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diff --git a/mammoth/xmlparser.py b/mammoth/xmlparser.py
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+import collections
+import xml.sax
+
+
+XmlElement = collections.namedtuple("XmlElement", ["name", "attributes", "children"])
+XmlText = collections.namedtuple("XmlText", ["value"])
+
+
+element = XmlElement
+text = XmlText
+
+
+def parse_xml(fileobj, namespace_mapping=None):
+    if namespace_mapping is None:
+        namespace_prefixes = {}
+    else:
+        namespace_prefixes = dict((uri, prefix) for prefix, uri in namespace_mapping)
+    
+    handler = Handler(namespace_prefixes)
+    parser = xml.sax.make_parser()
+    parser.setFeature(xml.sax.handler.feature_namespaces, True)
+    parser.setContentHandler(handler)
+    parser.parse(fileobj)
+    return handler.root()
+
+
+class Handler(xml.sax.handler.ContentHandler):
+    def __init__(self, namespace_prefixes):
+        self._namespace_prefixes = namespace_prefixes
+        self._element_stack = [RootElement()]
+        self._character_buffer = []
+    
+    def root(self):
+        return self._element_stack[0].children[0]
+    
+    def startElementNS(self, name, qname, attrs):
+        self._flush_character_buffer()
+        attributes = dict((self._read_name(key), value) for key, value in attrs.items())
+        element = XmlElement(self._read_name(name), attributes, [])
+        self._element_stack[-1].children.append(element)
+        self._element_stack.append(element)
+    
+    def endElementNS(self, name, qname):
+        self._flush_character_buffer()
+        self._element_stack.pop()
+        
+    def characters(self, content):
+        self._character_buffer.append(content)
+
+    def _flush_character_buffer(self):
+        if self._character_buffer:
+            text = "".join(self._character_buffer)
+            self._element_stack[-1].children.append(XmlText(text))
+            self._character_buffer = []
+            
+    def _read_name(self, name):
+        uri, local_name = name
+        if uri is None:
+            return local_name
+        else:
+            prefix = self._namespace_prefixes.get(uri)
+            if prefix is None:
+                return "{%s}%s" % (uri, local_name)
+            else:
+                return "%s:%s" % (prefix, local_name)
+
+class RootElement(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.children = []