This is the first technology release of an XML™ library from Sun Microsystems, Inc. All classes are written exclusively in the Java™ language, and accordingly may be used with any JDK 1.1 conformant system, including the Java 2 SDK.
You may download the current version of this package from http://java.sun.com/jdc/earlyAccess/xml.
This release is addressed to Java developers who want access to Sun's fast and fully conformant core XML software for their development. The library supports fast parsing of XML documents, including optional validation, and supports an optional in-memory object model tree for manipulating and writing XML structured data. The library is "core" in the sense that significant XML based applications can be written using only this functionality, and that it is intended that other XML software be layered on top of it. That is, it is a building block for developers.
See the Installation Instructions
for more information.
Documentation
At this time, the documentation for this package is primarily:
Developers should note that this API documentation uses
the Java 2 SDK javadoc features,
so that the summary pages (listing the packages, and the contents
of each package) are considerably more useful than in older versions.
Each summary now has an explanation of its significant
features and (as a rule) how to use the package.
Feedback
Please send feedback on this software to the
<xml-feedback@java.sun.com> mailing address.
That address is not a mailing list; you can't subscribe.
For very technical "Developers Only" discussions, you may be interested in the XML-Dev list. An archive of that mailing list is available, and each message includes a footer describing how to join or leave the group.
The newsgroup comp.text.xml may also be of interest.