I think I see now. You're saying that for "production use", the suggestion is to use the version certified by a vendor such as IBM's XML4J. However, the xml.apache.org mission statement on the web site says the goal is to provide "commercial-quality" solutions, so it's still a little confusing.
I hope you won't mind if I have some suggestions for making things clearer. I think many people, like me, will come here as Apache newbies, not knowing much about the Apache model, but just looking for a good XML parser to use. And many (like me) will be coming from the XML4J world and trying to figure out the relationship between the two. Any help you can give us on your web site to clear up this confusion would be great. Basically, most people are used to labels like alpha, beta, final release, etc., to indicate the level of quality/stability/finalness they may expect. What I'm looking for is: Can these labels be mapped onto the Xerces world? What expectations can I have about the different Xerces releases? Is the most recent release thought to be the most stable, or is there a previous release that would be better for using in a commercial app? Where can I go to get other versions that might be more appropriate for commercial use? Some other specific suggestions for Xerces and XML4J: - The Xerces-Java home page still talks about 1.0.0, but it looks like 1.0.1 is the most recent version. - The current XML4J EA3 doesn't indicate which version of Xerces it's based on. Alex
