diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 79ecdb1b..c4fddc3e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
 ### New Features
 
 - Add `process` param to `threaded` ([#550](https://github.com/fastai/fastcore/issues/550))
-- Check for `__xt__` in `to_xml`
+- Check for `__ft__` in `to_xml`
 
 
 ## 1.5.34
diff --git a/fastcore/__init__.py b/fastcore/__init__.py
index 114fc669..e4adfb83 100644
--- a/fastcore/__init__.py
+++ b/fastcore/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.5.56"
+__version__ = "1.6.0"
diff --git a/fastcore/_modidx.py b/fastcore/_modidx.py
index dade2481..33331b3b 100644
--- a/fastcore/_modidx.py
+++ b/fastcore/_modidx.py
@@ -560,22 +560,22 @@
                               'fastcore.xdg.xdg_data_home': ('xdg.html#xdg_data_home', 'fastcore/xdg.py'),
                               'fastcore.xdg.xdg_runtime_dir': ('xdg.html#xdg_runtime_dir', 'fastcore/xdg.py'),
                               'fastcore.xdg.xdg_state_home': ('xdg.html#xdg_state_home', 'fastcore/xdg.py')},
-            'fastcore.xml': { 'fastcore.xml.Html': ('xml.html#html', 'fastcore/xml.py'),
-                              'fastcore.xml.XT': ('xml.html#xt', 'fastcore/xml.py'),
-                              'fastcore.xml.XT.__getattr__': ('xml.html#xt.__getattr__', 'fastcore/xml.py'),
-                              'fastcore.xml.XT.__init__': ('xml.html#xt.__init__', 'fastcore/xml.py'),
-                              'fastcore.xml.XT.__setattr__': ('xml.html#xt.__setattr__', 'fastcore/xml.py'),
-                              'fastcore.xml.XT.attrs': ('xml.html#xt.attrs', 'fastcore/xml.py'),
-                              'fastcore.xml.XT.children': ('xml.html#xt.children', 'fastcore/xml.py'),
-                              'fastcore.xml.XT.tag': ('xml.html#xt.tag', 'fastcore/xml.py'),
+            'fastcore.xml': { 'fastcore.xml.FT': ('xml.html#ft', 'fastcore/xml.py'),
+                              'fastcore.xml.FT.__getattr__': ('xml.html#ft.__getattr__', 'fastcore/xml.py'),
+                              'fastcore.xml.FT.__init__': ('xml.html#ft.__init__', 'fastcore/xml.py'),
+                              'fastcore.xml.FT.__setattr__': ('xml.html#ft.__setattr__', 'fastcore/xml.py'),
+                              'fastcore.xml.FT.attrs': ('xml.html#ft.attrs', 'fastcore/xml.py'),
+                              'fastcore.xml.FT.children': ('xml.html#ft.children', 'fastcore/xml.py'),
+                              'fastcore.xml.FT.tag': ('xml.html#ft.tag', 'fastcore/xml.py'),
+                              'fastcore.xml.Html': ('xml.html#html', 'fastcore/xml.py'),
                               'fastcore.xml.__getattr__': ('xml.html#__getattr__', 'fastcore/xml.py'),
                               'fastcore.xml._attrmap': ('xml.html#_attrmap', 'fastcore/xml.py'),
                               'fastcore.xml._escape': ('xml.html#_escape', 'fastcore/xml.py'),
                               'fastcore.xml._to_attr': ('xml.html#_to_attr', 'fastcore/xml.py'),
+                              'fastcore.xml.ft': ('xml.html#ft', 'fastcore/xml.py'),
                               'fastcore.xml.highlight': ('xml.html#highlight', 'fastcore/xml.py'),
                               'fastcore.xml.showtags': ('xml.html#showtags', 'fastcore/xml.py'),
-                              'fastcore.xml.to_xml': ('xml.html#to_xml', 'fastcore/xml.py'),
-                              'fastcore.xml.xt': ('xml.html#xt', 'fastcore/xml.py')},
+                              'fastcore.xml.to_xml': ('xml.html#to_xml', 'fastcore/xml.py')},
             'fastcore.xtras': { 'fastcore.xtras.ContextManagers': ('xtras.html#contextmanagers', 'fastcore/xtras.py'),
                                 'fastcore.xtras.ContextManagers.__enter__': ('xtras.html#contextmanagers.__enter__', 'fastcore/xtras.py'),
                                 'fastcore.xtras.ContextManagers.__exit__': ('xtras.html#contextmanagers.__exit__', 'fastcore/xtras.py'),
diff --git a/fastcore/xml.py b/fastcore/xml.py
index 328c0d1a..b39082c9 100644
--- a/fastcore/xml.py
+++ b/fastcore/xml.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # AUTOGENERATED! DO NOT EDIT! File to edit: ../nbs/11_xml.ipynb.
 
 # %% auto 0
-__all__ = ['XT', 'xt', 'Html', 'to_xml', 'highlight', 'showtags', 'Head', 'Title', 'Meta', 'Link', 'Style', 'Body', 'Pre', 'Code',
+__all__ = ['FT', 'ft', 'Html', 'to_xml', 'highlight', 'showtags', 'Head', 'Title', 'Meta', 'Link', 'Style', 'Body', 'Pre', 'Code',
            'Div', 'Span', 'P', 'H1', 'H2', 'H3', 'H4', 'H5', 'H6', 'Strong', 'Em', 'B', 'I', 'U', 'S', 'Strike', 'Sub',
            'Sup', 'Hr', 'Br', 'Img', 'A', 'Nav', 'Ul', 'Ol', 'Li', 'Dl', 'Dt', 'Dd', 'Table', 'Thead', 'Tbody', 'Tfoot',
            'Tr', 'Th', 'Td', 'Caption', 'Col', 'Colgroup', 'Form', 'Input', 'Textarea', 'Button', 'Select', 'Option',
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ def _attrmap(o):
     return o.lstrip('_').replace('_', '-')
 
 # %% ../nbs/11_xml.ipynb
-class XT(list):
+class FT(list):
+    "A 'Fast Tag' structure, which is a `list` of `[tag,children,attrs]`"
     def __init__(self, tag, cs, attrs=None, void_=False, **kwargs):
         super().__init__([tag, cs, {**(attrs or {}), **kwargs}])
         self.void_ = void_
@@ -47,11 +48,11 @@ def __getattr__(self, k):
         return self.attrs[k.lstrip('_').replace('_', '-')]
 
 # %% ../nbs/11_xml.ipynb
-def xt(tag:str, *c, void_=False, **kw):
-    "Create an XML tag structure `[tag,children,attrs]` for `toxml()`"
+def ft(tag:str, *c, void_=False, **kw):
+    "Create an `FT` structure for `to_xml()`"
     if len(c)==1 and isinstance(c[0], types.GeneratorType): c = tuple(c[0])
     kw = {_attrmap(k):v for k,v in kw.items() if v is not None}
-    return XT(tag.lower(),c,kw, void_=void_)
+    return FT(tag.lower(),c,kw, void_=void_)
 
 # %% ../nbs/11_xml.ipynb
 _g = globals()
@@ -65,14 +66,14 @@ def xt(tag:str, *c, void_=False, **kw):
     'Figcaption', 'Mark', 'Small', 'Iframe', 'Object', 'Embed', 'Param', 'Video',
     'Audio', 'Source', 'Canvas', 'Svg', 'Math', 'Script', 'Noscript', 'Template', 'Slot']
 
-for o in _all_: _g[o] = partial(xt, o.lower())
+for o in _all_: _g[o] = partial(ft, o.lower())
 
 # %% ../nbs/11_xml.ipynb
-def Html(*c, doctype=True, **kwargs)->XT:
+def Html(*c, doctype=True, **kwargs)->FT:
     "An HTML tag, optionally preceeded by `!DOCTYPE HTML`"
-    res = xt('html', *c, **kwargs)
+    res = ft('html', *c, **kwargs)
     if not doctype: return res
-    return (xt('!DOCTYPE', html=True, void_=True), res)
+    return (ft('!DOCTYPE', html=True, void_=True), res)
 
 # %% ../nbs/11_xml.ipynb
 def _escape(s): return '' if s is None else escape(s) if isinstance(s, str) else s
@@ -91,10 +92,10 @@ def _to_attr(k,v):
 
 # %% ../nbs/11_xml.ipynb
 def to_xml(elm, lvl=0):
-    "Convert `xt` element tree into an XML string"
+    "Convert `ft` element tree into an XML string"
     if elm is None: return ''
     if isinstance(elm, tuple): return '\n'.join(to_xml(o) for o in elm)
-    if hasattr(elm, '__xt__'): elm = elm.__xt__()
+    if hasattr(elm, '__ft__'): elm = elm.__ft__()
     sp = ' ' * lvl
     if not isinstance(elm, list): return f'{_escape(elm)}\n'
 
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ def to_xml(elm, lvl=0):
     isvoid = getattr(elm, 'void_', False)
     cltag = '' if isvoid else f'</{tag}>'
     if not cs: return f'{sp}<{stag}>{cltag}\n'
-    if len(cs)==1 and not isinstance(cs[0],(list,tuple)) and not hasattr(cs[0],'__xt__'):
+    if len(cs)==1 and not isinstance(cs[0],(list,tuple)) and not hasattr(cs[0],'__ft__'):
         return f'{sp}<{stag}>{_escape(cs[0])}{cltag}\n'
     res = f'{sp}<{stag}>\n'
     res += ''.join(to_xml(c, lvl=lvl+2) for c in cs)
@@ -125,10 +126,10 @@ def showtags(s):
 {escape(to_xml(s))}
 </code></pre>"""
 
-XT._repr_markdown_ = highlight
+FT._repr_markdown_ = highlight
 
 # %% ../nbs/11_xml.ipynb
 def __getattr__(tag):
     if tag.startswith('_') or tag[0].islower(): raise AttributeError
-    def _f(*c, target_id=None, **kwargs): return xt(tag, *c, target_id=target_id, **kwargs)
+    def _f(*c, target_id=None, **kwargs): return ft(tag, *c, target_id=target_id, **kwargs)
     return _f
diff --git a/nbs/11_xml.ipynb b/nbs/11_xml.ipynb
index a3ae9704..9f6474b6 100644
--- a/nbs/11_xml.ipynb
+++ b/nbs/11_xml.ipynb
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "#|export\n",
-    "class XT(list):\n",
+    "class FT(list):\n",
+    "    \"A 'Fast Tag' structure, which is a `list` of `[tag,children,attrs]`\"\n",
     "    def __init__(self, tag, cs, attrs=None, void_=False, **kwargs):\n",
     "        super().__init__([tag, cs, {**(attrs or {}), **kwargs}])\n",
     "        self.void_ = void_\n",
@@ -100,11 +101,11 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "#| export\n",
-    "def xt(tag:str, *c, void_=False, **kw):\n",
-    "    \"Create an XML tag structure `[tag,children,attrs]` for `toxml()`\"\n",
+    "def ft(tag:str, *c, void_=False, **kw):\n",
+    "    \"Create an `FT` structure for `to_xml()`\"\n",
     "    if len(c)==1 and isinstance(c[0], types.GeneratorType): c = tuple(c[0])\n",
     "    kw = {_attrmap(k):v for k,v in kw.items() if v is not None}\n",
-    "    return XT(tag.lower(),c,kw, void_=void_)"
+    "    return FT(tag.lower(),c,kw, void_=void_)"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@
     "    'Figcaption', 'Mark', 'Small', 'Iframe', 'Object', 'Embed', 'Param', 'Video',\n",
     "    'Audio', 'Source', 'Canvas', 'Svg', 'Math', 'Script', 'Noscript', 'Template', 'Slot']\n",
     "\n",
-    "for o in _all_: _g[o] = partial(xt, o.lower())"
+    "for o in _all_: _g[o] = partial(ft, o.lower())"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@
    "id": "732e44ab",
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
-    "The main HTML tags are exported as `xt` partials.\n",
+    "The main HTML tags are exported as `ft` partials.\n",
     "\n",
     "Attributes are passed as keywords. Use 'klass' and 'fr' instead of 'class' and 'for', to avoid Python reserved word clashes."
    ]
@@ -147,11 +148,11 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "#| export\n",
-    "def Html(*c, doctype=True, **kwargs)->XT:\n",
+    "def Html(*c, doctype=True, **kwargs)->FT:\n",
     "    \"An HTML tag, optionally preceeded by `!DOCTYPE HTML`\"\n",
-    "    res = xt('html', *c, **kwargs)\n",
+    "    res = ft('html', *c, **kwargs)\n",
     "    if not doctype: return res\n",
-    "    return (xt('!DOCTYPE', html=True, void_=True), res)"
+    "    return (ft('!DOCTYPE', html=True, void_=True), res)"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -295,10 +296,10 @@
    "source": [
     "#| export\n",
     "def to_xml(elm, lvl=0):\n",
-    "    \"Convert `xt` element tree into an XML string\"\n",
+    "    \"Convert `ft` element tree into an XML string\"\n",
     "    if elm is None: return ''\n",
     "    if isinstance(elm, tuple): return '\\n'.join(to_xml(o) for o in elm)\n",
-    "    if hasattr(elm, '__xt__'): elm = elm.__xt__()\n",
+    "    if hasattr(elm, '__ft__'): elm = elm.__ft__()\n",
     "    sp = ' ' * lvl\n",
     "    if not isinstance(elm, list): return f'{_escape(elm)}\\n'\n",
     "\n",
@@ -311,7 +312,7 @@
     "    isvoid = getattr(elm, 'void_', False)\n",
     "    cltag = '' if isvoid else f'</{tag}>'\n",
     "    if not cs: return f'{sp}<{stag}>{cltag}\\n'\n",
-    "    if len(cs)==1 and not isinstance(cs[0],(list,tuple)) and not hasattr(cs[0],'__xt__'):\n",
+    "    if len(cs)==1 and not isinstance(cs[0],(list,tuple)) and not hasattr(cs[0],'__ft__'):\n",
     "        return f'{sp}<{stag}>{_escape(cs[0])}{cltag}\\n'\n",
     "    res = f'{sp}<{stag}>\\n'\n",
     "    res += ''.join(to_xml(c, lvl=lvl+2) for c in cs)\n",
@@ -378,7 +379,7 @@
     "{escape(to_xml(s))}\n",
     "</code></pre>\"\"\"\n",
     "\n",
-    "XT._repr_markdown_ = highlight"
+    "FT._repr_markdown_ = highlight"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -391,7 +392,7 @@
     "#| export\n",
     "def __getattr__(tag):\n",
     "    if tag.startswith('_') or tag[0].islower(): raise AttributeError\n",
-    "    def _f(*c, target_id=None, **kwargs): return xt(tag, *c, target_id=target_id, **kwargs)\n",
+    "    def _f(*c, target_id=None, **kwargs): return ft(tag, *c, target_id=target_id, **kwargs)\n",
     "    return _f"
    ]
   },
diff --git a/settings.ini b/settings.ini
index ccb8504c..40624a95 100644
--- a/settings.ini
+++ b/settings.ini
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ author = Jeremy Howard and Sylvain Gugger
 author_email = infos@fast.ai
 copyright = fast.ai
 branch = master
-version = 1.5.56
-min_python = 3.7
+version = 1.6.0
+min_python = 3.8
 audience = Developers
 language = English
 custom_sidebar = False
 license = apache2
-status = 4
+status = 5
 nbs_path = nbs
 doc_path = _docs
 dev_requirements = numpy nbdev>=0.2.39 matplotlib pillow torch pandas nbclassic