Doc/lib/markup.tex

   1 \chapter{Structured Markup Processing Tools
   2          \label{markup}}
   3
   4 Python supports a variety of modules to work with various forms of
   5 structured data markup.  This includes modules to work with the
   6 Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) and the Hypertext Markup
   7 Language (HTML), and several interfaces for working with the
   8 Extensible Markup Language (XML).
   9
  10 It is important to note that modules in the \module{xml} package
  11 require that there be at least one SAX-compliant XML parser available.
  12 Starting with Python 2.3, the Expat parser is included with Python, so
  13 the \refmodule{xml.parsers.expat} module will always be available.
  14 You may still want to be aware of the \ulink{PyXML add-on
  15 package}{http://pyxml.sourceforge.net/}; that package provides an
  16 extended set of XML libraries for Python.
  17
  18 The documentation for the \module{xml.dom} and \module{xml.sax}
  19 packages are the definition of the Python bindings for the DOM and SAX
  20 interfaces.
  21
  22 \localmoduletable
  23
  24 \begin{seealso}
  25   \seetitle[http://pyxml.sourceforge.net/]
  26            {Python/XML Libraries}
  27            {Home page for the PyXML package, containing an extension
  28             of \module{xml} package bundled with Python.}
  29 \end{seealso}