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Other GNOME Libraries

Several other useful libraries have been created for use by GNOME applications (although most will work with non-GNOME applications as well) which can help when solving different kinds of problems.

libxml.
The libxml library assists in reading and parsing XML files. Several GNOME applications (glade and gnumeric among for example) use libxml when dealing with XML files.

libghhtp.
When accessing data via HTTP, the protocal used by web servers, the libghttp library can be helpful. It is designed with graphical applications in mind, so that requests can be made without block waiting on a response. This allows the graphical application to be responsive while a request is in progress.