<html>
<body>
<script>
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
{// code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
}
else
{// code for IE6, IE5
xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
xmlhttp.open("GET","/demo/xml/books.xml",false);
xmlhttp.send();
xmlDoc=xmlhttp.responseXML;
txt=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("title")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
document.write(txt);
</script>
</body>
</html>