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title: XMLDocument
slug: Web/API/XMLDocument
page-type: web-api-interface
browser-compat: api.XMLDocument
---

{{APIRef("DOM")}}

The **XMLDocument** interface represents an XML document. It inherits from the generic {{DOMxRef("Document")}} and does not add any specific methods or properties to it: nevertheless, several algorithms behave differently with the two types of documents.

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## Instance properties

_Also inherits properties from: {{DOMxRef("Document")}}_.

## Instance methods

_Also inherits methods from: {{DOMxRef("Document")}}_.

## Specifications

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## Browser compatibility

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## See also

- [The Document Object Model (DOM)](/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document_Object_Model)