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  62 <!-- ==================== MODULE DESCRIPTION ==================== -->
  63 <h1 class="epydoc">Module ElementTree</h1><p class="nomargin-top"><span class="codelink"><a href="elementtree.ElementTree-pysrc.html">source&nbsp;code</a></span></p>
  64 <!-- ==================== CLASSES ==================== -->
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  72         <td align="left"><span class="table-header">Classes</span></td>
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  83       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
  84     </td><td class="summary">
  85         <a href="elementtree.ElementTree.Element-class.html" class="summary-name">Element</a>
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  87   </tr>
  88 <tr>
  89     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
  90       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
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  92         <a href="elementtree.ElementTree.ElementTree-class.html" class="summary-name">ElementTree</a>
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  94   </tr>
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  96     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
  97       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
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  99         <a href="elementtree.ElementTree.ParseError-class.html" class="summary-name">ParseError</a>
 100     </td>
 101   </tr>
 102 <tr>
 103     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
 104       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
 105     </td><td class="summary">
 106         <a href="elementtree.ElementTree.QName-class.html" class="summary-name">QName</a>
 107     </td>
 108   </tr>
 109 <tr>
 110     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
 111       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
 112     </td><td class="summary">
 113         <a href="elementtree.ElementTree.TreeBuilder-class.html" class="summary-name">TreeBuilder</a>
 114     </td>
 115   </tr>
 116 <tr>
 117     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
 118       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
 119     </td><td class="summary">
 120         <a href="elementtree.ElementTree.XMLParser-class.html" class="summary-name">XMLParser</a>
 121     </td>
 122   </tr>
 123 <tr>
 124     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
 125       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
 126     </td><td class="summary">
 127         <a href="elementtree.ElementTree.XMLParser-class.html" class="summary-name">XMLTreeBuilder</a>
 128     </td>
 129   </tr>
 130 <tr class="private">
 131     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
 132       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
 133     </td><td class="summary">
 134         <a href="elementtree.ElementTree.Element-class.html" class="summary-name" onclick="show_private();">_Element</a>
 135     </td>
 136   </tr>
 137 <tr class="private">
 138     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
 139       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
 140     </td><td class="summary">
 141         <a href="elementtree.ElementTree.Element-class.html" class="summary-name" onclick="show_private();">_ElementInterface</a>
 142     </td>
 143   </tr>
 144 <tr class="private">
 145     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
 146       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
 147     </td><td class="summary">
 148         <a href="elementtree.ElementTree._IterParseIterator-class.html" class="summary-name" onclick="show_private();">_IterParseIterator</a>
 149     </td>
 150   </tr>
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 152     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
 153       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
 154     </td><td class="summary">
 155         <a href="elementtree.ElementTree._SimpleElementPath-class.html" class="summary-name" onclick="show_private();">_SimpleElementPath</a>
 156     </td>
 157   </tr>
 158 </table>
 159 <!-- ==================== FUNCTIONS ==================== -->
 160 <a name="section-Functions"></a>
 161 <table class="summary" border="1" cellpadding="3"
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 166       <tr valign="top">
 167         <td align="left"><span class="table-header">Functions</span></td>
 168         <td align="right" valign="top"
 169          ><span class="options">[<a href="#section-Functions"
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 180       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
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 182           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="Comment"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">Comment</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">text</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>)</span></td>
 183           <td align="right" valign="top">
 184             <span class="codelink"><a href="elementtree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#Comment">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
 185
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 193     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
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 198           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="PI"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">PI</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">target</span>,
 199         <span class="summary-sig-arg">text</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>)</span></td>
 200           <td align="right" valign="top">
 201             <span class="codelink"><a href="elementtree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#ProcessingInstruction">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
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 210     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
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 215           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="ProcessingInstruction"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">ProcessingInstruction</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">target</span>,
 216         <span class="summary-sig-arg">text</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>)</span></td>
 217           <td align="right" valign="top">
 218             <span class="codelink"><a href="elementtree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#ProcessingInstruction">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
 219
 220           </td>
 221         </tr>
 222       </table>
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 224     </td>
 225   </tr>
 226 <tr>
 227     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
 228       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
 229     </td><td class="summary">
 230       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
 231         <tr>
 232           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="SubElement"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">SubElement</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">parent</span>,
 233         <span class="summary-sig-arg">tag</span>,
 234         <span class="summary-sig-arg">attrib</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default"><code class="variable-group">{</code><code class="variable-group">}</code></span>,
 235         <span class="summary-sig-arg">**extra</span>)</span></td>
 236           <td align="right" valign="top">
 237             <span class="codelink"><a href="elementtree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#SubElement">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
 238
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 241       </table>
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 243     </td>
 244   </tr>
 245 <tr>
 246     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
 247       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
 248     </td><td class="summary">
 249       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
 250         <tr>
 251           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="XML"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">XML</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">text</span>,
 252         <span class="summary-sig-arg">parser</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>)</span></td>
 253           <td align="right" valign="top">
 254             <span class="codelink"><a href="elementtree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#XML">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
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 262 <tr class="private">
 263     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
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 265     </td><td class="summary">
 266       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
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 268           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="XMLID"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">XMLID</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">text</span>,
 269         <span class="summary-sig-arg">parser</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>)</span></td>
 270           <td align="right" valign="top">
 271             <span class="codelink"><a href="elementtree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#XMLID">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
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 279 <tr class="private">
 280     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
 281       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
 282     </td><td class="summary">
 283       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
 284         <tr>
 285           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="_encode"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">_encode</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">text</span>,
 286         <span class="summary-sig-arg">encoding</span>)</span></td>
 287           <td align="right" valign="top">
 288             <span class="codelink"><a href="elementtree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#_encode">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
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 291         </tr>
 292       </table>
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 294     </td>
 295   </tr>
 296 <tr class="private">
 297     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
 298       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
 299     </td><td class="summary">
 300       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
 301         <tr>
 302           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="_escape_attrib"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">_escape_attrib</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">text</span>,
 303         <span class="summary-sig-arg">encoding</span>)</span></td>
 304           <td align="right" valign="top">
 305             <span class="codelink"><a href="elementtree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#_escape_attrib">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
 306
 307           </td>
 308         </tr>
 309       </table>
 310
 311     </td>
 312   </tr>
 313 <tr class="private">
 314     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
 315       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
 316     </td><td class="summary">
 317       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
 318         <tr>
 319           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="_escape_attrib_html"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">_escape_attrib_html</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">text</span>,
 320         <span class="summary-sig-arg">encoding</span>)</span></td>
 321           <td align="right" valign="top">
 322             <span class="codelink"><a href="elementtree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#_escape_attrib_html">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
 323
 324           </td>
 325         </tr>
 326       </table>
 327
 328     </td>
 329   </tr>
 330 <tr class="private">
 331     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
 332       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
 333     </td><td class="summary">
 334       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
 335         <tr>
 336           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="_escape_cdata"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">_escape_cdata</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">text</span>,
 337         <span class="summary-sig-arg">encoding</span>)</span></td>
 338           <td align="right" valign="top">
 339             <span class="codelink"><a href="elementtree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#_escape_cdata">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
 340
 341           </td>
 342         </tr>
 343       </table>
 344
 345     </td>
 346   </tr>
 347 <tr class="private">
 348     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
 349       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
 350     </td><td class="summary">
 351       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
 352         <tr>
 353           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="_namespaces"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">_namespaces</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">elem</span>,
 354         <span class="summary-sig-arg">encoding</span>,
 355         <span class="summary-sig-arg">default_namespace</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>)</span></td>
 356           <td align="right" valign="top">
 357             <span class="codelink"><a href="elementtree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#_namespaces">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
 358
 359           </td>
 360         </tr>
 361       </table>
 362
 363     </td>
 364   </tr>
 365 <tr class="private">
 366     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
 367       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
 368     </td><td class="summary">
 369       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
 370         <tr>
 371           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="_raise_serialization_error"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">_raise_serialization_error</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">text</span>)</span></td>
 372           <td align="right" valign="top">
 373             <span class="codelink"><a href="elementtree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#_raise_serialization_error">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
 374
 375           </td>
 376         </tr>
 377       </table>
 378
 379     </td>
 380   </tr>
 381 <tr class="private">
 382     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
 383       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
 384     </td><td class="summary">
 385       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
 386         <tr>
 387           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="_serialize_html"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">_serialize_html</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">write</span>,
 388         <span class="summary-sig-arg">elem</span>,
 389         <span class="summary-sig-arg">encoding</span>,
 390         <span class="summary-sig-arg">qnames</span>,
 391         <span class="summary-sig-arg">namespaces</span>)</span></td>
 392           <td align="right" valign="top">
 393             <span class="codelink"><a href="elementtree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#_serialize_html">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
 394
 395           </td>
 396         </tr>
 397       </table>
 398
 399     </td>
 400   </tr>
 401 <tr class="private">
 402     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
 403       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
 404     </td><td class="summary">
 405       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
 406         <tr>
 407           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="_serialize_text"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">_serialize_text</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">write</span>,
 408         <span class="summary-sig-arg">elem</span>,
 409         <span class="summary-sig-arg">encoding</span>)</span></td>
 410           <td align="right" valign="top">
 411             <span class="codelink"><a href="elementtree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#_serialize_text">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
 412
 413           </td>
 414         </tr>
 415       </table>
 416
 417     </td>
 418   </tr>
 419 <tr class="private">
 420     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
 421       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
 422     </td><td class="summary">
 423       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
 424         <tr>
 425           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="_serialize_xml"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">_serialize_xml</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">write</span>,
 426         <span class="summary-sig-arg">elem</span>,
 427         <span class="summary-sig-arg">encoding</span>,
 428         <span class="summary-sig-arg">qnames</span>,
 429         <span class="summary-sig-arg">namespaces</span>)</span></td>
 430           <td align="right" valign="top">
 431             <span class="codelink"><a href="elementtree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#_serialize_xml">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
 432
 433           </td>
 434         </tr>
 435       </table>
 436
 437     </td>
 438   </tr>
 439 <tr>
 440     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
 441       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
 442     </td><td class="summary">
 443       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
 444         <tr>
 445           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="dump"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">dump</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">elem</span>)</span></td>
 446           <td align="right" valign="top">
 447             <span class="codelink"><a href="elementtree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#dump">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
 448
 449           </td>
 450         </tr>
 451       </table>
 452
 453     </td>
 454   </tr>
 455 <tr>
 456     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
 457       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
 458     </td><td class="summary">
 459       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
 460         <tr>
 461           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="fromstring"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">fromstring</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">text</span>,
 462         <span class="summary-sig-arg">parser</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>)</span></td>
 463           <td align="right" valign="top">
 464             <span class="codelink"><a href="elementtree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#XML">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
 465
 466           </td>
 467         </tr>
 468       </table>
 469
 470     </td>
 471   </tr>
 472 <tr>
 473     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
 474       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
 475     </td><td class="summary">
 476       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
 477         <tr>
 478           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="fromstringlist"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">fromstringlist</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">sequence</span>,
 479         <span class="summary-sig-arg">parser</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>)</span></td>
 480           <td align="right" valign="top">
 481             <span class="codelink"><a href="elementtree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#fromstringlist">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
 482
 483           </td>
 484         </tr>
 485       </table>
 486
 487     </td>
 488   </tr>
 489 <tr>
 490     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
 491       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
 492     </td><td class="summary">
 493       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
 494         <tr>
 495           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="iselement"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">iselement</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">element</span>)</span></td>
 496           <td align="right" valign="top">
 497             <span class="codelink"><a href="elementtree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#iselement">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
 498
 499           </td>
 500         </tr>
 501       </table>
 502
 503     </td>
 504   </tr>
 505 <tr>
 506     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
 507       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
 508     </td><td class="summary">
 509       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
 510         <tr>
 511           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="iterparse"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">iterparse</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">source</span>,
 512         <span class="summary-sig-arg">events</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>,
 513         <span class="summary-sig-arg">parser</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>)</span></td>
 514           <td align="right" valign="top">
 515             <span class="codelink"><a href="elementtree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#iterparse">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
 516
 517           </td>
 518         </tr>
 519       </table>
 520
 521     </td>
 522   </tr>
 523 <tr>
 524     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
 525       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
 526     </td><td class="summary">
 527       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
 528         <tr>
 529           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="parse"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">parse</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">source</span>,
 530         <span class="summary-sig-arg">parser</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>)</span></td>
 531           <td align="right" valign="top">
 532             <span class="codelink"><a href="elementtree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#parse">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
 533
 534           </td>
 535         </tr>
 536       </table>
 537
 538     </td>
 539   </tr>
 540 <tr class="private">
 541     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
 542       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
 543     </td><td class="summary">
 544       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
 545         <tr>
 546           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="register_namespace"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">register_namespace</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">prefix</span>,
 547         <span class="summary-sig-arg">uri</span>)</span></td>
 548           <td align="right" valign="top">
 549             <span class="codelink"><a href="elementtree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#register_namespace">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
 550
 551           </td>
 552         </tr>
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 554
 555     </td>
 556   </tr>
 557 <tr>
 558     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
 559       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
 560     </td><td class="summary">
 561       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
 562         <tr>
 563           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="tostring"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">tostring</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">element</span>,
 564         <span class="summary-sig-arg">encoding</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>,
 565         <span class="summary-sig-arg">method</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>)</span></td>
 566           <td align="right" valign="top">
 567             <span class="codelink"><a href="elementtree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#tostring">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
 568
 569           </td>
 570         </tr>
 571       </table>
 572
 573     </td>
 574   </tr>
 575 <tr>
 576     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
 577       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
 578     </td><td class="summary">
 579       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
 580         <tr>
 581           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="tostringlist"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">tostringlist</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">element</span>,
 582         <span class="summary-sig-arg">encoding</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>)</span></td>
 583           <td align="right" valign="top">
 584             <span class="codelink"><a href="elementtree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#tostringlist">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
 585
 586           </td>
 587         </tr>
 588       </table>
 589
 590     </td>
 591   </tr>
 592 </table>
 593 <!-- ==================== VARIABLES ==================== -->
 594 <a name="section-Variables"></a>
 595 <table class="summary" border="1" cellpadding="3"
 596        cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
 597 <tr bgcolor="#70b0f0" class="table-header">
 598   <td colspan="2" class="table-header">
 599     <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
 600       <tr valign="top">
 601         <td align="left"><span class="table-header">Variables</span></td>
 602         <td align="right" valign="top"
 603          ><span class="options">[<a href="#section-Variables"
 604          class="privatelink" onclick="toggle_private();"
 605          >hide private</a>]</span></td>
 606       </tr>
 607     </table>
 608   </td>
 609 </tr>
 610 <tr class="private">
 611     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
 612       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
 613     </td><td class="summary">
 614         <a href="elementtree.ElementTree-module.html#HTML_EMPTY" class="summary-name" onclick="show_private();">HTML_EMPTY</a> = <code title="set(['area',
 615      'base',
 616      'basefont',
 617      'br',
 618      'col',
 619      'frame',
 620      'hr',
 621      'img',
 622 ..."><code class="variable-group">set([</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">area</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">, </code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">base</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">, </code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">basefont</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">, </code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">br</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">, </code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">col</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">, </code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">fr</code><code class="variable-ellipsis">...</code></code>
 623     </td>
 624   </tr>
 625 <tr>
 626     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
 627       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
 628     </td><td class="summary">
 629         <a name="VERSION"></a><span class="summary-name">VERSION</span> = <code title="'1.3a2'"><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">1.3a2</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code></code>
 630     </td>
 631   </tr>
 632 <tr class="private">
 633     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
 634       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
 635     </td><td class="summary">
 636         <a href="elementtree.ElementTree-module.html#_namespace_map" class="summary-name" onclick="show_private();">_namespace_map</a> = <code title="{'http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/': 'dc',
 637  'http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/': 'wsdl',
 638  'http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#': 'rdf',
 639  'http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml': 'html',
 640  'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema': 'xs',
 641  'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance': 'xsi',
 642  'http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace': 'xml'}"><code class="variable-group">{</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">: </code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">dc</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">, </code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">h</code><code class="variable-ellipsis">...</code></code>
 643     </td>
 644   </tr>
 645 </table>
 646 <!-- ==================== VARIABLES DETAILS ==================== -->
 647 <a name="section-VariablesDetails"></a>
 648 <table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3"
 649        cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
 650 <tr bgcolor="#70b0f0" class="table-header">
 651   <td colspan="2" class="table-header">
 652     <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
 653       <tr valign="top">
 654         <td align="left"><span class="table-header">Variables Details</span></td>
 655         <td align="right" valign="top"
 656          ><span class="options">[<a href="#section-VariablesDetails"
 657          class="privatelink" onclick="toggle_private();"
 658          >hide private</a>]</span></td>
 659       </tr>
 660     </table>
 661   </td>
 662 </tr>
 663 </table>
 664 <a name="HTML_EMPTY"></a>
 665 <div class="private">
 666 <table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3"
 667        cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
 668 <tr><td>
 669   <h3 class="epydoc">HTML_EMPTY</h3>
 670
 671   <dl class="fields">
 672   </dl>
 673   <dl class="fields">
 674     <dt>Value:</dt>
 675       <dd><table><tr><td><pre class="variable">
 676 <code class="variable-group">set([</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">area</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">,</code>
 677      <code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">base</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">,</code>
 678      <code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">basefont</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">,</code>
 679      <code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">br</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">,</code>
 680      <code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">col</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">,</code>
 681      <code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">frame</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">,</code>
 682      <code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">hr</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">,</code>
 683      <code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">img</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">,</code>
 684 <code class="variable-ellipsis">...</code>
 685 </pre></td></tr></table>
 686 </dd>
 687   </dl>
 688 </td></tr></table>
 689 </div>
 690 <a name="_namespace_map"></a>
 691 <div class="private">
 692 <table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3"
 693        cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
 694 <tr><td>
 695   <h3 class="epydoc">_namespace_map</h3>
 696
 697   <dl class="fields">
 698   </dl>
 699   <dl class="fields">
 700     <dt>Value:</dt>
 701       <dd><table><tr><td><pre class="variable">
 702 <code class="variable-group">{</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">: </code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">dc</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">,</code>
 703  <code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">: </code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">wsdl</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">,</code>
 704  <code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">: </code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">rdf</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">,</code>
 705  <code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">: </code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">html</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">,</code>
 706  <code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">: </code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">xs</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">,</code>
 707  <code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">: </code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">xsi</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">,</code>
 708  <code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">: </code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">xml</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-group">}</code>
 709 </pre></td></tr></table>
 710 </dd>
 711   </dl>
 712 </td></tr></table>
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