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Python supports a variety of modules to work with various forms of
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	62	Python supports a variety of modules to work with various forms of
	63	structured data markup. This includes modules to work with the
	64	Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) and the Hypertext Markup
65	Language (HTML), and several interfaces for working with the
66	Extensible Markup Language (XML).
67
68	<P>
69	It is important to note that modules in the <tt class="module">xml</tt> package
70	require that there be at least one SAX-compliant XML parser available.
71	Starting with Python 2.3, the Expat parser is included with Python, so
72	the <tt class="module"><a href="module-xml.parsers.expat.html">xml.parsers.expat</a></tt> module will always be available.
73	You may still want to be aware of the <a class="ulink" href="http://pyxml.sourceforge.net/"
74	>PyXML add-on
75	package</a>; that package provides an
76	extended set of XML libraries for Python.
77
78	<P>
79	The documentation for the <tt class="module">xml.dom</tt> and <tt class="module">xml.sax</tt>
80	packages are the definition of the Python bindings for the DOM and SAX
81	interfaces.
82
83	<P>
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85	<tr class='oddrow'>
86	<td><b><tt class='module'><a href='module-HTMLParser.html'>HTMLParser</a></tt></b></td>
87	<td> </td>
88	<td class='synopsis'>A simple parser that can handle HTML and XHTML.</td></tr>
89	<tr><td><b><tt class='module'><a href='module-sgmllib.html'>sgmllib</a></tt></b></td>
90	<td> </td>
91	<td class='synopsis'>Only as much of an SGML parser as needed to parse HTML.</td></tr>
92	<tr class='oddrow'>
93	<td><b><tt class='module'><a href='module-htmllib.html'>htmllib</a></tt></b></td>
94	<td> </td>
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96	<tr><td><b><tt class='module'><a href='module-htmlentitydefs.html'>htmlentitydefs</a></tt></b></td>
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99	<tr class='oddrow'>
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103	<tr><td><b><tt class='module'><a href='module-xml.dom.html'>xml.dom</a></tt></b></td>
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110	<tr><td><b><tt class='module'><a href='module-xml.dom.pulldom.html'>xml.dom.pulldom</a></tt></b></td>
111	<td> </td>
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113	<tr class='oddrow'>
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