Apache Xerces

Apache Xerces
Developer(s)Apache Software Foundation
Stable release
2.12.2 (Xerces J)
3.2.3 (Xerces C++) / 24 January 2022 (Xerces J)
10 April 2020 (Xerces C++)
Operating systemCross-platform
TypeXML parser library
LicenseApache License 2.0
Websitexerces.apache.org

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).