| Unpacking the files |

Xerces-J is packaged as a ZIP file for all platforms and operating systems. You can run the Java jar command to unpack the distribution.

- jar xf Xerces-J-bin.1.2.1.zip
- jar xf Xerces-J-src.1.2.1.zip
- This command creates a "xerces-1_2_1" sub-directory in the current directory containing all the files.

| Files in the binary package release |

LICENSE | License for Xerces-J
Readme.html | Web page redirect to docs/html/index.html
xerces.jar | Jar file containing all the parser class files
xercesSamples.jar | Jar file containing all sample class files
data/ | Directory containing sample XML data files
docs/html/ | Directory containing documentation
docs/apiDocs/ | Directory containing Javadoc API for parser framework

| To use Xerces-J you do not need the source files.

| Files in the source package release |

LICENSE | License for Xerces-J
Makefile | Top level Makefile -- read README file before building
README | Build instructions
Readme.html | Web page redirect required for building documentation
STATUS | Current source code status information
data/ | Directory containing sample XML data files
docs/ | Directory containing documentation, in XML form
samples/ | Directory containing source code for samples
src/ | Directory containing source code for parser and supplemental APIs