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5 Structured Markup Processing Tools
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8 Python supports a variety of modules to work with various forms of structured
9 data markup. This includes modules to work with the Standard Generalized Markup
10 Language (SGML) and the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), and several interfaces
11 for working with the Extensible Markup Language (XML).
13 It is important to note that modules in the :mod:`xml` package require that
14 there be at least one SAX-compliant XML parser available. Starting with Python
15 2.3, the Expat parser is included with Python, so the :mod:`xml.parsers.expat`
16 module will always be available. You may still want to be aware of the `PyXML
17 add-on package <http://pyxml.sourceforge.net/>`_; that package provides an
18 extended set of XML libraries for Python.
20 The documentation for the :mod:`xml.dom` and :mod:`xml.sax` packages are the
21 definition of the Python bindings for the DOM and SAX interfaces.
37 xml.etree.elementtree.rst
41 `Python/XML Libraries <http://pyxml.sourceforge.net/>`_
42 Home page for the PyXML package, containing an extension of :mod:`xml` package