I'm brand-new to Xerces, and I'm a bit confused about the current version. http://xml.apache.org says: "The Xerces implementations are currently in beta form. We are working on merging contributions from the initial contributors into a unified code base. We expect to have a usable release of Xerces by the end of 1999." Obviously this is out of date, WRT the reference to 1999. But I can't tell if that date slipped and it's still in "beta", or if it was met successfully and it's now of "release quality". It seems to be version 1.0.1, which would indicate that it is past beta quality and is at release quality. But this statement appears in the Readme file in the Xerces-J download: "Note that because some of the standards, notably XML Schema, are still not complete, the stable API will definitely be different from its current form in Xerces 1.0.1." I can't tell if this means that some parts of Xerces are release quality and some aren't, or if the whole thing is still considered beta.
Any clarification would be appreciated. Alex
