[Zope] another tal questions

Is there a TAL equivalent for this DHTML statement: <dtml-var sequence-item html_quote newline_to_br> I used the python statement: context.manage_addProduct['OFSP'].manage_addFile(id, title="", file="description") to add the file and I want now, within my TAL to read the 'description' I tried : <b tal:content="item/description"> news </b> Thanks Kate