XML4J vs Xerces

Venkat Raj

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posted 23 years ago

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Why does IBM has 2 different XML parsers, Xml4j & Xerces? What's the difference between the two?

Ajith Kallambella

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This is what I know -
XML4J is a production parser used by IBM in many of their products. Xerces is a product of Apache Software foundation, an open source community. Xerces undergoes more frequent updates, fixes and patch-releases than XML4J.
Other than this, there may be implementation differences in the way these two parsers are written.

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David Kane

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I believe that XML4J was originally developer by IBM, and then donated to the Apache project, where it underwent a metamorphasis to become Xerces. There were a number of press releases and stories about it, such as this one.
I believe the current XML4J distribution is a packaging on the Xerces one.
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