"As part of the Apache XML effort, IBM and other software firms previously donated their XML parsers, so Apache could take the best features of each and combine them into one product....In March, Sun Microsystems was criticized for not donating its parser as promised. The company has since submitted its parser, and the Apache group is now considering how to incorporate Sun's technology into the Apache parser." http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-1993071.html It looks like Apache is going to have one heck of an XML parser. Have you looked into it, Brad? Too bad it's not GPL. We may still be able to use it though. Jeff