xml data or other?

[shivers.paul at yahoo.co.uk]

On Friday, November 9, 2012 12:54:56 PM UTC, Artie Ziff wrote:
> Hello,
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> I want to process XML-like data like this:
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> <testname=ltpacpi.sh>
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> 	<description>
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> 		ACPI (Advanced Control Power & Integration) testscript for 2.5 kernels.
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> 	<\description>
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> 	<test_location>
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> 		ltp/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/acpi/ltpacpi.sh
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> 	<\test_location>
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> <\testname>
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> After manually editing the data above, the python module 
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> xml.etree.ElementTree parses it without failing due to error in the data 
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> structure.
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> 
> Edits were substituting '/' for '\' on the end tags, and adding the 
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> following structure:
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> <?xml version="1.0"?>
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> <data>
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>    <testname name=ltpacpi.sh>
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>      ...
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>    <\testname>
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> </data>
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> Is there a name for the format above (perhaps xhtml)?
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> I'd like to find a python module that can translate it to proper xml. 
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> Does one exist? etree?
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> 
> Many thanks!
> 
> az

maybe an xml tool would be better, a good list of xml tools here; http://www.xml-data.info