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HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

JavaScript

function xml2dom(xml){
    var dom;
    if (window.DOMParser){
        var parser=new DOMParser();
        dom=parser.parseFromString(xml,"text/xml");
    }else { // IE
        dom=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
        dom.async="false";
        dom.loadXML(xml);
    } 
    return dom;
}

var xml="<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>\
<COLLADA>\
    <visual_scene id='SketchUpScene'>\
        <node>\
            <node>\
                <instance_node url='#default'/>\
            </node>\
        </node>\
        <node>\
            <instance_camera url='#Home-camera'/>\
        </node>\
    </visual_scene>\
</COLLADA>";

var dom=xml2dom(xml);
parent=$(dom).children("COLLADA").children("#SketchUpScene");
alert(parent.length);