<script type="text/javascript">
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","data.xml",false);
xmlhttp.send();
xmlDoc=xmlhttp.responseXML;
...
The first line of the XML page is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>