Quoting Daniel Leidert (daniel.leidert@wgdd.de):
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Daniel Leidert <daniel.leidert@wgdd.de>
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> * Package name : html-xml-utils
> Version : 4.4
> Upstream Author : Bert Bos <bert@w3.org>
> * URL : http://www.w3.org/Tools/HTML-XML-utils/
> * License : W3C Software License (v20021231)
> Programming Lang: C
> Description : manipulate HTML and XML files


The general style recommended by the Developers Reference is avoiding
verb sentences in synopsis.

May I suggest:

"HTML and XML manipulation utilities"