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28.Dd November 18, 2022
29.Dt LIBBSDXML 3
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm libbsdxml
33.Nd eXpat XML parser library
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.In bsdxml.h
36.Sh DESCRIPTION
37The
38.Nm
39library is a verbatim copy of the eXpat XML library version 2.5.0.
40.Pp
41The
42.Nm
43library is intended to be used within the
44.Fx
45base system only.
46Use of the
47.Nm
48library for other purposes is not supported and discouraged.
49.Pp
50To avoid version and autoconfiguration issues, the library has been
51renamed to
52.Nm
53rather than retain the original eXpat library and include file names
54to prevent confusion and autoconfiguration issues for 3rd party
55software.
56.Sh SEE ALSO
57For full documentation, please see the eXpat webpage at
58.Pa http://www.libexpat.org/ .
59.Sh AUTHORS
60.An -nosplit
61The original eXpat was written by
62.An James Clark Aq Mt jjc@jclark.com .
63.Pp
64Subsequently eXpat maintenance and development been taken up by a group
65of people under the leadership of
66.An Fred Drake Aq Mt fdrake@acm.com ,
67.An Paul Prescod ,
68and
69.An Clark Cooper .
70