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xerces-c

brew install xerces-c v3.3.0 Apache-2.0

C++ library for parsing, validating, and serializing XML documents.

Why you might care

Xerces-C is a mature, standards-compliant XML parser with built-in schema validation (DTD, XSD). Use it when you need robust XML handling in C++ applications, especially those requiring strict validation. It's a dependency for many enterprise tools and supports DOM and SAX parsing models.

Categories

library parser xml-tool

Alternatives

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Build dependencies

cmake

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