Artifact Data Import
The code below represents the output of the XML to JSON parser written in python. The json file corresponds to the original XML document of museum artefact data:
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"textvalue": "2009-05-08 15:03:26"
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"textvalue": "2009-05-08 15:03:26"
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"textvalue": "I never thought i would miss Jean Chrétien."
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"textvalue": "\"One of my early classics of Chr\u00e9tien. The drawing really captures the man, who speaks two second languages absolutely perfectly!\"<br><br>Serge Chapleau"
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"textvalue": "Serge Chapleau is the creator of a large group of humorous drawings that constitute the most recent major acquisition to enrich the McCord Museum's collection of over 15,000 caricatures. Chapleau - Aislin's francophone counterpart in Montreal - executed his first works in 1971 for the weekly magazine Perspectives. After having contributed to a number of daily papers and magazines, he became political cartoonist for Le Devoir in 1991, and for La Presse in 1996. Here, he shows Prime Minister Jean Chr\u00e9tien wishing us all a Happy Canada Day."
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"textvalue": "A populist politician, Jean Chr\u00e9tien is famous for frequently butchering the French language by translating literally expressions from Canada's other official language, English. Many cartoonists have lampooned Chr\u00e9tien for this..."
},
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"textvalue": "On July 1, 1994, Jean Chr\u00e9tien celebrated Canada Day for the first time as the country's prime minister. His Liberal Party was brought to power in the general election of October 1993."
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"textvalue": "Canada Day is celebrated annually throughout Canada. In Quebec, however, where there is a deeply entrenched sovereignist movement, the celebration often rekindles the nationalist debate."
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"textvalue": "Jean Chr\u00e9tien was elected leader of the Liberal Party of Canada in 1990 and served as prime minister of Canada from 1993 to 2004."
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