The goals of the Apache XML Project are: To provide commercial-quality standards-based XML solutions that are developed in an open and cooperative fashion; to provide feedback to standards bodies (such as IETF and W3C) from an implementation perspective; to be a focus for XML-related activies within Apache projects. The Apache XML Project currently consists of five subprojects, each focused on a different aspect of XML: Xerces -- XML parsers in Java, C++, and Perl; Xalan -- XSLT stylesheet processors, in Java and C++; Cocoon -- XML-based web publishing, in Java; FOP -- XSL formatting objects, in Java; Xang -- Request to handler mapping using XML data model. This talk will present a technical overview and future directions for each of the Apache XML components from the perspective of one of its principal developers.