blueMSX rom database parse (Vampier)

from xml.dom import minidom
dom = minidom.parse('softwaredb.xml')

f = open('romdb.csv','w')

for software in dom.getElementsByTagName('software'):
    #print software.toxml()

    title=list(software.getElementsByTagName('title'))[0].firstChild.data

    try:
        company=list(software.getElementsByTagName('company'))[0].firstChild.data
    except:
        company='Unknown'

    try:
        year=list(software.getElementsByTagName('year'))[0].firstChild.data
    except:
        year='Unknown'

    try:
        country=list(software.getElementsByTagName('country'))[0].firstChild.data
    except:
        country='Unknown'

    for dump in software.getElementsByTagName('dump'):
        try:
            orginal=list(dump.getElementsByTagName('original'))[0].firstChild.data
        except:
            orginal='unknown'
            #if original == 'none' : original ='unknown'

        hash=list(dump.getElementsByTagName('hash'))[0].firstChild.data
        try:
            type=list(dump.getElementsByTagName('type'))[0].firstChild.data
        except:
            type='unknown'

        stuff=title+'\t'+company+'\t'+year+'\t'+country+'\t'+orginal+'\t'+type+'\t'+hash
        line=stuff.encode('utf-8').strip()
        f.write(line+'\r')

f.close()

    #print title.toxml()
#print len(itemlist)

#print itemlist.toxml()

#for node in itemlist:
#    conf_name=node.getAttribute('title')
#    print conf_name