[Biopython] Problem with Bio.Entrez...

Peter biopython at maubp.freeserve.co.uk
Sat Aug 28 11:32:03 UTC 2010


On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 8:47 AM, Michiel de Hoon <mjldehoon at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I think that for Biopython release 1.55, we should silently ignore this
> error using the fix proposed by Nathan. After the release is out, I
> suggest we add an optional argument "validate" to the read() and
> parse() function, defaulting to True. If validate is True, then read()/
> parse() raise an error if it finds elements in the XML that are not
> represented in the DTD. If validate is False, then such elements
> are silently ignored. This will require some other minor changes
> to the parser, so I'd like to do this after 1.55 is out.
>
> --Michiel.

Sounds good :)

Peter



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