Apache XML explained
Apache XML is a category of projects at the Apache Software Foundation that focus on XML-related projects.
Active projects
An XML parser for Java, C++ and Perl
An XSLT stylesheet processor for Java and C++ which implements the XPath query language.
A standards-based documentation framework
- XML-Security: A project providing security functionality for XML data
- Xindice: A native XML database XML Commons: A project focusing on common code and guidelines for XML projects
- XMLBeans
An XML-Java binding tool
Projects related to webservices
- SOAP: Is an old implementation of the SOAP. This project based on IBM's SOAP4J implementation. It should no longer be used for new projects. Instead you should favour the Axis implementation.
- XML-RPC: Apache XML-RPC is a Java implementation of XML-RPC, a protocol that uses XML over HTTP to implement remote procedure calls.
- Axis
Apache Axis is the current implementation of the SOAP for Java and C++. It is the successor for the SOAP project.
Deprecated projects
- Crimson: A Java XML parser derived from the Sun Project X Parser
- Xang: Framework for rapid development of dynamic server pages in ECMAScript (JavaScript)