Im sure the wrapper for xerces / xalan supports this. http://pirxx.sourceforge.net/ "C Gillespie" <csgcsg39 at hotmail.com> wrote in message news:chp6lo$qr6$1 at ucsnew1.ncl.ac.uk... > Dear All, > > Does anyone know if there is a python library that accepts xpath > constructs? > > Thanks for any help > > Colin > >