XML for beginners

[Diez B. Roggisch]

matt wrote:

> Maybe I'm stupid, but I've read the python XML howto tutorial, and I
> am none the wiser as to how to parse an xml file in order to use the
> contents within a python script.
> 
> Can someone point me to a tutorial or document on-line showing how to
> parse xml.  It's got to be for dummies, because I'm clearly not up to
> much in the brain department.

I always found the articles at IBM developerworks enlighting - especially
from Uche Ogbuji

http://uche.ogbuji.net/tech/4Suite/ibmdw-tutorial/

He is amongst the creators of 4Suite, a brilliant xml related toolkit.

And there are some other xml/python related articles on developerworks.

Regards,

Diez