code: def parse(self, root):
          
          #Use the first element in the versions list since there should only be one.
          v = _get_xml_version(root)[0]
          result = {}
  
          for child in root:         
              if child.tag in self.versions[v].entries:
                  entry = self.versions[v].entries[child.tag]
                  #Entry can be either a line or a group. Both objects have a parse
                  #method that returns a list of values. In the line's case, the
                  #list is the values from that line. For the group, it is a list
                  #of dictionaries, a dictionary for each tag name.
                  result[child.tag] = entry.parse(child)
  
          return result
docs: Returns a dictionary of values extracted from the root of the
          specified XML file. It is assumed that the file is an input/output
          file to be converted into plaintext. As such the file should only
          specify a single version number.