code: def _parse_xml(self, xml):
          
          from re import split
          vms("Parsing <cron> XML child tag.", 2)
          self.frequency = get_attrib(xml, "frequency", default=5, cast=int)
          self.emails = split(",\s*", get_attrib(xml, "emails", default=""))
          self.notify = split(",\s*", get_attrib(xml, "notify", default=""))
docs: Extracts the attributes from the XMLElement instance.