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\chapter{Structured Markup Processing Tools
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\label{markup}}
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Python supports a variety of modules to work with various forms of
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structured data markup. This includes modules to work with the
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Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) and the Hypertext Markup
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Language (HTML), and several interfaces for working with the
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Extensible Markup Language (XML).
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It is important to note that modules in the \module{xml} package
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require that there be at least one SAX-compliant XML parser available.
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Starting with Python 2.3, the Expat parser is included with Python, so
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the \refmodule{xml.parsers.expat} module will always be available.
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You may still want to be aware of the \ulink{PyXML add-on
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package}{http://pyxml.sourceforge.net/}; that package provides an
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extended set of XML libraries for Python.
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Python 2.5 introduces the \module{xmlcore} package; this package
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provides the implementation of the \module{xml} package as distributed
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with the standard library. The \module{xml} package, as in earlier
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versions, provides an interface that will provide the PyXML
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implementation of the interfaces when available, and the standard
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library implementation if not. Applications that can use either the
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PyXML implementation or the standard library's implementation may
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continue to make imports from the \module{xml} package; applications
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that want to only import the standard library's implementation can now
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use the \module{xmlcore} package.
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The documentation for the \module{xml.dom} and \module{xml.sax}
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packages are the definition of the Python bindings for the DOM and SAX
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interfaces.
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\localmoduletable
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\begin{seealso}
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\seetitle[http://pyxml.sourceforge.net/]
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{Python/XML Libraries}
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{Home page for the PyXML package, containing an extension
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of \module{xml} package bundled with Python.}
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\end{seealso}
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