myxml = """<?xml version="1.0"?> <mystuff> ... </mystuff>""" from xml.dom.minidom import parseString, parse domtree = parseString(myxml).documentElement domtree = parse('somefile.xml').documentElement ... This works with the standard - recent - Python distros and exposes most of DOM level 1 API. There are other better or faster DOM parsers available with PyXML or with 4Suite. --Gilles ----- Original Message ----- From: "Projekt01, Roger Ineichen" <r.ineichen@projekt01.ch> To: <zope@zope.org> Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 8:58 AM Subject: [Zope] XML - Dom object? Hello together Whats the best way for to present a xml document in python like a dom-object? No, XSL or Schema needed, just present a xml file for to traverse like a dom object. Mit freundlichen Grüssen Roger Ineichen ___________________________ Projekt01 GmbH www.projekt01.ch Langackerstrasse 8 6330 Cham phone +41 (0)41 781 01 78 mobile +41 (0)79 340 52 32 fax +41 (0)41 781 00 78 email r.ineichen@projekt01.ch ___________________________ END OF MESSAGE _______________________________________________ Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )