XML is a fairly simple
As part of the ongoing quest
This is the beginning of a
This article illustrates the
format. It uses plain
to create a more seamless
short series on creating a
principle features of the
Unicode text rather than
integration between XML and
software repository system
Python language, and then
binary encoding, and all the
Python, this article
built on Web services and
examine the XML processing
structures are declared with
presents the xml_pickle
developed in the Python
capabilities of Python.
predictable-looking tags.
module. The author discusses
programming language. This
Nonetheless, there are still
the design goals and
article shows you the
enough rules in the XML
decisions that went into
details of using the 4Suite
grammar that a carefully
xml_pickle and provides a
open-source XML server with
debugged parser is needed to
list of likely uses.
Python to create Web
process XML documents -- and
service-based applications.
every parser imposes its own
particular programming
style. An alternative is to
make XML even simpler. The
open-source PYX format is a
purely line-oriented format
for representing XML
documents that allows for
much easier processing of
XML document contents with
common text tools like grep,
sed, awk, wc, and the usual
UNIX collection.
Date: Mar, 05 2002 Date: Dec, 18 2001 Date: Mar, 23 2001 Date: Nov, 06 2000 |
The first two installments of
This column presents some of
this column provided an
the changes to the author's
overview of working with XML
previous module suite,
in Python. In the year since
utilities for high-level
those initial writings,
Python handling of XML
however, the state of XML
documents, as well as some
tools for Python has
tips on advanced aspects of
advanced significantly.
using and customizing the
Unfortunately, most of these
modules. Code samples
advances have not been
demonstrate py_obj._XML
backwards compatible. This
attributes, node attributes
special installment article
treated as objects and
revisits the author's
lists, py_obj magic
previous discussion of XML
attribute behavior, and more.
tools, and provides
up-to-date code samples.
Date: Jun, 20 2001 Date: Jun, 21 2001 |