The Python/XML distribution contains the basic tools required for
processing XML data using the Python programming language, assembled
into one easy-to-install package. The distribution includes parsers
and standard interfaces such as SAX and DOM, along with various other
useful modules. Version 0.5 can be considered a beta release.
Major changes in this version:
=09* The DOM implementation has been extensively modified, and is
now much closer to compliance with the DOM Recommendation. =20
=09* A Unicode type has been added as the subpackage xml.unicode.wstrin=
g.=20
=09* Various subpackages have been upgraded to their most recent versio=
ns.
The package currently contains:
=09* XML parsers: Pyexpat (Jack Jansen), xmlproc (Lars Marius
Garshol), xmllib.py (Sjoerd Mullender) using the sgmlop.c accelerator
module (Fredrik Lundh).
=09* SAX interface (Lars Marius Garshol)
=09* DOM interface (Stefane Fermigier, A.M. Kuchling)
=09* xmlarch.py, for architectural forms processing (Geir Ove Gr=F8nmo)=
=09* Unicode wide-string module (Martin von L=F6wis)
=09* Various utility modules and functions (various people)
=09* Documentation and example programs (various people)
The code is being developed bazaar-style by contributors from the
Python XML Special Interest Group, so please send comments, questions,
or bug reports to <xml-sig@python.org>.
For general information about Python, see:
=09http://www.python.org
The Python XML-SIG home page is:
=09http://www.python.org/sigs/xml-sig/
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