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.. _xml:
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XML Processing Modules
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======================
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Python's interfaces for processing XML are grouped in the ``xml`` package.
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It is important to note that modules in the :mod:`xml` package require that
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there be at least one SAX-compliant XML parser available. The Expat parser is
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included with Python, so the :mod:`xml.parsers.expat` module will always be
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available.
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The documentation for the :mod:`xml.dom` and :mod:`xml.sax` packages are the
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definition of the Python bindings for the DOM and SAX interfaces.
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The XML handling submodules are:
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* :mod:`xml.etree.ElementTree`: the ElementTree API, a simple and lightweight
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* :mod:`xml.dom`: the DOM API definition
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* :mod:`xml.dom.minidom`: a lightweight DOM implementation
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* :mod:`xml.dom.pulldom`: support for building partial DOM trees
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* :mod:`xml.sax`: SAX2 base classes and convenience functions
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* :mod:`xml.parsers.expat`: the Expat parser binding
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