VTD-XML 2.7 (http://vtd-xml.sf.net) is released and can be downloaded
at

http://sourceforge.net/projects/vtd-xml/files/.
Below is a summary of what are the new features and enhancements.

Expanded VTD-XML's Core API

a.. VTDNav: toStringUpperCase, toStringLowerCase, contains(),
endsWith(),
startsWith()
b.. Extended VTD added in-memory buffer support

Improved Xpath
a.. Added the following XPath 2.0 functions: abs(), ends-with(),
upper-case(), lower-case()
b.. Added support for variable reference * significantly enhanced
XPath
syntax, checking error reporting (Special thanks to Mark Swanson)
c.. Internal performance tuning Bug fixes and

Code Enhancement
a.. C version significantly removed warning message, fix memory
leak
during Xpath expression parsing,
b.. Various bug fies (Special thanks to Jon Roberts, John Zhu,
Matej
Spiller, Steve Polson, and Romain La Tellier)