// JavaScript Document

function getxml(text) {
    if (typeof DOMParser != "undefined") {
        // Mozilla, Firefox, and related browsers
        return (new DOMParser()).parseFromString(text, "application/xml");
    }
    else if (typeof ActiveXObject != "undefined") {
        // Internet Explorer.
		
		  var doc = new ActiveXObject("MSXML2.DOMDocument"); 
		
		// xmlDoc.async=false;
		   // var doc = xmlDoc.newDocument( );   // Create an empty document
        doc.loadXML(text);              //  Parse text into it
        return doc;                     // Return it
    }
    else {
        // As a last resort, try loading the document from a data: URL
        // This is supposed to work in Safari. Thanks to Manos Batsis and
        // his Sarissa library (sarissa.sourceforge.net) for this technique.
        var url = "data:text/xml;charset=utf-8," + encodeURIComponent(text);
        var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
        request.open("GET", url, false);
        request.send(null);
        return request.responseXML;
    }
}