diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index a611cd631..f62cfc515 100755
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
+
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@
+
diff --git a/js/iD/XML.js b/js/iD/XML.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c68649a88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/iD/XML.js
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+iD.XML = {
+ mapping: function(entity) {
+ if (this.mappings[entity.type]) {
+ return this.mappings[entity.type](entity);
+ }
+ },
+ mappings: {
+ node: function(entity) {
+ /*
+ return {
+ type: 'Feature',
+ properties: entity.tags,
+ geometry: {
+ type: 'Point',
+ coordinates: [entity.lon, entity.lat]
+ }
+ };
+ */
+ },
+ way: function(entity) {
+ return (new XMLSerializer()).serializeToString(
+ JXON.unbuild({
+ way: {
+ '@id': entity.id,
+ 'nd': entity.children.map(function(e) {
+ return {
+ keyAttributes: {
+ ref: e.id
+ }
+ };
+ })
+ }
+ })).replace(/>/g,'>').
+ replace(/ 0) && sCollectedTxt) {
+ vResult[sValueProp] = vBuiltVal;
+ } else if (!bHighVerb && nLength === 0 && sCollectedTxt) {
+ vResult = vBuiltVal;
+ }
+
+ if (bFreeze && (bHighVerb || nLength > 0)) { Object.freeze(vResult); }
+
+ aCache.length = nLevelStart;
+
+ return vResult;
+ }
+
+ function loadObjTree (oXMLDoc, oParentEl, oParentObj) {
+ var vValue, oChild;
+
+ if (oParentObj instanceof String || oParentObj instanceof Number || oParentObj instanceof Boolean) {
+ oParentEl.appendChild(oXMLDoc.createTextNode(oParentObj.toString())); /* verbosity level is 0 */
+ } else if (oParentObj.constructor === Date) {
+ oParentEl.appendChild(oXMLDoc.createTextNode(oParentObj.toGMTString()));
+ }
+
+ for (var sName in oParentObj) {
+ vValue = oParentObj[sName];
+ if (isFinite(sName) || vValue instanceof Function) { continue; } /* verbosity level is 0 */
+ if (sName === sValueProp) {
+ if (vValue !== null && vValue !== true) { oParentEl.appendChild(oXMLDoc.createTextNode(vValue.constructor === Date ? vValue.toGMTString() : String(vValue))); }
+ } else if (sName === sAttributesProp) { /* verbosity level is 3 */
+ for (var sAttrib in vValue) { oParentEl.setAttribute(sAttrib, vValue[sAttrib]); }
+ } else if (sName.charAt(0) === sAttrPref) {
+ oParentEl.setAttribute(sName.slice(1), vValue);
+ } else if (vValue.constructor === Array) {
+ for (var nItem = 0; nItem < vValue.length; nItem++) {
+ oChild = oXMLDoc.createElement(sName);
+ loadObjTree(oXMLDoc, oChild, vValue[nItem]);
+ oParentEl.appendChild(oChild);
+ }
+ } else {
+ oChild = oXMLDoc.createElement(sName);
+ if (vValue instanceof Object) {
+ loadObjTree(oXMLDoc, oChild, vValue);
+ } else if (vValue !== null && vValue !== true) {
+ oChild.appendChild(oXMLDoc.createTextNode(vValue.toString()));
+ }
+ oParentEl.appendChild(oChild);
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ this.build = function (oXMLParent, nVerbosity /* optional */, bFreeze /* optional */, bNesteAttributes /* optional */) {
+ const _nVerb = arguments.length > 1 && typeof nVerbosity === "number" ? nVerbosity & 3 : /* put here the default verbosity level: */ 1;
+ return createObjTree(oXMLParent, _nVerb, bFreeze || false, arguments.length > 3 ? bNesteAttributes : _nVerb === 3);
+ };
+
+ this.unbuild = function (oObjTree) {
+ const oNewDoc = document.implementation.createDocument("", "", null);
+ loadObjTree(oNewDoc, oNewDoc, oObjTree);
+ return oNewDoc;
+ };
+})();
+
+
+// var myObject = JXON.build(doc);
+// we got our javascript object! try: alert(JSON.stringify(myObject));
+
+// var newDoc = JXON.unbuild(myObject);
+// we got our Document instance! try: alert((new XMLSerializer()).serializeToString(newDoc));