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| Developer(s) | Apache Software Foundation |
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| Stable release | 2.12.2 (Xerces J) 3.2.3 (Xerces C++) / 24 January 2022 (Xerces J) 10 April 2020 (Xerces C++) |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | XML parser library |
| License | Apache License 2.0 |
| Website | xerces |
In computing, Xerces is Apache's collection of software libraries for parsing, validating, serializing and manipulating XML. The library implements a number of standard APIs for XML parsing, including DOM, SAX and SAX2. The implementation is available in the Java, C++ and Perl programming languages.
The name "Xerces" is believed to commemorate the extinct Xerces blue butterfly (Glaucopsyche xerces).[1]
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Benz, Brian; Durant, John (7 May 2004). XML Programming Bible. John Wiley & Sons (published 2004). p. 87. ISBN 9780764555763. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
Apparently, the parser was named after the now extinct Xerces blue butterfly, a native of the San Francisco peninsula.