old_contents: '''
  Created on 17-sep.-2012
  
  @author: ldevocht
  '''
  import urllib.request
  import urllib.parse
  import lxml.objectify
  import logging
  
  logger = logging.getLogger('pathFinder')
  
  def dbPediaPrefix(prefix):
      gateway = 'http://lookup.dbpedia.org/api/search.asmx/PrefixSearch?QueryString={0}'.format(prefix)
      request = urllib.parse.quote(gateway, ':/=?<>"*&')
      logger.debug('Request %s' % request)
      raw_output = urllib.request.urlopen(request).read()
      root = lxml.objectify.fromstring(raw_output)
      results = list()
      for result in root.Result:
          if hasattr(result.Classes, 'Class'):
              klasses = result.Classes.Class
              if hasattr(klasses, 'Label'):
                  klasse = klasses
              else:
                  klasse = klasses[0]
              item = dict()
              item['label'] = result.Label[0].text
              item['type']=klasse.Label.text
              item['value']=result.URI[0].text
              results.append(item)
  
      return results
  
  print (dbPediaPrefix('Lon'))
new_contents: '''
  Created on 17-sep.-2012
  
  @author: ldevocht
  '''
  import urllib.request
  import urllib.parse
  import lxml.objectify
  import logging
  
  logger = logging.getLogger('pathFinder')
  
  def dbPediaPrefix(prefix):
      gateway = 'http://lookup.dbpedia.org/api/search.asmx/PrefixSearch?QueryString={0}'.format(prefix)
      request = urllib.parse.quote(gateway, ':/=?<>"*&')
      logger.debug('Request %s' % request)
      raw_output = urllib.request.urlopen(request).read()
      root = lxml.objectify.fromstring(raw_output)
      results = list()
      for result in root.Result:
          if hasattr(result.Classes, 'Class'):
              klasses = result.Classes.Class
              if hasattr(klasses, 'Label'):
                  klasse = klasses
              else:
                  klasse = klasses[0]
              item = dict()
              item['label'] = result.Label[0].text
              item['category']=klasse.Label.text
              item['value']=result.URI[0].text
              results.append(item)
  
      return results
  
  print (dbPediaPrefix('Lon'))
subject: Return empty list if nothing found