The Apache XML project have released version 1.3.0 of their parser for Java, Xerces-J, adding support for the W3C XML Schema Candidate Recommendation.
Other changes to the parser include bug fixes to the DOM. Download
the new distribution from the project's web site.
Version 1.4.0 of Xerces-C, Apache XML's C++ parser, has been
released. Changes in this version include DOM optimizations,
platform-specific updates and bug fixes.
Xerces-C is available as source and as binaries for AIX, HP11, Linux,
Solaris and Windows from the distribution site.
Congratulations to the Xerces developers. I just replaced v113 with v130 in my application and
CPU times for DOM and Xalan-intensive parts of the application decreased by 40-50%