Version 2.0.0 of the popular XML parser Xerces C++ has been released.

Besides full schema support, the Xerces C++ development team have introduced "Apache Recommended DOM C++ Binding" and experimental DOM Level 3 support in this release.

Main features of this version:

• 64 bit binaries distribution
• Apache Recommended DOM C++ Binding
• Experimental DOM Level 3 subset support, including DOMWriter and DOMBuilder
• Grammar preparsing and Grammar caching
• Follow Unix Shared Library Naming Convention
• Optionally ignore loading of external DTD
• Project files for Microsoft Visual C++ .Net
• Codewarrior 8 support
• Option to enable/disable strict IANA encoding name checking
• Many more bug fixes and performance enhancement

The Xerces-C++ Version 2.0.0 is available in both source distribution and binary distribution:

• 32 bit: AIX, HP11, Linux, Solaris, Windows;
• 64 bit: AIX, HP11, Solaris.

Related links:

• Project page: http://xml.apache.org/xerces-c/index.html
• Download page: http://xml.apache.org/dist/xerces-c/stable/
• FAQs: http://xml.apache.org/xerces-c/faqs.html
• Programming guides: http://xml.apache.org/xerces-c/program.html