<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/example/xdom/loadxmldoc.js">
</script>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
//check if the first node is an element node
function get_firstchild(n)
{
var x=n.firstChild;
while (x.nodeType!=1)
  {
  x=x.nextSibling;
  }
return x;
}

xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("/example/xdom/books.xml");

var x=xmlDoc.documentElement;
var firstNode=get_firstchild(x);

for (var i=0;i<firstNode.childNodes.length;i++)
{
if (firstNode.childNodes[i].nodeType==1)
  {
  //Process only element nodes
  document.write(firstNode.childNodes[i].nodeName);
  document.write(" = ");
  document.write(firstNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue);
  document.write("<br />");
  }
}

</script>
</body>
</html>