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<p>Expat is an XML parser library written in C. It is a
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stream-oriented parser in which an application registers handlers for
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things the parser might find in the XML document (like start tags).
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An <a href="http://www.xml.com/pub/1999/09/expat/index.html"
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>introductory article</a> on using Expat is available on
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<a href="http://www.xml.com/">xml.com</a>.</p>
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<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/"
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>Expat project page (includes downloads)</a></li>
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<a href="http://mail.libexpat.org/mailman/listinfo/"
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>Mailing lists</a></li>
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<a href="#wrappers"
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>3rd-party wrappers (SAX, DOM, other language bindings)</a></li>
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>CVS repository</a>
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(<a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/expat/"
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>browse online</a>)</li>
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<a href="http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=10127"
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>Bug reports</a></li>
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<a href="dev/">Notes for Expat maintainers</a></li>
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<p>This project aims to maintain Expat for both current and future
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users while improving the API to allow more reliable and robust access
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from "scripting" languages such as Python and Perl. We invite the
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community to participate on the mailing lists to help shape the future
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of Expat.</p>
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<h3 id="news">News</h3>
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<dt><em>20 October 2003</em>,
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Expat 1.95.7 released.
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<li> Fixed <code>enum XML_Status</code> issue (reported on
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SourceForge many times), so compilers that are properly
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picky will be happy. </li>
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<li> Introduced an <code>XMLCALL</code> macro to control the
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calling convention used by the Expat API; this macro should
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be used to annotate prototypes and definitions of callback
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implementations in code compiled with a calling convention
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other than the default convention for the host
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platform. </li>
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<li> Improved ability to build without the
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<b>configure</b>-generated <span
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class="filename">expat_config.h</span> header. This is
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useful for applications which embed Expat rather than
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linking in the library. </li>
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<li> Fixed a variety of bugs: see SF issues 458907, 609603,
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676844, 679754, 692878, 692964, 695401, 699323, 699487,
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820946. </li>
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<li> Improved hash table lookups. </li>
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<li> Added more regression tests and improved documentation. </li>
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<p>Our plan is to wait for a short while and re-release this
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version as the long-awaited Expat 2.0 if no major problems are
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identified. If significant problems are found, additional
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iterative releases will be made as fixes are made.</p>
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<dt><em>15 October 2003</em>,
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Upcoming release.
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<p>We're working on getting the long-delayed Expat 1.95.7 out the
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door. A snapshot of the current source code is available as <a
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href= "expat-2003-10-15.tar.gz" >expat-2003-10-15.tar.gz</a>;
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please give this a try on your platform and report how it works
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for you to the <a href=
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"http://mail.libexpat.org/mailman/listinfo/expat-discuss"
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>expat-discuss</a> mailing list. Our goals for this release are
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portability and stability.
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<dt><em>28 January 2003</em>,
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Expat 1.95.6 released.
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<li> Added <code>XML_FreeContentModel()</code>. </li>
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<li> Added <code>XML_MemMalloc()</code>,
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<code>XML_MemRealloc()</code>,
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<code>XML_MemFree()</code>. </li>
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<li> Fixed a variety of bugs: see SF issues 615606, 616863,
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618199, 653180, 673791. </li>
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<li> Enhanced the regression test suite. </li>
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<li> Man page improvements: includes SF issue 632146. </li>
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<dt><em>6 September 2002</em>,
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Expat 1.95.5 released.
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<li> Added <code>XML_UseForeignDTD()</code> for improved SAX2
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support. </li>
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<li> Added <code>XML_GetFeatureList()</code>. </li>
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<li> Defined <code>XML_Bool</code> type and the values
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<code>XML_TRUE</code> and <code>XML_FALSE</code>. </li>
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<li> Use an incomplete struct instead of a <code>void*</code>
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for the parser. </li>
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<li> Fixed UTF-8 decoding bug that caused legal UTF-8 to be
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rejected. </li>
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<li> Finally fixed bug where default handler would report DTD
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events that were already handled by another handler.
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Initial patch contributed by Darryl Miles. </li>
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<li> Removed unnecessary <code>DllMain()</code> function that
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caused static linking into a DLL to be difficult. </li>
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<li> Added VC++ projects for building static libraries. </li>
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<li> Reduced line-length for all source code and headers to be
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no longer than 80 characters, to help with AS/400
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support. </li>
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<li> Reduced memory copying during parsing (SF patch #600964). </li>
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<li> Fixed a variety of bugs: see SF issues 580793, 434664,
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483514, 580503, 581069, 584041, 584183, 584832, 585537,
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596555, 596678, 598352, 598944, 599715, 600479, 600971. </li>
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<dt><em>4 September 2002</em>,
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<a href="dev/roadmap.html">Development roadmap</a> published.
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<li> The initial version of the development roadmap was released
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for comment. </li>
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2002-09-27 10:13:12 -04:00
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<p><a href="oldnews.html">Old news archive</a></p>
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<h3 id="wrappers">References & 3rd-party Wrappers</h3>
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<p>If you know of any additional articles or resources which should be
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linked to from this page, please send email to <a
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href="mailto:fdrake@acm.org">Fred Drake (fdrake@acm.org)</a>.
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We're especially interested in links to tutorial information and open
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source interfaces to Expat from languages other than C.</p>
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<a href="http://www.jclark.com/xml/expat.html"
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>James Clark's original Expat page</a>, for Expat 1.2 and
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earlier</li>
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<a href="http://www.xml.com/pub/1999/09/expat/index.html"
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>Introductory article</a> on using Expat on
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<a href="http://www.xml.com/">xml.com</a></li>
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Perl's <code>XML::Parser</code> module is a wrapper built around a
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binding to Expat in the <code>XML::Parser::Expat</code> module.</li>
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<a href="http://saxdotnet.sourceforge.net/saxexpat.html">
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SAXExpat.NET</a>, a <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/net/">.NET</a>
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wrapper for Expat, conforming to the
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<a href="http://saxdotnet.sourceforge.net">SAX.NET</a> specifications.</li>
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<a href="http://home.wanadoo.nl/maas/ocaml/">OCaml Expat</a> is a
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wrapper around Expat for the <a href="http://www.ocaml.org"
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>Objective Caml</a> language.</li>
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<a href="http://www.latenightsw.com/freeware/XMLTools2/">XML Tools
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2</a> is an AppleScript scripting addition that allows AppleScript
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applications to work with XML data; it is based on Expat.</li>
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<a href="http://www.simkin.co.uk/">Simkin</a> is an open source
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scripting language available under the GNU LGPL. It can be embedded
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in XML and supports a DOM-like API backed by Expat.</li>
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The <a href="http://www.nongnu.org/scew/">Simple C Expat Wrapper</a>
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is a wrapper around Expat that provides a light-weight object model
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somewhat like a DOM.</li>
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<!-- Alex Conchillo Flaque: aconchillo at acm.org -->
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<a href="http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-xml.parsers.expat.html"
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>Documentation for the Python interface to Expat</a>, part of the
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standard documentation for Python.</li>
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<em><a href="http://www.codeproject.com/soap/expatimpl.asp"
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title="C++ Wrappers for the Expat XML Parser">C++ Wrappers
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for the Expat XML Parser</a></em>, an article by Tim Smith
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providing object-oriented wrappers for Expat. The wrappers use
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some MFC-biased naming, but look interesting.</li>
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<a href="http://www.jezuk.co.uk/cgi-bin/view/arabica" title="Arabica"
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>Arabica</a> -- an XML Parser toolkit for C++ programmers, with
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SAX2 implementations based on several parsers, including Expat.</li>
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<a href="http://www.expatpp.com/"
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>expatpp -- C++ interface to Expat</a></li>
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<a href="http://easysoap.sourceforge.net/">EasySoap</a> is a C++
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SOAP implementation which uses Expat.</li>
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<a href=
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"http://www.codepedia.com/wiki/display.aspx?WikiID=1&pagename=thunks"
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>A discussion</a> of another way to manage stateful callbacks, using
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Expat as a sample library.</li>
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The <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/gobo-eiffel/">GOBO
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project</a> is working on an Eiffel binding for Expat. Development
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is active and the package is fully supported in GOBO 3.0 and 3.1,
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though there isn't much status information about the Expat bindings
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on the website. (Most activity is reportedly on the relevant
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mailing lists.)</li>
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The <a href="http://tclxml.sourceforge.net/"
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>TclXML project</a> includes a <a href="http://tcl.activestate.com/"
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>Tcl</a> binding for Expat</li>
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<a href="http://www.tdom.org/"
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>tDOM</a> is an alternate package providing XML support for <a
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href="http://tcl.activestate.com/" >Tcl</a>, based in part on
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Expat.</li>
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<a href="http://expatobjc.sourceforge.net/"
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>Objective-C interface to Expat</a></li>
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<a href="http://www.yoshidam.net/Ruby.html#xmlparser"
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>Ruby interface to Expat</a></li>
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<a href="http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/justin20000428.php3"
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>Article on using Expat from PHP</a> on
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<a href="http://www.phpbuilder.com/"><?PHPBuilder?></a>
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<br />(broken into lots of tiny pieces)</li>
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<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/kdsxml"
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>SAX2 Wrapper for using Expat in Delphi,</a>
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based on
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<a href="http://saxforpascal.sourceforge.net"
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>"SAX for Pascal"</a>
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interface specs</li>
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<a href="http://www.mitchenall.com/expat4d">Expat4D</a> is a plug-in
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for the <a href="http://www.4duk.com/">4th Dimension</a> application
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framework.</li>
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<img src="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/sourceforge_whitebg.gif"
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width="136" height="79" border="0" alt="SourceForge
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Logo" />
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