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xmllint --noout --loaddtd --valid file.xml

On 28 November 2013 16:55, Ian Mulvany <i.mulvany@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm building a small script in python to generate NLM XML. I would
> like a companion script
> to validate, preferably also in python.
>
> The generating script is a work in progress, but you can review it here:
> https://github.com/elifesciences/elife-poa-xml-generation/blob/working/generate-poa-xml.py
>
> My initial attempt to get the NLM DTD for validation failed, the script here:
> https://github.com/elifesciences/elife-poa-xml-generation/blob/working/validate.py
>
> returned
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "validate.py", line 9, in <module>
>     dtd = etree.DTD(StringIO(NLM_DTD))
>   File "dtd.pxi", line 287, in lxml.etree.DTD.__init__
> (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:150450)
>   File "dtd.pxi", line 394, in lxml.etree._parseDtdFromFilelike
> (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:152160)
>
> Has anyone done this in python, if so do you have code you could share?
>
> If I can't get it to work in python, should I consider an alternative
> route, what would you suggest?
>
> I'm developing on a mac using OSX Mavericks, but I could also build on
> a linux box.
>
>
> - Ian
>
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