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12. Internet Data Handling 
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This chapter describes modules which support handling data formats
commonly used on the internet.  Some, like SGML and XML, may be useful 
for other applications as well.

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  <tr><td><b><tt><a href="module-sgmllib.html">sgmllib</a></tt></b></td>
      <td>Only as much of an SGML parser as needed to parse HTML.</td></tr>
  <tr><td><b><tt><a href="module-htmllib.html">htmllib</a></tt></b></td>
      <td>A parser for HTML documents.</td></tr>
  <tr><td><b><tt><a href="module-xmllib.html">xmllib</a></tt></b></td>
      <td>A parser for XML documents.</td></tr>
  <tr><td><b><tt><a href="module-formatter.html">formatter</a></tt></b></td>
      <td>Generic output formatter and device interface.</td></tr>
  <tr><td><b><tt><a href="module-rfc822.html">rfc822</a></tt></b></td>
      <td>Parse <span class=rfc><a name="rfcref-42720"
href="http://info.internet.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc/files/rfc822.txt">RFC 822</a></span> style mail headers.</td></tr>
  <tr><td><b><tt><a href="module-mimetools.html">mimetools</a></tt></b></td>
      <td>Tools for parsing MIME style message bodies.</td></tr>
  <tr><td><b><tt><a href="module-MimeWriter.html">MimeWriter</a></tt></b></td>
      <td>Generic MIME file writer.</td></tr>
  <tr><td><b><tt><a href="module-multifile.html">multifile</a></tt></b></td>
      <td>Support for reading files which contain distinct
                parts, such as some MIME data.</td></tr>
  <tr><td><b><tt><a href="module-binhex.html">binhex</a></tt></b></td>
      <td>Encode and decode files in binhex4 format.</td></tr>
  <tr><td><b><tt><a href="module-uu.html">uu</a></tt></b></td>
      <td>Encode and decode files in uuencode format.</td></tr>
  <tr><td><b><tt><a href="module-binascii.html">binascii</a></tt></b></td>
      <td>Tools for converting between binary and various
                ASCII-encoded binary representations.</td></tr>
  <tr><td><b><tt><a href="module-xdrlib.html">xdrlib</a></tt></b></td>
      <td>Encoders and decoders for the External Data
Representation (XDR).</td></tr>
  <tr><td><b><tt><a href="module-mailcap.html">mailcap</a></tt></b></td>
      <td>Mailcap file handling.</td></tr>
  <tr><td><b><tt><a href="module-mimetypes.html">mimetypes</a></tt></b></td>
      <td>Mapping of filename extensions to MIME types.</td></tr>
  <tr><td><b><tt><a href="module-base64.html">base64</a></tt></b></td>
      <td>Encode and decode files using the MIME base64 data.</td></tr>
  <tr><td><b><tt><a href="module-quopri.html">quopri</a></tt></b></td>
      <td>Encode and decode files using the MIME
                quoted-printable encoding.</td></tr>
  <tr><td><b><tt><a href="module-mailbox.html">mailbox</a></tt></b></td>
      <td>Read various mailbox formats.</td></tr>
  <tr><td><b><tt><a href="module-mhlib.html">mhlib</a></tt></b></td>
      <td>Manipulate MH mailboxes from Python.</td></tr>
  <tr><td><b><tt><a href="module-mimify.html">mimify</a></tt></b></td>
      <td>Mimification and unmimification of mail messages.</td></tr>
  <tr><td><b><tt><a href="module-netrc.html">netrc</a></tt></b></td>
      <td>Loading of <tt class=file>.netrc</tt> files.</td></tr>
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