Cross platform Javascript XML tree creation, with namespaces and xpath?

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I'd like to create XML documents in a portable way in JavaScript. Coming from a Python background, I'm familiar with libraries like LXML and ElementTree, which give

Elements are treated as objects, by default, rather than text.
Documents are always tree-structured. Ie, new elements are typically appended to existing xpaths, having unclosed tags is not possible as elements always close themselves.
Elements children are iterable
Namespaces (and perhaps also namespace prefixes) are supported

Essentially, I'm looking for a neat XML creation library that works across browsers. Any recommendations?

Martin Honnen · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-24 13:19:00Z

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If that is client-side Javascript in the browser then for creating namespace aware XML DOM documents you can use the W3C DOM Level 2 with browsers like Mozilla, Opera, Safari, Chrome and the MSXML DOM with IE (before IE 9 comes out). I do have two examples in my blog explaining the W3C DOM Level 2 namespace aware createElementNS and the MSXML createNode. Based on that you might be able to implement your own wrapper methods to hide the differences between createElementNS and createNode.

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mikemaccana Over a year ago

Thanks for answering but I can't help think I'm not the first person who's wanted to consume XML in multiple browsers. I'm not adverse to writing my own implementation if need be, but I'd rather not recreate the wheel if possible.

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