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Started because didn't agree with JDOM development using concrete classes.
To simplify Tree based XML development.
Builds a Node tree in memory.
Uses interfaces instead of concrete classes and the Factory Pattern, which allows for other implementations.
Designed only for Java.
Uses a lot of convenience methods.
Uses SAX/JAXP to build the Document Model.
Does not necessarily generate well-formed XML.
Built in XPath support using Jaxen.
Built in TRaX support.
Taken over by Maarten Coene, who is doing a great job, trying to get a lot of bugs fixed.
1.0 Released at 31 Aug 2001
Authors: James Strachan (currently working on: Maven, Groovy, and Jelly) now Maarten Coene