@classmethod<EOL><INDENT>def _build_base_etree(cls, parent, key, value):<DEDENT>
element = etree.Element(key, type=type(value).__name__)<EOL>element.text = str(value)<EOL>return element<EOL>
Builds a element from a base dictionary entry.

        :param lxml.etree.Element parent: The parent element to add to
        :param str key: The key of the entry
        :param value: The value of th entry
        :return: The built element
        :rtype: lxml.etree.Element