PXTL is the Python XML Templating Language, a templating solution for producing XML, HTML and other text-based document types. Yes, sorry - it's another templating language. However, PXTL has some useful characteristics shared by no other Python templating language (that I have met, at least): - templates are pure XML-with-Namespaces documents, allowing authors to take advantage of generic XML authoring, testing and manipulation tools; - code structure is represented by nodes in the document tree: making the document hierarchy and the program hierarchy the same results in templates that are easy to read, write and debug; - powerful Python-style structural tools such as subtemplates and imports allow modular templates to be written. The PXTL language spec has reached revision 1.0, release candidate. Documentation is here: http://doxdesk.com/pxtl/ See the tutorial for syntax examples. The reference implementation of PXTL (version 0.9) is also now available. It is a full DOM-based implementation of PXTL with following features: - on program error, can write a useful in-depth debugging page for testing, aiding rapid development; - can read and return DOM Document trees, not just serialised text; - works anywhere: pure-Python package compatible with Python 1.5.2 and later (tested up to 2.3), with no non-standard dependencies or reliance on any application framework. The reference implementation is intended for testing, development, batch jobs and interactive use on low-traffic web sites only. An 'optimised' implementation will be included in the package as a drop-in upgrade later in the year, for high-traffic web sites which require only text output. Documentation and download (licence: new-BSD-style) here: http://doxdesk.com/software/py/pxtl.html -- Andrew Clover mailto:and@doxdesk.com http://www.doxdesk.com/