I am just starting with python. I have a problem where I want to take a document that is in xml and take the items and enter them into a mysql database. The database part I know, I just need some hints on where to look to be able to parse something like this. <dict> <key>_name</key> <string>VLC</string> <key>info</key> <string>VLC media player 0.7.2, Copyright (c) 1996-2004 VideoLAN.</string> <key>lastModified</key> <date>2004-05-21T15:04:12Z</date> <key>path</key> <string>/Applications/VLC.app</string> <key>version</key> <string>0.7.2</string> </dict> <dict> <key>_name</key> <string>WeatherPop</string> <key>lastModified</key> <date>2003-06-19T05:35:22Z</date> <key>path</key> <string>/Applications/WeatherPop.app</string> <key>version</key> <string>1.8.1</string> </dict> etc.etc.etc. I want to be able to get the values for name and version for each application. I don't need any other information. Can someone give me some ideas on where to look for more information on doing something like this? Mike