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26.Dd February 17, 2024
27.Dt LIBBSDXML 3
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm libbsdxml
31.Nd eXpat XML parser library
32.Sh SYNOPSIS
33.In bsdxml.h
34.Sh DESCRIPTION
35The
36.Nm
37library is a verbatim copy of the eXpat XML library version 2.6.0.
38.Pp
39The
40.Nm
41library is intended to be used within the
42.Fx
43base system only.
44Use of the
45.Nm
46library for other purposes is not supported and discouraged.
47.Pp
48To avoid version and autoconfiguration issues, the library has been
49renamed to
50.Nm
51rather than retain the original eXpat library and include file names
52to prevent confusion and autoconfiguration issues for 3rd party
53software.
54.Sh SEE ALSO
55For full documentation, please see the eXpat webpage at
56.Pa http://www.libexpat.org/ .
57.Sh AUTHORS
58.An -nosplit
59The original eXpat was written by
60.An James Clark Aq Mt jjc@jclark.com .
61.Pp
62Subsequently eXpat maintenance and development been taken up by a group
63of people under the leadership of
64.An Fred Drake Aq Mt fdrake@acm.com ,
65.An Paul Prescod ,
66and
67.An Clark Cooper .
68