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Embedding XML in HTML

rated 0 times [ 26] [ 7] / answers: 1 / hits: 46060 / 12 Years ago, wed, october 3, 2012, 12:00:00

How would one go about embedding XML in a HTML page?

I was thinking using CDDATA would be the best approach but I get errors in the HTML document when the page loads.

<script><![CDATA[ ... ]]></script>

I'm needing to embed a XML document for fetching later with JavaScript. I need to do this since when the user opens it, they might not have internet access.

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answered 12 Years ago albert · Accepted Answer

As long as the XML doesn't contain </script> anywhere, you can put it inside the script tags with a custom type attribute (and no CDATA section). Give the script tag an id attribute so you can fetch the content.

<script id=myxml type=text/xmldata>

    <x>

        <y z=foo>



        </y>

    </x>

</script>



... 



<script> alert(document.getElementById('myxml').innerHTML); </script>

http://jsfiddle.net/hJuPs/