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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:

def save_xml(self, doc, element):
        '''Save this participant into an xml.dom.Element object.'''
        new_element = doc.createElementNS(RTS_NS, RTS_NS_S + 'Participant')
        self.target_component.save_xml(doc, new_element)
        element.appendChild(new_element)