Properties and methods for the XML document object.
| METHOD/PROPERTY | DESCRIPTION |
| Charset | Returns the character set supported by the document. |
| createElement() | Takes a type and tagname as parameters and returns a newly created element. |
| doctype | Returns the contents of !DOCTYPE as litsted the XML document. |
| fileModifiedDate | Returns the date the file was previously modified.* |
| fileSize | Returns the XML document's file size.* |
| fileUpdateDate | Returns the date the file was previously updated.* |
| mimeType | Returns a MIME type if specified.* |
| root | Returns the root element for the document. This is used to traverse the rest of the document tree. |
| URL | Sets or returns the path (usually a URL) of the document. |
| version | Returns the supported version of XML as listed in the <?XML?>command. |
| *Documented but not supported in Internet Explorer 4.0. | |