C++ XML Class Lib

David Megginson (ak117@freenet.carleton.ca)
Tue, 2 Jun 1998 16:14:27 -0400


Schaefer, Don writes:

> Does anyone know of a C++ XML Class Lib that can be utilized on Solaris as
> well as NT? Is there one that validates as well?

You should try James Clark's SP library (http://www.jclark.com/sp/),
which supports both SGML and XML -- it even comes with a precompiled
DLL for Windows victims, but it also compiles cleanly under Linux,
Solaris, and HPUX (the three that I've tried).

For years, SP has been hidden at the heart of a surprisingly large
number of major SGML systems, and since James is a member of the W3C
XML and XSL working groups, you can be trust that he'll keep the XML
support up-to-date.

The good news: it's free (not GPLed), even for commercial use.

The bad news: it's very complex C++, and there's _no_ documentation
(not even many source-code comments) except for one very simple,
high-level parsing interface. There is an SP mailing list, however,
so you can get help from other users.

All the best,

David

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