PyXML not supported, what to use next?

[Paul Boddie]

John Salerno wrote:
> Paul Watson wrote:
> > It would appear that xml.dom.minidom or xml.sax.* might be the best
> > thing to use since PyXML is going without support.  Best of all it is
> > included in the base Python distribution, so no addition hunting required.
> >
> > Is this right thinking?  Is there a better solution?
>
> You can try ElementTree, it comes with 2.5 (xml.etree.ElementTree).

Certainly, ElementTree, xml.sax and xml.dom.minidom appear to be viable
as standard library solutions for the foreseeable future. Sadly, Python
XML activities have fragmented since PyXML was in its prime,
reminiscent of that other contentious area of Python standardisation:
Web technologies.

Paul