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HTML
<p id="someElement"></p>
<p id="anotherElement"></p>
JavaScript
var xml = "<rss version='2.0'><channel><title>RSS Title</title></channel></rss>",
xmlDoc = $.parseXML( xml ),
$xml = $( xmlDoc ),
$title = $xml.find( "title" );
/* append "RSS Title" to #someElement */
$( "#someElement" ).append( $xml.attr('version'));
/* change the title to "XML Title" */
$title.text( "XML Title" );
/* append "XML Title" to #anotherElement */
$( "#anotherElement" ).append( $title.text() );