#!/usr/bin/python3 from lxml import etree def tei_to_dict(s_el): if __name__ == "__main__": with open("/home/kristjan/kres_mount/kres_parsed/tei/F0025751.xml.parsed.xml") as f: xmlstring = re.sub(' xmlns="[^"]+"', '', fp.read(), count=1) xmlstring = xmlstring.replace(' xml:', ' ') xml_tree = ElementTree.XML(xmlstring)