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## NAME
       libxml - library used to parse XML files

## DESCRIPTION
       The  _libxml_  library  is used to parse XML files.  Its internal document representation 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 _ex__‐
       [_pat_(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pat/1/markdown).  NOTE: _SAX_, the Simple API for XML, is a standard interface for event-based XML pars‐
       ing,  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  con‐
       forming.  It is currently not a validating XML processor.

       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**
                             shared 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 (sher‐
       <win@nlm.nih.gov>), Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical  Communications,  U.S.  National
       Library of Medicine.

## SEE ALSO
       [_xmllint_(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/xmllint/1/markdown), [_libxslt_(3)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/libxslt/3/markdown), [_libexslt_(3)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/libexslt/3/markdown), [_xsltproc_(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/xsltproc/1/markdown)



                                            12 April 2000                                  [libxml(3)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/libxml/3/markdown)