David Megginson announced the final release of the Java-based Simple API for XML (SAX), version 2.

SAX is the dominant event-based API for XML development with Java, providing a consistent but lightweight interface to XML parsing.

SAX is a project led by Megginson and hosted by the XML-DEV mailing list, whose members Megginson thanked. SAX2 remains in the public domain, like its predecessor, SAX 1.0.

He noted that:

"There is a great need for a single SAX API for C++, and I plan to help out with that. When SAX2/C++ is released, it is my intention to find a new person or organization to take over the maintenance of SAX."