XMLDIFF.py -- Python classes to diff XML files
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:Author: Sylvain Thenault - (c) 2001 Logilab S.A.
:Web site: http://www.logilab.org/project/xmldiff/
:License: LGPL https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html
:Mailing list: xml-projects@logilab.org (http://lists.logilab.org/mailman/listinfo/xml-projects)


DESCRIPTION
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Xmldiff is a utility for extracting differences between two
xml files. It returns a set of primitives to apply on source tree to obtain
the destination tree.

The implementation is based on `Change detection in hierarchically structured
information`, by S. Chawathe, A. Rajaraman, H. Garcia-Molina and J. Widom,
Stanford University, 1996

REQUIREMENTS
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You need at least Python 2.3 to install and run xmldiff


DOWNLOAD
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You can get the latest version of xmldiff at http://www.logilab.org/project/xmldiff/


INSTALL
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To install the tarball distribution do::

	python setup.py install

or do::

	python setup.py help

to display available options.

Or add the xmldiff directory to your PYTHONPATH.

USAGE
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Read the HELP.txt file.


CREDITS
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The main developer is Sylvain Thenault <sylvain.thenault@logilab.fr>
with Nicolas Chauvat <nicolas.chauvat@logilab.fr> as coordinator.

