def _element_identification_string(element):
    """
    Gets a string that will hopefully help in identifing an element when there
    is an error.
    """
    info_string = 'tag: {}'.format(element.tag)
    try:
        elem_id = element.attrib['id']
        info_string += ' id: {}'.format(elem_id)
    except KeyError:
        pass
    return info_string
