A completely example for how to read xml in Python

from xml.dom.minidom import parse

dom1=parse('c:/domain.xml')
obj=lambda x:x.localName=='OBJ'
nodelist1=dom1.getElementsByTagName('XPD:OBJ')
entity=''
fname=''
ftype=''
fdesc=''
for node in nodelist1:
   if node.getAttribute('type')=='UMLClass':       
       entity=node.childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue
       print "Entity name is: %s </p>" % entity
      
       print "<TABLE>"
       fields=[x for x in node.childNodes if obj(x)]
       for objfield in fields:                     
           for subfield in objfield.childNodes:
               if subfield.nodeType==1:
                   if subfield.getAttribute('name')=="Name":
                        fname=subfield.firstChild.nodeValue
                   if subfield.getAttribute('name')=="TypeExpression":
                        ftype=subfield.firstChild.nodeValue
                   if subfield.getAttribute('name')=="InitialValue":
                        fdesc=subfield.firstChild.nodeValue
           print """
<TR>
    <TD>%s</TD>
    <TD>%s</TD>
    <TD>%s</TD>
</TR>

           """%(fname,ftype,fdesc)
       print "</TABLE>"