Why does ElementTree.parse convert my xsi to an xmlns? When I do this from elementtree import ElementTree
# Sample xml mgac =""" <mgac xmlns="http://www.chpc.utah.edu/~baites/mgacML"; xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.chpc.utah.edu/~baites/mgacML http://www.chpc.utah.edu/~baites/mgacML/mgac.xsd";><cluster name="Si4H"></cluster></mgac> """ xml = ElementTree.fromstring(mgac) ElementTree.tostring(xml) I get this '<ns0:mgac ns1:schemaLocation="http://www.chpc.utah.edu/~baites/mgacML http://www.chpc.utah.edu/~baites/mgacML/mgac.xsd"; xmlns:ns0="http://www.chpc.utah.edu/~baites/mgacML"; xmlns:ns1="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";><ns0:cluster name="Si4H" /></ns0:mgac>' The xsi is gone and has been replaced by a new xmlns, which is also NOT inherited by the child elements. ElementTree.tostring(xml.getchildren()[0]) '<ns0:cluster name="Si4H" xmlns:ns0="http://www.chpc.utah.edu/~baites/mgacML"; />' If some one could please explain where I'm off I'd really appreciate it. I need to use xsi: to validate the document, and I'm not sure how to pass it on to the children when I reformat the doc. Thanks -Matthew -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
