function getXMLDocument() {

           var xDoc = null;

<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = O />

           // 파이어폭스

           if (document.implementation && document.implementation.createDocument) {

                     xDoc = document.implementation.createDocument("","",null);

// 익스플로러

} else if (typeof ActiveXObject != "undefined") {

                     var msXmlAx = null;

                     try {

                                //최신버젼

                                msXmlAx = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument");

                     }

                     catch (e) {

                               //구 버젼

                                msXmlAx = new ActiveXObject("Msxml.DOMDocument");

                     }

                     xDoc = msXmlAx;

           }

           return xDoc;

}

function xDocHandler () {

           var xDocPath = 'test.xml';

           this.objXdoc;

           this.xDoc = getXMLDocument

           this.objXdoc = this.xDoc();

           this.objXdoc.async = false;

           this.objXdoc.load(xDocPath);

}

function xDocNodeSearch(str) {

           var xDoc = new xDocHandler();

           var XmlDoc = xDoc.objXdoc.getElementsByTagName('item');

           var cnt = XmlDoc.length;

           for (var i = 0; i < cnt; i++) {

                     if (XmlDoc[i].getAttribute('name') == str) {

                           var alts = '[메세지] ' + xDoc.objXdoc.getElementsByTagName('msg')[i].firstChild.data;

                           alts += '\n\n[링크]' + xDoc.objXdoc.getElementsByTagName('link')[i].firstChild.data;

                           alert(alts);

                     }

           }

}

xDocNodeSearch('test');

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="euc-kr" ?>

<message>

           <item name="test">

                     <msg>안녕하세요. Syaku 블로그 입니다.</msg>

                     <link>http://blog.naver.com/syaku</link>

           </item>

           <item name="test2">

                     <msg>안녕하세요. 샤쿠 블로그 입니다.</msg>

                     <link>http://blog.naver.com/syaku</link>

           </item>

</message>