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You can download the software to parse and process XML here. Unless you're doing something very out of the ordinary, start by downloading the XML-SIG's software distribution. The distribution contains contains XML parsers implemented in both C and Python, a Python implementation of SAX and DOM, sample code, documentation, and a test suite.

• A release candidate of Version 0.5.5.1, the latest release of the PyXML distribution, is available.

Brave users who need the cutting-edge, or want to help with development, can access the XML-SIG's CVS repository.

What's in the Distribution

Here's a list of the components included in the PyXML distribution. You don't need to download any of these packages separately; they're only listed here for reference.

• xmllib.tar.gz
  This is an improved version of the xmllib.py included with Python 1.5. Python 1.5.1 contains this version of xmllib.py. By Sjoerd Mullender.
• sgmlop.c
  The sgmlop module is a C extension that contains accelerated functions for XML parsing, and speeds up xmllib.py by a factor of 5.
• xmlproc
  xmlproc is Lars Marius Garshol's validating XML parser, written in Python.
• A Python interface to Expat
  Expat is an ANSI C XML parser written by James Clark; the Python interface was written by Jack Jansen.
• A skeleton SAX (Simple API for XML) library
  It can use xmllib.py, xmlproc, or the Pyexpat interface. By Lars Marius Garshol.
• Level 1 DOM package
  This currently needs to be updated to match the Level 2 DOM drafts. Originally written by Stefane Fermigier, but currently maintained by A.M. Kuchling.
• Current working files for the XML-SIG
  This directory contains snapshots of the SIG's deliverables. You'll probably only need to download PyXML-*.tgz, which contains the most recent release of the XML package.