# BDEW Redispatch Data Parser

## Overview

A Python-based tool designed to validate and parse XML data formats used in the German energy market (specifically Redispatch 2.0/3.0 processes). It ensures data compliance with XSD schemas and transforms hierarchical XML into flat Pandas DataFrames for analysis.

## Features

* **Schema Validation:** Strict XSD validation using lxml to ensure BDEW compliance.

* **Data Parsing:** Extracts key metrics (Available Capacity MW, Time Intervals, Resource IDs).

* **Analysis Ready:** Exports data to Pandas for time-series analysis.

## Project Structure

* src/: Core parser logic.

* data/: Sample BDEW XML and XSD files.

* tests/: Unit tests to ensure reliability.

## Tech Stack

* Python 3.10+

* Pandas

* LXML