| Parser | URL | Validating | Namespaces | DOM1 | DOM2 | SAX1 | SAX2 | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yuval Oren's Piccolo | http://piccolo.sourceforge.net/ | X | X | X | LGPL | |||
| Apache XML Project's Xerces Java | http://xml.apache.org/xerces2-j/index.html | X | X | X | X | X | X | Apache Software License, Version 1.1 |
| IBM's XML for Java | http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/formula/xml | X | X | X | X | X | X | Apache Software License, Version 1.1 |
| Microstar/David Brownell's Ælfred | http://www.gnu.org/software/classpathx/jaxp/jaxp.html | X | X | X | X | X | GPL with library exception | |
| Silfide's SXP | http://www.loria.fr/projets/XSilfide/EN/sxp/ | X | X | Non-GPL viral open source license | ||||
| Sun's Crimson | http://xml.apache.org/crimson/ | X | X | X | X | Apache | ||
| Oracle's XML Parser for Java | http://technet.oracle.com/ | X | X | X | X | free beer |