diff --git a/Lib/test/test_minidom.py b/Lib/test/test_minidom.py
index 68aac0f..2510a41 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_minidom.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_minidom.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# test for xml.dom.minidom
+# test for xmlcore.dom.minidom
 
 import os
 import sys
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
 from StringIO import StringIO
 from test.test_support import verbose
 
-import xml.dom
-import xml.dom.minidom
-import xml.parsers.expat
+import xmlcore.dom
+import xmlcore.dom.minidom
+import xmlcore.parsers.expat
 
-from xml.dom.minidom import parse, Node, Document, parseString
-from xml.dom.minidom import getDOMImplementation
+from xmlcore.dom.minidom import parse, Node, Document, parseString
+from xmlcore.dom.minidom import getDOMImplementation
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
@@ -138,29 +138,29 @@
     text = dom.createTextNode('text')
 
     try: dom.appendChild(text)
-    except xml.dom.HierarchyRequestErr: pass
+    except xmlcore.dom.HierarchyRequestErr: pass
     else:
         print "dom.appendChild didn't raise HierarchyRequestErr"
 
     dom.appendChild(elem)
     try: dom.insertBefore(text, elem)
-    except xml.dom.HierarchyRequestErr: pass
+    except xmlcore.dom.HierarchyRequestErr: pass
     else:
         print "dom.appendChild didn't raise HierarchyRequestErr"
 
     try: dom.replaceChild(text, elem)
-    except xml.dom.HierarchyRequestErr: pass
+    except xmlcore.dom.HierarchyRequestErr: pass
     else:
         print "dom.appendChild didn't raise HierarchyRequestErr"
 
     nodemap = elem.attributes
     try: nodemap.setNamedItem(text)
-    except xml.dom.HierarchyRequestErr: pass
+    except xmlcore.dom.HierarchyRequestErr: pass
     else:
         print "NamedNodeMap.setNamedItem didn't raise HierarchyRequestErr"
 
     try: nodemap.setNamedItemNS(text)
-    except xml.dom.HierarchyRequestErr: pass
+    except xmlcore.dom.HierarchyRequestErr: pass
     else:
         print "NamedNodeMap.setNamedItemNS didn't raise HierarchyRequestErr"
 
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@
             and pi.firstChild is None
             and pi.lastChild is None
             and pi.localName is None
-            and pi.namespaceURI == xml.dom.EMPTY_NAMESPACE)
+            and pi.namespaceURI == xmlcore.dom.EMPTY_NAMESPACE)
 
 def testProcessingInstructionRepr(): pass
 
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@
     elem = doc.createElement("extra")
     try:
         doc.appendChild(elem)
-    except xml.dom.HierarchyRequestErr:
+    except xmlcore.dom.HierarchyRequestErr:
         pass
     else:
         print "Failed to catch expected exception when" \
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@
     confirm(a1.isSameNode(a2))
     try:
         attrs.removeNamedItem("a")
-    except xml.dom.NotFoundErr:
+    except xmlcore.dom.NotFoundErr:
         pass
 
 def testRemoveNamedItemNS():
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@
     confirm(a1.isSameNode(a2))
     try:
         attrs.removeNamedItemNS("http://xml.python.org/", "b")
-    except xml.dom.NotFoundErr:
+    except xmlcore.dom.NotFoundErr:
         pass
 
 def testAttrListValues(): pass
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@
     doc2 = parseString("<doc/>")
     try:
         doc1.importNode(doc2, deep)
-    except xml.dom.NotSupportedErr:
+    except xmlcore.dom.NotSupportedErr:
         pass
     else:
         raise Exception(testName +
@@ -705,12 +705,14 @@
     doctype = getDOMImplementation().createDocumentType("doc", None, None)
     doctype.entities._seq = []
     doctype.notations._seq = []
-    notation = xml.dom.minidom.Notation("my-notation", None,
-                                        "http://xml.python.org/notations/my")
+    notation = xmlcore.dom.minidom.Notation(
+        "my-notation", None,
+        "http://xml.python.org/notations/my")
     doctype.notations._seq.append(notation)
-    entity = xml.dom.minidom.Entity("my-entity", None,
-                                    "http://xml.python.org/entities/my",
-                                    "my-notation")
+    entity = xmlcore.dom.minidom.Entity(
+        "my-entity", None,
+        "http://xml.python.org/entities/my",
+        "my-notation")
     entity.version = "1.0"
     entity.encoding = "utf-8"
     entity.actualEncoding = "us-ascii"
@@ -729,7 +731,7 @@
     target = create_doc_without_doctype()
     try:
         imported = target.importNode(src.doctype, 0)
-    except xml.dom.NotSupportedErr:
+    except xmlcore.dom.NotSupportedErr:
         pass
     else:
         raise Exception(
@@ -740,7 +742,7 @@
     target = create_doc_without_doctype()
     try:
         imported = target.importNode(src.doctype, 1)
-    except xml.dom.NotSupportedErr:
+    except xmlcore.dom.NotSupportedErr:
         pass
     else:
         raise Exception(
@@ -848,7 +850,7 @@
     doc.unlink()
 
 def testSAX2DOM():
-    from xml.dom import pulldom
+    from xmlcore.dom import pulldom
 
     sax2dom = pulldom.SAX2DOM()
     sax2dom.startDocument()
@@ -938,11 +940,11 @@
     attr = elem.attributes['a']
 
     # Simple renaming
-    attr = doc.renameNode(attr, xml.dom.EMPTY_NAMESPACE, "b")
+    attr = doc.renameNode(attr, xmlcore.dom.EMPTY_NAMESPACE, "b")
     confirm(attr.name == "b"
             and attr.nodeName == "b"
             and attr.localName is None
-            and attr.namespaceURI == xml.dom.EMPTY_NAMESPACE
+            and attr.namespaceURI == xmlcore.dom.EMPTY_NAMESPACE
             and attr.prefix is None
             and attr.value == "v"
             and elem.getAttributeNode("a") is None
@@ -987,11 +989,11 @@
             and attrmap[("http://xml.python.org/ns2", "d")].isSameNode(attr))
 
     # Rename back to a simple non-NS node
-    attr = doc.renameNode(attr, xml.dom.EMPTY_NAMESPACE, "e")
+    attr = doc.renameNode(attr, xmlcore.dom.EMPTY_NAMESPACE, "e")
     confirm(attr.name == "e"
             and attr.nodeName == "e"
             and attr.localName is None
-            and attr.namespaceURI == xml.dom.EMPTY_NAMESPACE
+            and attr.namespaceURI == xmlcore.dom.EMPTY_NAMESPACE
             and attr.prefix is None
             and attr.value == "v"
             and elem.getAttributeNode("a") is None
@@ -1005,7 +1007,7 @@
 
     try:
         doc.renameNode(attr, "http://xml.python.org/ns", "xmlns")
-    except xml.dom.NamespaceErr:
+    except xmlcore.dom.NamespaceErr:
         pass
     else:
         print "expected NamespaceErr"
@@ -1018,11 +1020,11 @@
     elem = doc.documentElement
 
     # Simple renaming
-    elem = doc.renameNode(elem, xml.dom.EMPTY_NAMESPACE, "a")
+    elem = doc.renameNode(elem, xmlcore.dom.EMPTY_NAMESPACE, "a")
     confirm(elem.tagName == "a"
             and elem.nodeName == "a"
             and elem.localName is None
-            and elem.namespaceURI == xml.dom.EMPTY_NAMESPACE
+            and elem.namespaceURI == xmlcore.dom.EMPTY_NAMESPACE
             and elem.prefix is None
             and elem.ownerDocument.isSameNode(doc))
 
@@ -1045,11 +1047,11 @@
             and elem.ownerDocument.isSameNode(doc))
 
     # Rename back to a simple non-NS node
-    elem = doc.renameNode(elem, xml.dom.EMPTY_NAMESPACE, "d")
+    elem = doc.renameNode(elem, xmlcore.dom.EMPTY_NAMESPACE, "d")
     confirm(elem.tagName == "d"
             and elem.nodeName == "d"
             and elem.localName is None
-            and elem.namespaceURI == xml.dom.EMPTY_NAMESPACE
+            and elem.namespaceURI == xmlcore.dom.EMPTY_NAMESPACE
             and elem.prefix is None
             and elem.ownerDocument.isSameNode(doc))
 
@@ -1060,15 +1062,15 @@
     # Make sure illegal NS usage is detected:
     try:
         doc.renameNode(node, "http://xml.python.org/ns", "xmlns:foo")
-    except xml.dom.NamespaceErr:
+    except xmlcore.dom.NamespaceErr:
         pass
     else:
         print "expected NamespaceErr"
 
     doc2 = parseString("<doc/>")
     try:
-        doc2.renameNode(node, xml.dom.EMPTY_NAMESPACE, "foo")
-    except xml.dom.WrongDocumentErr:
+        doc2.renameNode(node, xmlcore.dom.EMPTY_NAMESPACE, "foo")
+    except xmlcore.dom.WrongDocumentErr:
         pass
     else:
         print "expected WrongDocumentErr"
@@ -1076,12 +1078,12 @@
 def testRenameOther():
     # We have to create a comment node explicitly since not all DOM
     # builders used with minidom add comments to the DOM.
-    doc = xml.dom.minidom.getDOMImplementation().createDocument(
-        xml.dom.EMPTY_NAMESPACE, "e", None)
+    doc = xmlcore.dom.minidom.getDOMImplementation().createDocument(
+        xmlcore.dom.EMPTY_NAMESPACE, "e", None)
     node = doc.createComment("comment")
     try:
-        doc.renameNode(node, xml.dom.EMPTY_NAMESPACE, "foo")
-    except xml.dom.NotSupportedErr:
+        doc.renameNode(node, xmlcore.dom.EMPTY_NAMESPACE, "foo")
+    except xmlcore.dom.NotSupportedErr:
         pass
     else:
         print "expected NotSupportedErr when renaming comment node"
@@ -1192,13 +1194,13 @@
     # since each supports a different level of DTD information.
     t = elem.schemaType
     confirm(t.name is None
-            and t.namespace == xml.dom.EMPTY_NAMESPACE)
+            and t.namespace == xmlcore.dom.EMPTY_NAMESPACE)
     names = "id notid text enum ref refs ent ents nm nms".split()
     for name in names:
         a = elem.getAttributeNode(name)
         t = a.schemaType
         confirm(hasattr(t, "name")
-                and t.namespace == xml.dom.EMPTY_NAMESPACE)
+                and t.namespace == xmlcore.dom.EMPTY_NAMESPACE)
 
 def testSetIdAttribute():
     doc = parseString("<doc a1='v' a2='w'/>")
@@ -1227,7 +1229,7 @@
             and a2.isId
             and not a3.isId)
     # renaming an attribute should not affect its ID-ness:
-    doc.renameNode(a2, xml.dom.EMPTY_NAMESPACE, "an")
+    doc.renameNode(a2, xmlcore.dom.EMPTY_NAMESPACE, "an")
     confirm(e.isSameNode(doc.getElementById("w"))
             and a2.isId)
 
@@ -1263,7 +1265,7 @@
     confirm(not a3.isId)
     confirm(doc.getElementById("v") is None)
     # renaming an attribute should not affect its ID-ness:
-    doc.renameNode(a2, xml.dom.EMPTY_NAMESPACE, "an")
+    doc.renameNode(a2, xmlcore.dom.EMPTY_NAMESPACE, "an")
     confirm(e.isSameNode(doc.getElementById("w"))
             and a2.isId)
 
@@ -1299,7 +1301,7 @@
     confirm(not a3.isId)
     confirm(doc.getElementById("v") is None)
     # renaming an attribute should not affect its ID-ness:
-    doc.renameNode(a2, xml.dom.EMPTY_NAMESPACE, "an")
+    doc.renameNode(a2, xmlcore.dom.EMPTY_NAMESPACE, "an")
     confirm(e.isSameNode(doc.getElementById("w"))
             and a2.isId)
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sax.py b/Lib/test/test_sax.py
index 210ca19..ded81fb 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sax.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sax.py
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 # regression test for SAX 2.0            -*- coding: iso-8859-1 -*-
 # $Id$
 
-from xml.sax import make_parser, ContentHandler, \
-                    SAXException, SAXReaderNotAvailable, SAXParseException
+from xmlcore.sax import make_parser, ContentHandler, \
+     SAXException, SAXReaderNotAvailable, SAXParseException
 try:
     make_parser()
 except SAXReaderNotAvailable:
     # don't try to test this module if we cannot create a parser
     raise ImportError("no XML parsers available")
-from xml.sax.saxutils import XMLGenerator, escape, unescape, quoteattr, \
-                             XMLFilterBase
-from xml.sax.expatreader import create_parser
-from xml.sax.xmlreader import InputSource, AttributesImpl, AttributesNSImpl
+from xmlcore.sax.saxutils import XMLGenerator, escape, unescape, quoteattr, \
+     XMLFilterBase
+from xmlcore.sax.expatreader import create_parser
+from xmlcore.sax.xmlreader import InputSource, AttributesImpl, AttributesNSImpl
 from cStringIO import StringIO
 from test.test_support import verify, verbose, TestFailed, findfile
 import os
@@ -36,17 +36,17 @@
         # Creating parsers several times in a row should succeed.
         # Testing this because there have been failures of this kind
         # before.
-        from xml.sax import make_parser
+        from xmlcore.sax import make_parser
         p = make_parser()
-        from xml.sax import make_parser
+        from xmlcore.sax import make_parser
         p = make_parser()
-        from xml.sax import make_parser
+        from xmlcore.sax import make_parser
         p = make_parser()
-        from xml.sax import make_parser
+        from xmlcore.sax import make_parser
         p = make_parser()
-        from xml.sax import make_parser
+        from xmlcore.sax import make_parser
         p = make_parser()
-        from xml.sax import make_parser
+        from xmlcore.sax import make_parser
         p = make_parser()
     except:
         return 0
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
     try:
         # Creating a parser should succeed - it should fall back
         # to the expatreader
-        p = make_parser(['xml.parsers.no_such_parser'])
+        p = make_parser(['xmlcore.parsers.no_such_parser'])
     except:
         return 0
     else:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py b/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py
index 1ceb5f1..94f6b31 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# xml.etree test.  This file contains enough tests to make sure that
+# xmlcore.etree test.  This file contains enough tests to make sure that
 # all included components work as they should.  For a more extensive
 # test suite, see the selftest script in the ElementTree distribution.
 
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
     """
     Import sanity.
 
-    >>> from xml.etree import ElementTree
-    >>> from xml.etree import ElementInclude
-    >>> from xml.etree import ElementPath
+    >>> from xmlcore.etree import ElementTree
+    >>> from xmlcore.etree import ElementInclude
+    >>> from xmlcore.etree import ElementPath
     """
 
 def check_method(method):
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     """
     Test element tree interface.
 
-    >>> from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
+    >>> from xmlcore.etree import ElementTree as ET
 
     >>> element = ET.Element("tag", key="value")
     >>> tree = ET.ElementTree(element)
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
     """
     Test find methods (including xpath syntax).
 
-    >>> from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
+    >>> from xmlcore.etree import ElementTree as ET
 
     >>> elem = ET.XML(SAMPLE_XML)
     >>> elem.find("tag").tag
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
 def parseliteral():
     r"""
 
-    >>> from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
+    >>> from xmlcore.etree import ElementTree as ET
 
     >>> element = ET.XML("<html><body>text</body></html>")
     >>> ET.ElementTree(element).write(sys.stdout)
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
     except KeyError:
         raise IOError("resource not found")
     if parse == "xml":
-        from xml.etree.ElementTree import XML
+        from xmlcore.etree.ElementTree import XML
         return XML(data)
     return data
 
@@ -281,8 +281,8 @@
     r"""
     Basic inclusion example (XInclude C.1)
 
-    >>> from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
-    >>> from xml.etree import ElementInclude
+    >>> from xmlcore.etree import ElementTree as ET
+    >>> from xmlcore.etree import ElementInclude
 
     >>> document = xinclude_loader("C1.xml")
     >>> ElementInclude.include(document, xinclude_loader)
diff --git a/Lib/xml/__init__.py b/Lib/xml.py
similarity index 89%
rename from Lib/xml/__init__.py
rename to Lib/xml.py
index fa5e8cd..7393c66 100644
--- a/Lib/xml/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/xml.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 """
 
+import sys
+import xmlcore
 
 __all__ = ["dom", "parsers", "sax", "etree"]
 
@@ -27,11 +29,10 @@
 
 _MINIMUM_XMLPLUS_VERSION = (0, 8, 4)
 
-
 try:
     import _xmlplus
 except ImportError:
-    pass
+    sys.modules[__name__] = xmlcore
 else:
     try:
         v = _xmlplus.version_info
@@ -40,8 +41,7 @@
         pass
     else:
         if v >= _MINIMUM_XMLPLUS_VERSION:
-            import sys
-            _xmlplus.__path__.extend(__path__)
+            _xmlplus.__path__.extend(xmlcore.__path__)
             sys.modules[__name__] = _xmlplus
         else:
             del v
diff --git a/Lib/xml/dom/NodeFilter.py b/Lib/xmlcore/dom/NodeFilter.py
similarity index 100%
rename from Lib/xml/dom/NodeFilter.py
rename to Lib/xmlcore/dom/NodeFilter.py
diff --git a/Lib/xml/dom/__init__.py b/Lib/xmlcore/dom/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from Lib/xml/dom/__init__.py
rename to Lib/xmlcore/dom/__init__.py
diff --git a/Lib/xml/dom/domreg.py b/Lib/xmlcore/dom/domreg.py
similarity index 97%
rename from Lib/xml/dom/domreg.py
rename to Lib/xmlcore/dom/domreg.py
index 684c436..d60ed64 100644
--- a/Lib/xml/dom/domreg.py
+++ b/Lib/xmlcore/dom/domreg.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 directly. Instead, the functions getDOMImplementation and
 registerDOMImplementation should be imported from xml.dom."""
 
-from xml.dom.minicompat import *  # isinstance, StringTypes
+from xmlcore.dom.minicompat import *  # isinstance, StringTypes
 
 # This is a list of well-known implementations.  Well-known names
 # should be published by posting to xml-sig@python.org, and are
diff --git a/Lib/xml/dom/expatbuilder.py b/Lib/xmlcore/dom/expatbuilder.py
similarity index 98%
rename from Lib/xml/dom/expatbuilder.py
rename to Lib/xmlcore/dom/expatbuilder.py
index 47d81fb..81d9c2b 100644
--- a/Lib/xml/dom/expatbuilder.py
+++ b/Lib/xmlcore/dom/expatbuilder.py
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@
 #      calling any methods on the node object if it exists.  (A rather
 #      nice speedup is achieved this way as well!)
 
-from xml.dom import xmlbuilder, minidom, Node
-from xml.dom import EMPTY_NAMESPACE, EMPTY_PREFIX, XMLNS_NAMESPACE
-from xml.parsers import expat
-from xml.dom.minidom import _append_child, _set_attribute_node
-from xml.dom.NodeFilter import NodeFilter
+from xmlcore.dom import xmlbuilder, minidom, Node
+from xmlcore.dom import EMPTY_NAMESPACE, EMPTY_PREFIX, XMLNS_NAMESPACE
+from xmlcore.parsers import expat
+from xmlcore.dom.minidom import _append_child, _set_attribute_node
+from xmlcore.dom.NodeFilter import NodeFilter
 
-from xml.dom.minicompat import *
+from xmlcore.dom.minicompat import *
 
 TEXT_NODE = Node.TEXT_NODE
 CDATA_SECTION_NODE = Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE
diff --git a/Lib/xml/dom/minicompat.py b/Lib/xmlcore/dom/minicompat.py
similarity index 96%
rename from Lib/xml/dom/minicompat.py
rename to Lib/xmlcore/dom/minicompat.py
index 9f2f8f7..364ca45 100644
--- a/Lib/xml/dom/minicompat.py
+++ b/Lib/xmlcore/dom/minicompat.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 __all__ = ["NodeList", "EmptyNodeList", "NewStyle",
            "StringTypes", "defproperty", "GetattrMagic"]
 
-import xml.dom
+import xmlcore.dom
 
 try:
     unicode
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
             return len(self)
 
         def _set_length(self, value):
-            raise xml.dom.NoModificationAllowedErr(
+            raise xmlcore.dom.NoModificationAllowedErr(
                 "attempt to modify read-only attribute 'length'")
 
         length = property(_get_length, _set_length,
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
             return 0
 
         def _set_length(self, value):
-            raise xml.dom.NoModificationAllowedErr(
+            raise xmlcore.dom.NoModificationAllowedErr(
                 "attempt to modify read-only attribute 'length'")
 
         length = property(_get_length, _set_length,
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
     def defproperty(klass, name, doc):
         get = getattr(klass, ("_get_" + name)).im_func
         def set(self, value, name=name):
-            raise xml.dom.NoModificationAllowedErr(
+            raise xmlcore.dom.NoModificationAllowedErr(
                 "attempt to modify read-only attribute " + repr(name))
         assert not hasattr(klass, "_set_" + name), \
                "expected not to find _set_" + name
diff --git a/Lib/xml/dom/minidom.py b/Lib/xmlcore/dom/minidom.py
similarity index 93%
rename from Lib/xml/dom/minidom.py
rename to Lib/xmlcore/dom/minidom.py
index 84be99b..54620e1 100644
--- a/Lib/xml/dom/minidom.py
+++ b/Lib/xmlcore/dom/minidom.py
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
  * SAX 2 namespaces
 """
 
-import xml.dom
+import xmlcore.dom
 
-from xml.dom import EMPTY_NAMESPACE, EMPTY_PREFIX, XMLNS_NAMESPACE, domreg
-from xml.dom.minicompat import *
-from xml.dom.xmlbuilder import DOMImplementationLS, DocumentLS
+from xmlcore.dom import EMPTY_NAMESPACE, EMPTY_PREFIX, XMLNS_NAMESPACE, domreg
+from xmlcore.dom.minicompat import *
+from xmlcore.dom.xmlbuilder import DOMImplementationLS, DocumentLS
 
 _TupleType = type(())
 
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@
 # DOCUMENT_NODE or DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE.  (The node being checked is
 # the node being added or removed, not the node being modified.)
 #
-_nodeTypes_with_children = (xml.dom.Node.ELEMENT_NODE,
-                            xml.dom.Node.ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE)
+_nodeTypes_with_children = (xmlcore.dom.Node.ELEMENT_NODE,
+                            xmlcore.dom.Node.ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE)
 
 
-class Node(xml.dom.Node, GetattrMagic):
+class Node(xmlcore.dom.Node, GetattrMagic):
     namespaceURI = None # this is non-null only for elements and attributes
     parentNode = None
     ownerDocument = None
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
             ### The DOM does not clearly specify what to return in this case
             return newChild
         if newChild.nodeType not in self._child_node_types:
-            raise xml.dom.HierarchyRequestErr(
+            raise xmlcore.dom.HierarchyRequestErr(
                 "%s cannot be child of %s" % (repr(newChild), repr(self)))
         if newChild.parentNode is not None:
             newChild.parentNode.removeChild(newChild)
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
             try:
                 index = self.childNodes.index(refChild)
             except ValueError:
-                raise xml.dom.NotFoundErr()
+                raise xmlcore.dom.NotFoundErr()
             if newChild.nodeType in _nodeTypes_with_children:
                 _clear_id_cache(self)
             self.childNodes.insert(index, newChild)
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
             ### The DOM does not clearly specify what to return in this case
             return node
         if node.nodeType not in self._child_node_types:
-            raise xml.dom.HierarchyRequestErr(
+            raise xmlcore.dom.HierarchyRequestErr(
                 "%s cannot be child of %s" % (repr(node), repr(self)))
         elif node.nodeType in _nodeTypes_with_children:
             _clear_id_cache(self)
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
             self.removeChild(oldChild)
             return self.insertBefore(newChild, refChild)
         if newChild.nodeType not in self._child_node_types:
-            raise xml.dom.HierarchyRequestErr(
+            raise xmlcore.dom.HierarchyRequestErr(
                 "%s cannot be child of %s" % (repr(newChild), repr(self)))
         if newChild is oldChild:
             return
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
         try:
             index = self.childNodes.index(oldChild)
         except ValueError:
-            raise xml.dom.NotFoundErr()
+            raise xmlcore.dom.NotFoundErr()
         self.childNodes[index] = newChild
         newChild.parentNode = self
         oldChild.parentNode = None
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
         try:
             self.childNodes.remove(oldChild)
         except ValueError:
-            raise xml.dom.NotFoundErr()
+            raise xmlcore.dom.NotFoundErr()
         if oldChild.nextSibling is not None:
             oldChild.nextSibling.previousSibling = oldChild.previousSibling
         if oldChild.previousSibling is not None:
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@
         nsuri = self.namespaceURI
         if prefix == "xmlns":
             if nsuri and nsuri != XMLNS_NAMESPACE:
-                raise xml.dom.NamespaceErr(
+                raise xmlcore.dom.NamespaceErr(
                     "illegal use of 'xmlns' prefix for the wrong namespace")
         d = self.__dict__
         d['prefix'] = prefix
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@
                 n.__dict__['ownerElement'] = None
             return n
         else:
-            raise xml.dom.NotFoundErr()
+            raise xmlcore.dom.NotFoundErr()
 
     def removeNamedItemNS(self, namespaceURI, localName):
         n = self.getNamedItemNS(namespaceURI, localName)
@@ -578,11 +578,11 @@
                 n.__dict__['ownerElement'] = None
             return n
         else:
-            raise xml.dom.NotFoundErr()
+            raise xmlcore.dom.NotFoundErr()
 
     def setNamedItem(self, node):
         if not isinstance(node, Attr):
-            raise xml.dom.HierarchyRequestErr(
+            raise xmlcore.dom.HierarchyRequestErr(
                 "%s cannot be child of %s" % (repr(node), repr(self)))
         old = self._attrs.get(node.name)
         if old:
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@
 
     def setAttributeNode(self, attr):
         if attr.ownerElement not in (None, self):
-            raise xml.dom.InuseAttributeErr("attribute node already owned")
+            raise xmlcore.dom.InuseAttributeErr("attribute node already owned")
         old1 = self._attrs.get(attr.name, None)
         if old1 is not None:
             self.removeAttributeNode(old1)
@@ -755,23 +755,23 @@
         try:
             attr = self._attrs[name]
         except KeyError:
-            raise xml.dom.NotFoundErr()
+            raise xmlcore.dom.NotFoundErr()
         self.removeAttributeNode(attr)
 
     def removeAttributeNS(self, namespaceURI, localName):
         try:
             attr = self._attrsNS[(namespaceURI, localName)]
         except KeyError:
-            raise xml.dom.NotFoundErr()
+            raise xmlcore.dom.NotFoundErr()
         self.removeAttributeNode(attr)
 
     def removeAttributeNode(self, node):
         if node is None:
-            raise xml.dom.NotFoundErr()
+            raise xmlcore.dom.NotFoundErr()
         try:
             self._attrs[node.name]
         except KeyError:
-            raise xml.dom.NotFoundErr()
+            raise xmlcore.dom.NotFoundErr()
         _clear_id_cache(self)
         node.unlink()
         # Restore this since the node is still useful and otherwise
@@ -839,9 +839,9 @@
 
     def setIdAttributeNode(self, idAttr):
         if idAttr is None or not self.isSameNode(idAttr.ownerElement):
-            raise xml.dom.NotFoundErr()
+            raise xmlcore.dom.NotFoundErr()
         if _get_containing_entref(self) is not None:
-            raise xml.dom.NoModificationAllowedErr()
+            raise xmlcore.dom.NoModificationAllowedErr()
         if not idAttr._is_id:
             idAttr.__dict__['_is_id'] = True
             self._magic_id_nodes += 1
@@ -882,22 +882,22 @@
         return None
 
     def appendChild(self, node):
-        raise xml.dom.HierarchyRequestErr(
+        raise xmlcore.dom.HierarchyRequestErr(
             self.nodeName + " nodes cannot have children")
 
     def hasChildNodes(self):
         return False
 
     def insertBefore(self, newChild, refChild):
-        raise xml.dom.HierarchyRequestErr(
+        raise xmlcore.dom.HierarchyRequestErr(
             self.nodeName + " nodes do not have children")
 
     def removeChild(self, oldChild):
-        raise xml.dom.NotFoundErr(
+        raise xmlcore.dom.NotFoundErr(
             self.nodeName + " nodes do not have children")
 
     def replaceChild(self, newChild, oldChild):
-        raise xml.dom.HierarchyRequestErr(
+        raise xmlcore.dom.HierarchyRequestErr(
             self.nodeName + " nodes do not have children")
 
 
@@ -963,11 +963,11 @@
 
     def substringData(self, offset, count):
         if offset < 0:
-            raise xml.dom.IndexSizeErr("offset cannot be negative")
+            raise xmlcore.dom.IndexSizeErr("offset cannot be negative")
         if offset >= len(self.data):
-            raise xml.dom.IndexSizeErr("offset cannot be beyond end of data")
+            raise xmlcore.dom.IndexSizeErr("offset cannot be beyond end of data")
         if count < 0:
-            raise xml.dom.IndexSizeErr("count cannot be negative")
+            raise xmlcore.dom.IndexSizeErr("count cannot be negative")
         return self.data[offset:offset+count]
 
     def appendData(self, arg):
@@ -975,30 +975,30 @@
 
     def insertData(self, offset, arg):
         if offset < 0:
-            raise xml.dom.IndexSizeErr("offset cannot be negative")
+            raise xmlcore.dom.IndexSizeErr("offset cannot be negative")
         if offset >= len(self.data):
-            raise xml.dom.IndexSizeErr("offset cannot be beyond end of data")
+            raise xmlcore.dom.IndexSizeErr("offset cannot be beyond end of data")
         if arg:
             self.data = "%s%s%s" % (
                 self.data[:offset], arg, self.data[offset:])
 
     def deleteData(self, offset, count):
         if offset < 0:
-            raise xml.dom.IndexSizeErr("offset cannot be negative")
+            raise xmlcore.dom.IndexSizeErr("offset cannot be negative")
         if offset >= len(self.data):
-            raise xml.dom.IndexSizeErr("offset cannot be beyond end of data")
+            raise xmlcore.dom.IndexSizeErr("offset cannot be beyond end of data")
         if count < 0:
-            raise xml.dom.IndexSizeErr("count cannot be negative")
+            raise xmlcore.dom.IndexSizeErr("count cannot be negative")
         if count:
             self.data = self.data[:offset] + self.data[offset+count:]
 
     def replaceData(self, offset, count, arg):
         if offset < 0:
-            raise xml.dom.IndexSizeErr("offset cannot be negative")
+            raise xmlcore.dom.IndexSizeErr("offset cannot be negative")
         if offset >= len(self.data):
-            raise xml.dom.IndexSizeErr("offset cannot be beyond end of data")
+            raise xmlcore.dom.IndexSizeErr("offset cannot be beyond end of data")
         if count < 0:
-            raise xml.dom.IndexSizeErr("count cannot be negative")
+            raise xmlcore.dom.IndexSizeErr("count cannot be negative")
         if count:
             self.data = "%s%s%s" % (
                 self.data[:offset], arg, self.data[offset+count:])
@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@
 
     def splitText(self, offset):
         if offset < 0 or offset > len(self.data):
-            raise xml.dom.IndexSizeErr("illegal offset value")
+            raise xmlcore.dom.IndexSizeErr("illegal offset value")
         newText = self.__class__()
         newText.data = self.data[offset:]
         newText.ownerDocument = self.ownerDocument
@@ -1187,19 +1187,19 @@
             return None
 
     def removeNamedItem(self, name):
-        raise xml.dom.NoModificationAllowedErr(
+        raise xmlcore.dom.NoModificationAllowedErr(
             "NamedNodeMap instance is read-only")
 
     def removeNamedItemNS(self, namespaceURI, localName):
-        raise xml.dom.NoModificationAllowedErr(
+        raise xmlcore.dom.NoModificationAllowedErr(
             "NamedNodeMap instance is read-only")
 
     def setNamedItem(self, node):
-        raise xml.dom.NoModificationAllowedErr(
+        raise xmlcore.dom.NoModificationAllowedErr(
             "NamedNodeMap instance is read-only")
 
     def setNamedItemNS(self, node):
-        raise xml.dom.NoModificationAllowedErr(
+        raise xmlcore.dom.NoModificationAllowedErr(
             "NamedNodeMap instance is read-only")
 
     def __getstate__(self):
@@ -1253,7 +1253,7 @@
             clone = DocumentType(None)
             clone.name = self.name
             clone.nodeName = self.name
-            operation = xml.dom.UserDataHandler.NODE_CLONED
+            operation = xmlcore.dom.UserDataHandler.NODE_CLONED
             if deep:
                 clone.entities._seq = []
                 clone.notations._seq = []
@@ -1313,19 +1313,19 @@
         return self.version
 
     def appendChild(self, newChild):
-        raise xml.dom.HierarchyRequestErr(
+        raise xmlcore.dom.HierarchyRequestErr(
             "cannot append children to an entity node")
 
     def insertBefore(self, newChild, refChild):
-        raise xml.dom.HierarchyRequestErr(
+        raise xmlcore.dom.HierarchyRequestErr(
             "cannot insert children below an entity node")
 
     def removeChild(self, oldChild):
-        raise xml.dom.HierarchyRequestErr(
+        raise xmlcore.dom.HierarchyRequestErr(
             "cannot remove children from an entity node")
 
     def replaceChild(self, newChild, oldChild):
-        raise xml.dom.HierarchyRequestErr(
+        raise xmlcore.dom.HierarchyRequestErr(
             "cannot replace children of an entity node")
 
 class Notation(Identified, Childless, Node):
@@ -1357,7 +1357,7 @@
 
     def createDocument(self, namespaceURI, qualifiedName, doctype):
         if doctype and doctype.parentNode is not None:
-            raise xml.dom.WrongDocumentErr(
+            raise xmlcore.dom.WrongDocumentErr(
                 "doctype object owned by another DOM tree")
         doc = self._create_document()
 
@@ -1378,15 +1378,15 @@
             # Null the document is returned without a document element
             # Otherwise if doctype or namespaceURI are not None
             # Then we go back to the above problem
-            raise xml.dom.InvalidCharacterErr("Element with no name")
+            raise xmlcore.dom.InvalidCharacterErr("Element with no name")
 
         if add_root_element:
             prefix, localname = _nssplit(qualifiedName)
             if prefix == "xml" \
                and namespaceURI != "http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace":
-                raise xml.dom.NamespaceErr("illegal use of 'xml' prefix")
+                raise xmlcore.dom.NamespaceErr("illegal use of 'xml' prefix")
             if prefix and not namespaceURI:
-                raise xml.dom.NamespaceErr(
+                raise xmlcore.dom.NamespaceErr(
                     "illegal use of prefix without namespaces")
             element = doc.createElementNS(namespaceURI, qualifiedName)
             if doctype:
@@ -1535,7 +1535,7 @@
 
     def appendChild(self, node):
         if node.nodeType not in self._child_node_types:
-            raise xml.dom.HierarchyRequestErr(
+            raise xmlcore.dom.HierarchyRequestErr(
                 "%s cannot be child of %s" % (repr(node), repr(self)))
         if node.parentNode is not None:
             # This needs to be done before the next test since this
@@ -1545,7 +1545,7 @@
 
         if node.nodeType == Node.ELEMENT_NODE \
            and self._get_documentElement():
-            raise xml.dom.HierarchyRequestErr(
+            raise xmlcore.dom.HierarchyRequestErr(
                 "two document elements disallowed")
         return Node.appendChild(self, node)
 
@@ -1553,7 +1553,7 @@
         try:
             self.childNodes.remove(oldChild)
         except ValueError:
-            raise xml.dom.NotFoundErr()
+            raise xmlcore.dom.NotFoundErr()
         oldChild.nextSibling = oldChild.previousSibling = None
         oldChild.parentNode = None
         if self.documentElement is oldChild:
@@ -1589,7 +1589,7 @@
                 assert clone.doctype is None
                 clone.doctype = childclone
             childclone.parentNode = clone
-        self._call_user_data_handler(xml.dom.UserDataHandler.NODE_CLONED,
+        self._call_user_data_handler(xmlcore.dom.UserDataHandler.NODE_CLONED,
                                      self, clone)
         return clone
 
@@ -1731,9 +1731,9 @@
 
     def importNode(self, node, deep):
         if node.nodeType == Node.DOCUMENT_NODE:
-            raise xml.dom.NotSupportedErr("cannot import document nodes")
+            raise xmlcore.dom.NotSupportedErr("cannot import document nodes")
         elif node.nodeType == Node.DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE:
-            raise xml.dom.NotSupportedErr("cannot import document type nodes")
+            raise xmlcore.dom.NotSupportedErr("cannot import document type nodes")
         return _clone_node(node, deep, self)
 
     def writexml(self, writer, indent="", addindent="", newl="",
@@ -1749,24 +1749,24 @@
 
     def renameNode(self, n, namespaceURI, name):
         if n.ownerDocument is not self:
-            raise xml.dom.WrongDocumentErr(
+            raise xmlcore.dom.WrongDocumentErr(
                 "cannot rename nodes from other documents;\n"
                 "expected %s,\nfound %s" % (self, n.ownerDocument))
         if n.nodeType not in (Node.ELEMENT_NODE, Node.ATTRIBUTE_NODE):
-            raise xml.dom.NotSupportedErr(
+            raise xmlcore.dom.NotSupportedErr(
                 "renameNode() only applies to element and attribute nodes")
         if namespaceURI != EMPTY_NAMESPACE:
             if ':' in name:
                 prefix, localName = name.split(':', 1)
                 if (  prefix == "xmlns"
-                      and namespaceURI != xml.dom.XMLNS_NAMESPACE):
-                    raise xml.dom.NamespaceErr(
+                      and namespaceURI != xmlcore.dom.XMLNS_NAMESPACE):
+                    raise xmlcore.dom.NamespaceErr(
                         "illegal use of 'xmlns' prefix")
             else:
                 if (  name == "xmlns"
-                      and namespaceURI != xml.dom.XMLNS_NAMESPACE
+                      and namespaceURI != xmlcore.dom.XMLNS_NAMESPACE
                       and n.nodeType == Node.ATTRIBUTE_NODE):
-                    raise xml.dom.NamespaceErr(
+                    raise xmlcore.dom.NamespaceErr(
                         "illegal use of the 'xmlns' attribute")
                 prefix = None
                 localName = name
@@ -1812,9 +1812,9 @@
     Called by Node.cloneNode and Document.importNode
     """
     if node.ownerDocument.isSameNode(newOwnerDocument):
-        operation = xml.dom.UserDataHandler.NODE_CLONED
+        operation = xmlcore.dom.UserDataHandler.NODE_CLONED
     else:
-        operation = xml.dom.UserDataHandler.NODE_IMPORTED
+        operation = xmlcore.dom.UserDataHandler.NODE_IMPORTED
     if node.nodeType == Node.ELEMENT_NODE:
         clone = newOwnerDocument.createElementNS(node.namespaceURI,
                                                  node.nodeName)
@@ -1851,7 +1851,7 @@
         clone.value = node.value
     elif node.nodeType == Node.DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE:
         assert node.ownerDocument is not newOwnerDocument
-        operation = xml.dom.UserDataHandler.NODE_IMPORTED
+        operation = xmlcore.dom.UserDataHandler.NODE_IMPORTED
         clone = newOwnerDocument.implementation.createDocumentType(
             node.name, node.publicId, node.systemId)
         clone.ownerDocument = newOwnerDocument
@@ -1878,7 +1878,7 @@
         # Note the cloning of Document and DocumentType nodes is
         # implemenetation specific.  minidom handles those cases
         # directly in the cloneNode() methods.
-        raise xml.dom.NotSupportedErr("Cannot clone node %s" % repr(node))
+        raise xmlcore.dom.NotSupportedErr("Cannot clone node %s" % repr(node))
 
     # Check for _call_user_data_handler() since this could conceivably
     # used with other DOM implementations (one of the FourThought
@@ -1911,20 +1911,20 @@
 def parse(file, parser=None, bufsize=None):
     """Parse a file into a DOM by filename or file object."""
     if parser is None and not bufsize:
-        from xml.dom import expatbuilder
+        from xmlcore.dom import expatbuilder
         return expatbuilder.parse(file)
     else:
-        from xml.dom import pulldom
+        from xmlcore.dom import pulldom
         return _do_pulldom_parse(pulldom.parse, (file,),
             {'parser': parser, 'bufsize': bufsize})
 
 def parseString(string, parser=None):
     """Parse a file into a DOM from a string."""
     if parser is None:
-        from xml.dom import expatbuilder
+        from xmlcore.dom import expatbuilder
         return expatbuilder.parseString(string)
     else:
-        from xml.dom import pulldom
+        from xmlcore.dom import pulldom
         return _do_pulldom_parse(pulldom.parseString, (string,),
                                  {'parser': parser})
 
diff --git a/Lib/xml/dom/pulldom.py b/Lib/xmlcore/dom/pulldom.py
similarity index 96%
rename from Lib/xml/dom/pulldom.py
rename to Lib/xmlcore/dom/pulldom.py
index 18f49b5..dad3718 100644
--- a/Lib/xml/dom/pulldom.py
+++ b/Lib/xmlcore/dom/pulldom.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import xml.sax
-import xml.sax.handler
+import xmlcore.sax
+import xmlcore.sax.handler
 import types
 
 try:
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@
 IGNORABLE_WHITESPACE = "IGNORABLE_WHITESPACE"
 CHARACTERS = "CHARACTERS"
 
-class PullDOM(xml.sax.ContentHandler):
+class PullDOM(xmlcore.sax.ContentHandler):
     _locator = None
     document = None
 
     def __init__(self, documentFactory=None):
-        from xml.dom import XML_NAMESPACE
+        from xmlcore.dom import XML_NAMESPACE
         self.documentFactory = documentFactory
         self.firstEvent = [None, None]
         self.lastEvent = self.firstEvent
@@ -164,8 +164,8 @@
 
     def startDocument(self):
         if self.documentFactory is None:
-            import xml.dom.minidom
-            self.documentFactory = xml.dom.minidom.Document.implementation
+            import xmlcore.dom.minidom
+            self.documentFactory = xmlcore.dom.minidom.Document.implementation
 
     def buildDocument(self, uri, tagname):
         # Can't do that in startDocument, since we need the tagname
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
     def reset(self):
         self.pulldom = PullDOM()
         # This content handler relies on namespace support
-        self.parser.setFeature(xml.sax.handler.feature_namespaces, 1)
+        self.parser.setFeature(xmlcore.sax.handler.feature_namespaces, 1)
         self.parser.setContentHandler(self.pulldom)
 
     def __getitem__(self, pos):
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@
     else:
         stream = stream_or_string
     if not parser:
-        parser = xml.sax.make_parser()
+        parser = xmlcore.sax.make_parser()
     return DOMEventStream(stream, parser, bufsize)
 
 def parseString(string, parser=None):
@@ -347,5 +347,5 @@
     bufsize = len(string)
     buf = StringIO(string)
     if not parser:
-        parser = xml.sax.make_parser()
+        parser = xmlcore.sax.make_parser()
     return DOMEventStream(buf, parser, bufsize)
diff --git a/Lib/xml/dom/xmlbuilder.py b/Lib/xmlcore/dom/xmlbuilder.py
similarity index 94%
rename from Lib/xml/dom/xmlbuilder.py
rename to Lib/xmlcore/dom/xmlbuilder.py
index 5c04412..d58c723 100644
--- a/Lib/xml/dom/xmlbuilder.py
+++ b/Lib/xmlcore/dom/xmlbuilder.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 """Implementation of the DOM Level 3 'LS-Load' feature."""
 
 import copy
-import xml.dom
+import xmlcore.dom
 
-from xml.dom.minicompat import *
+from xmlcore.dom.minicompat import *
 
-from xml.dom.NodeFilter import NodeFilter
+from xmlcore.dom.NodeFilter import NodeFilter
 
 
 __all__ = ["DOMBuilder", "DOMEntityResolver", "DOMInputSource"]
@@ -80,13 +80,13 @@
             try:
                 settings = self._settings[(_name_xform(name), state)]
             except KeyError:
-                raise xml.dom.NotSupportedErr(
+                raise xmlcore.dom.NotSupportedErr(
                     "unsupported feature: %r" % (name,))
             else:
                 for name, value in settings:
                     setattr(self._options, name, value)
         else:
-            raise xml.dom.NotFoundErr("unknown feature: " + repr(name))
+            raise xmlcore.dom.NotFoundErr("unknown feature: " + repr(name))
 
     def supportsFeature(self, name):
         return hasattr(self._options, _name_xform(name))
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
                                  or options.create_entity_ref_nodes
                                  or options.entities
                                  or options.cdata_sections))
-            raise xml.dom.NotFoundErr("feature %s not known" % repr(name))
+            raise xmlcore.dom.NotFoundErr("feature %s not known" % repr(name))
 
     def parseURI(self, uri):
         if self.entityResolver:
@@ -202,8 +202,8 @@
         raise NotImplementedError("Haven't written this yet...")
 
     def _parse_bytestream(self, stream, options):
-        import xml.dom.expatbuilder
-        builder = xml.dom.expatbuilder.makeBuilder(options)
+        import xmlcore.dom.expatbuilder
+        builder = xmlcore.dom.expatbuilder.makeBuilder(options)
         return builder.parseFile(stream)
 
 
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@
         return False
     def _set_async(self, async):
         if async:
-            raise xml.dom.NotSupportedErr(
+            raise xmlcore.dom.NotSupportedErr(
                 "asynchronous document loading is not supported")
 
     def abort(self):
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@
         if snode is None:
             snode = self
         elif snode.ownerDocument is not self:
-            raise xml.dom.WrongDocumentErr()
+            raise xmlcore.dom.WrongDocumentErr()
         return snode.toxml()
 
 
@@ -371,12 +371,12 @@
 
     def createDOMBuilder(self, mode, schemaType):
         if schemaType is not None:
-            raise xml.dom.NotSupportedErr(
+            raise xmlcore.dom.NotSupportedErr(
                 "schemaType not yet supported")
         if mode == self.MODE_SYNCHRONOUS:
             return DOMBuilder()
         if mode == self.MODE_ASYNCHRONOUS:
-            raise xml.dom.NotSupportedErr(
+            raise xmlcore.dom.NotSupportedErr(
                 "asynchronous builders are not supported")
         raise ValueError("unknown value for mode")
 
diff --git a/Lib/xml/etree/ElementInclude.py b/Lib/xmlcore/etree/ElementInclude.py
similarity index 100%
rename from Lib/xml/etree/ElementInclude.py
rename to Lib/xmlcore/etree/ElementInclude.py
diff --git a/Lib/xml/etree/ElementPath.py b/Lib/xmlcore/etree/ElementPath.py
similarity index 100%
rename from Lib/xml/etree/ElementPath.py
rename to Lib/xmlcore/etree/ElementPath.py
diff --git a/Lib/xml/etree/ElementTree.py b/Lib/xmlcore/etree/ElementTree.py
similarity index 99%
rename from Lib/xml/etree/ElementTree.py
rename to Lib/xmlcore/etree/ElementTree.py
index bd45251..c18f7ff 100644
--- a/Lib/xml/etree/ElementTree.py
+++ b/Lib/xmlcore/etree/ElementTree.py
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@
 
     def __init__(self, html=0, target=None):
         try:
-            from xml.parsers import expat
+            from xmlcore.parsers import expat
         except ImportError:
             raise ImportError(
                 "No module named expat; use SimpleXMLTreeBuilder instead"
@@ -1191,7 +1191,7 @@
             try:
                 self._target.data(self.entity[text[1:-1]])
             except KeyError:
-                from xml.parsers import expat
+                from xmlcore.parsers import expat
                 raise expat.error(
                     "undefined entity %s: line %d, column %d" %
                     (text, self._parser.ErrorLineNumber,
diff --git a/Lib/xml/etree/__init__.py b/Lib/xmlcore/etree/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from Lib/xml/etree/__init__.py
rename to Lib/xmlcore/etree/__init__.py
diff --git a/Lib/xml/parsers/__init__.py b/Lib/xmlcore/parsers/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from Lib/xml/parsers/__init__.py
rename to Lib/xmlcore/parsers/__init__.py
diff --git a/Lib/xml/parsers/expat.py b/Lib/xmlcore/parsers/expat.py
similarity index 100%
rename from Lib/xml/parsers/expat.py
rename to Lib/xmlcore/parsers/expat.py
diff --git a/Lib/xml/sax/__init__.py b/Lib/xmlcore/sax/__init__.py
similarity index 97%
rename from Lib/xml/sax/__init__.py
rename to Lib/xmlcore/sax/__init__.py
index 6b1b1ba..f1e467c 100644
--- a/Lib/xml/sax/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/xmlcore/sax/__init__.py
@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@
 # this is the parser list used by the make_parser function if no
 # alternatives are given as parameters to the function
 
-default_parser_list = ["xml.sax.expatreader"]
+default_parser_list = ["xmlcore.sax.expatreader"]
 
 # tell modulefinder that importing sax potentially imports expatreader
 _false = 0
 if _false:
-    import xml.sax.expatreader
+    import xmlcore.sax.expatreader
 
 import os, sys
 if os.environ.has_key("PY_SAX_PARSER"):
diff --git a/Lib/xml/sax/_exceptions.py b/Lib/xmlcore/sax/_exceptions.py
similarity index 100%
rename from Lib/xml/sax/_exceptions.py
rename to Lib/xmlcore/sax/_exceptions.py
diff --git a/Lib/xml/sax/expatreader.py b/Lib/xmlcore/sax/expatreader.py
similarity index 95%
rename from Lib/xml/sax/expatreader.py
rename to Lib/xmlcore/sax/expatreader.py
index bb9c294..6fbd22e 100644
--- a/Lib/xml/sax/expatreader.py
+++ b/Lib/xmlcore/sax/expatreader.py
@@ -5,27 +5,27 @@
 
 version = "0.20"
 
-from xml.sax._exceptions import *
-from xml.sax.handler import feature_validation, feature_namespaces
-from xml.sax.handler import feature_namespace_prefixes
-from xml.sax.handler import feature_external_ges, feature_external_pes
-from xml.sax.handler import feature_string_interning
-from xml.sax.handler import property_xml_string, property_interning_dict
+from xmlcore.sax._exceptions import *
+from xmlcore.sax.handler import feature_validation, feature_namespaces
+from xmlcore.sax.handler import feature_namespace_prefixes
+from xmlcore.sax.handler import feature_external_ges, feature_external_pes
+from xmlcore.sax.handler import feature_string_interning
+from xmlcore.sax.handler import property_xml_string, property_interning_dict
 
-# xml.parsers.expat does not raise ImportError in Jython
+# xmlcore.parsers.expat does not raise ImportError in Jython
 import sys
 if sys.platform[:4] == "java":
     raise SAXReaderNotAvailable("expat not available in Java", None)
 del sys
 
 try:
-    from xml.parsers import expat
+    from xmlcore.parsers import expat
 except ImportError:
     raise SAXReaderNotAvailable("expat not supported", None)
 else:
     if not hasattr(expat, "ParserCreate"):
         raise SAXReaderNotAvailable("expat not supported", None)
-from xml.sax import xmlreader, saxutils, handler
+from xmlcore.sax import xmlreader, saxutils, handler
 
 AttributesImpl = xmlreader.AttributesImpl
 AttributesNSImpl = xmlreader.AttributesNSImpl
@@ -407,8 +407,8 @@
 # ---
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    import xml.sax
+    import xmlcore.sax
     p = create_parser()
-    p.setContentHandler(xml.sax.XMLGenerator())
-    p.setErrorHandler(xml.sax.ErrorHandler())
+    p.setContentHandler(xmlcore.sax.XMLGenerator())
+    p.setErrorHandler(xmlcore.sax.ErrorHandler())
     p.parse("../../../hamlet.xml")
diff --git a/Lib/xml/sax/handler.py b/Lib/xmlcore/sax/handler.py
similarity index 100%
rename from Lib/xml/sax/handler.py
rename to Lib/xmlcore/sax/handler.py
diff --git a/Lib/xml/sax/saxutils.py b/Lib/xmlcore/sax/saxutils.py
similarity index 100%
rename from Lib/xml/sax/saxutils.py
rename to Lib/xmlcore/sax/saxutils.py
diff --git a/Lib/xml/sax/xmlreader.py b/Lib/xmlcore/sax/xmlreader.py
similarity index 100%
rename from Lib/xml/sax/xmlreader.py
rename to Lib/xmlcore/sax/xmlreader.py