# atomgen.py import os.path from lxml import etree from lxml.builder import ElementMaker ATOM_NAMESPACE = "http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" A = ElementMaker(namespace=ATOM_NAMESPACE, nsmap={None : ATOM_NAMESPACE}) feed = A.feed entry = A.entry title = A.title author = A.author name = A.name link = A.link summary = A.summary id = A.id updated = A.updated # ... and so on and so forth ... # plus a little validation function: isvalid() isvalid = etree.RelaxNG( file=os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)), "atom.rng"))