Apache XML

Apache XMLis a category of projects at theApache Software Foundationthat focus onXML-related projects.

Active projects

• Xerces:An XML parser forJava,C++andPerl
• Xalan:AnXSLTstylesheet processor for Java and C++ which implements theXPathquery language.
• Forrest:A standards-based documentation framework
• XML-Security:A project providing security functionality for XML data
• Xindice:A nativeXML 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 theSOAP.This project based onIBM'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 ofXML-RPC,a protocol that uses XML overHTTPto implement remote procedure calls.
• Axis:Apache Axis is the current implementation of theSOAPfor Java and C++. It is the successor for the SOAP project.
• WSIF:Web Services Invocation Frameworkis a simple JavaAPIfor invokingWeb services.

Deprecated projects

• AxKit:An XML-based web publishing framework inmod_perl
• Crimson:A Java XML parser derived from theSunProject X Parser
• Xang:Framework for rapid development of dynamic server pages inECMAScript(JavaScript)