xml-dev - ANN: libxml-2.2.5 Gnome XML library

[Daniel Veillard <Daniel.Veillard@w3.org>]

   I usually don't post announces of new releases of libxml
to xml-dev, but this this version has XPointer support which was 
requested previously here I think it makes sense:

  Libxml is the XML C library developped for the Gnome project,
it allow to parse, manipulate, and save XML and HTML documents
but it does not expose a GUI interface.

Homepage:
      http://xmlsoft.org/
      ftp://xmlsoft.org/

Here are some key points about libxml:

 - Libxml exports Push and Pull type parser interfaces for both XML and HTML. 
 - Libxml can do Dtd validation at parse time, using a parsed document
   instance, or with an arbitrary Dtd. 
 - Libxml now includes a nearly complete XPath and XPointer implementations. 
 - It is written in plain C, making as few assumptions as possible, and
   sticking closely to ANSI C/POSIX for easy embedding. Works on
   Linux/Unix/Windows
 - Basic support for HTTP and FTP client allowing to fetch remote resources 
 - The design is modular, most of the extensions can be compiled out. 
 - The internal document repesentation is as close as possible to the DOM
   interfaces. 
 - Libxml also has a SAX like interface; the interface is designed to be
   compatible with Expat. 
 - This library is released both under the W3C IPR and the GNU LGPL.
   Use either at your convenience

New in 2.2.5:

 - XPointer implementation and initial testsuite
 - Lot of XPath fixes, added variable and functions registration, more tests 
 - Portability fixes, lots of enhancements toward an easy Windows build
   and release 
 - Late validation fixes 
 - Integrated a lot of contributed patches 
 - Added memory management docs 
 - A performance problem when using large buffer seems fixed 

Daniel

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