Newbie Python & XML

[uche.ogbuji at gmail.com]

"I have a situation at work.  Will be receiving XML file which contains
quote information for car insurance.  I need to translate this file
into a flat comma delimited file which will be imported into a software
package.  Each XML file I receive will contain information on one quote
only.  I have documentation on layout of flat file and examples of XML
file (lot of fields but only container tags and field tags no
DTD's,look easy enough).  I am just starting to learn python and have
never had to work with XML files before.  Working in MS Windows
environment.  I have Python 2.4 with win32 extensions. "

Sounds like the sort of thing I and others have done very easily with
Amara:

http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2005/01/19/amara.html

Overall, if you're new to Python and XML, here are some resources:

http://www.xml.com/pub/at/24
http://uche.ogbuji.net/tech/akara/nodes/2003-01-01/general-section

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Uche Ogbuji                               Fourthought, Inc.
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Use CSS to display XML, part 2 -
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/x-dw-x-xmlcss2-i.html
XML Output with 4Suite & Amara -
http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2005/04/20/py-xml.htmlUse XSLT to prepare XML
for import into OpenOffice Calc -
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-oocalc/
Schema standardization for top-down semantic transparency -
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-think31.html