:mod:`xml.etree` --- The ElementTree API for XML
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.. module:: xml.etree
   :synopsis: Package containing common ElementTree modules.
.. moduleauthor:: Fredrik Lundh <fredrik@pythonware.com>


.. versionadded:: 2.5

The ElementTree package is a simple, efficient, and quite popular  library for
XML manipulation in Python.    The :mod:`xml.etree` package contains the most
common components  from the ElementTree API library.  In the current release,
this package contains the :mod:`ElementTree`,  :mod:`ElementPath`, and
:mod:`ElementInclude` modules from the full  ElementTree distribution.

.. % XXX To be continued!


.. seealso::

   `ElementTree Overview <http://effbot.org/tag/elementtree>`_
      The home page for :mod:`ElementTree`.  This includes links  to additional
      documentation, alternative implementations, and  other add-ons.

