Convert a LIDO.xml file into a zipfile with each element a separate file

lidoxml_to_zip.py

import sys, zipfile, os, time
from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET

for filename in os.listdir("."):
    if not filename.endswith(".xml"):
        continue
    print(f"{time.ctime()} Parsing {filename}")
    zf = zipfile.ZipFile(f"{filename}.zip", "w")
    print(f"{time.ctime()} Writing {filename}.zip")
    doc = ET.parse(filename)
    count = 0
    for element in doc.findall("{http://www.lido-schema.org}lido"):
        buf = ET.tostring(element)
        zf.writestr(f"{count}.xml", buf)
        count += 1
    zf.close()