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<h2><a name="overview"></a>Overview</h2>

<p>LuaExpat is a <a href="http://www.saxproject.org/">SAX</a> XML parser based on the
<a href="http://www.libexpat.org/">Expat</a> library.</p>

<p>LuaExpat is free software and uses the same <a href="license.html">license</a>
as Lua 5.1.</p>

<h2><a name="status"></a>Status</h2>

<p>Current version is 1.2.0. It was developed for both Lua 5.0 and Lua 5.1, and has been tested on
Linux, Windows (2000/XP) and MacOS X with Expat 2.0.0.</p>

<h2><a name="download"></a>Download</h2>

<p>LuaExpat source can be downloaded from its
<a href="http://luaforge.net/projects/luaexpat/files">LuaForge</a>
page. If you are using <a href="http://luabinaries.luaforge.net">LuaBinaries</a>
a Windows binary version of LuaExpat can be found at the LuaForge page.</p>

<h2><a name="history"></a>History</h2>

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    <dt><strong>Version 1.2.0</strong> [02/Jun/2011]</dt>
    <dd>
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        <li>support for the StartDoctypeDecl handler</li>
        <li>add parser:stop() to abort parsing inside a callback</li>
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    <dt><strong>Version 1.1.0</strong> [05/Jun/2007]</dt>
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      <ul>
        <li>adapted to work on both Lua 5.0 and Lua 5.1</li>
        <li>updated to use Expat 2.0.0</li>
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    <dt><strong><a href="http://www.keplerproject.org/luaexpat/1.0">Version 1.0.2</a></strong> [23/Mar/2006]</dt>
    <dd>
      <ul>
        <li>minor bugfix, <code>lom</code> correct module name is <code>lxp.lom</code></li>
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    <dt><strong>Version 1.0.1</strong> [06/Jun/2005]</dt>
    <dd>
      <ul>
        <li>minor changes for compatibility with Expat version 1.95.8</li>
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    <dt><strong>Version 1.0</strong> [2/Dec/2004]</dt>
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    <dt><strong>Version 1.0 Beta</strong> [4/Apr/2004]</dt>
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    <dt><strong>Version 1.0 Alpha</strong> [10/Dec/2003]</dt>
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<h2><a name="references"></a>References</h2>

<p>LuaExpat uses the
<a href="http://www.libexpat.org/">Expat</a> library.
For details on the C API please refer to the article
<a href="http://www.xml.com/pub/a/1999/09/expat/index.html?page=1">"Using Expat"</a>.</p>

<p>LuaExpat implements the <a href="http://www.saxproject.org/">SAX</a> API.</p>

<h2><a name="credits"></a>Credits</h2>

<p>Version 1.0 was designed by Roberto Ierusalimschy, Andr&eacute;
Carregal and Tom&aacute;s Guisasola as part of the Kepler Project
which holds its copyright. The implementation was coded by
Roberto Ierusalimschy, based on a previous design by
<a href="http://www.place.org/~nop/lua">Jay Carlson</a>.</p>

<p>LuaExpat development was sponsored by
<a href="http://www.fabricadigital.com.br">F&aacute;brica Digital</a> and
FINEP.</p>

<h2><a name="contact"></a>Contact</h2>

<p>For more information please
<a href="mailto:info-NO-SPAM-THANKS@keplerproject.org">contact us</a>.
Comments are welcome!</p>

<p>You can also reach other Kepler developers and users on the Kepler Project
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