Adam I am glad to hear it in someways because it's something I have never heard it. For a person relatively new to XML most articles and tutorials demonstrate getting it out to a more "manageable" format.
I had been using xbase to inspect the data and query but really ask I want to do was push it to a db and then query it as is more normal for me. I will check out your link. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list