purpose of Apache XML Commons project

<quote>
http://xml.apache.org/commons/#java
Apache-authored code
xml-commons' secondary goal is to provide a project space for small
XML-related utilities that are being used in *multiple* other
xml.apache.org projects
</quote>

Would someone please clarify the intention of those words.

It can be read in two ways ...

A) Having the utilities at xml-commons enables them to be used
by various other projects, thus avoiding duplication.

B) The utilities cannot live at xml-commons until they are used
by at least two other xml.apache.org projects.

I hope that A) is the intention.

--David