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example of (rather convoluted) way to parse prefixed tag names using etree
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ns.py
from StringIO import StringIO
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
mvco_ns = 'http://ifcb-data.whoi.edu/mvco/'
lid = 'IFCB5_2011_033_041857'
nsmap = {'mvco': mvco_ns}
def parse_id(pfx_id, nsmap={}):
ns_statements = ' '.join(['xmlns:%s="%s"' % (k,v) for k,v in nsmap.items()])
xml = '<%s %s/>' % (pfx_id, ns_statements)
return ET.parse(StringIO(xml)).getroot().tag
print parse_id('mvco:%s' % lid, nsmap)
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