title: Python: Ignore xmlns in elementtree.ElementTree
body: <p>Is there a way to ignore the XML namespace in tage names in <code>elementtree.ElementTree</code>?</p>
  
  <p>I try to print all <code>technicalContact</code> tags:</p>
  
  <pre><code>for item in root.getiterator(tag='{http://www.example.com}technicalContact'):
          print item.tag, item.text
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And I get something like:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{http://www.example.com}technicalContact blah@example.com
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But what I really want is:</p>
  
  <pre><code>technicalContact blah@example.com
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is there a way to display only the suffix (sans xmlns), or better - iterate over the elements without explicitly stating xmlns?</p>