions, you may be interested in the XML-Dev list. An archive of that mailing list is available.

The newsgroup comp.text.xml may also be of interest.

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