Python XML example (etree)

data.xml

<doc>
    <person no="1234">
        <name>Tomáš</name>
        <surname>Těžký</surname>
    </person>
    <person no="7">
        <name>Standa</name>
        <surname>Blábol</surname>
    </person>
</doc>

example.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

from xml.etree.ElementTree import ElementTree

tree = ElementTree()
tree.parse("data.xml")

for person in tree.getiterator("person"):
    print person.attrib["no"]
    print person.find("name").text, person.find("surname").text
    print "--"

output.txt

$ ./example.py 
1234
Tomáš Těžký
--
7
Standa Blábol
--