1> {ok,_StatusCode,_Headers,B} = ibrowse:send_req("http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdot", [], get).
{ok,"200",
    [{"Age","2"},
     {"Transfer-Encoding","chunked"},
     {"Date","Thu, 07 Sep 2006 13:07:50 GMT"},
     {"Content-Type","text/xml;charset=utf-8"},
     {"Server",
      "Apache/2.0.54 (Debian GNU/Linux) mod_fastcgi/2.4.2 mod_jk/1.2.15"},
     {"Last-Modified","Thu, 07 Sep 2006 12:54:15 GMT"},
     {"ETag","MiaYBqfDcpuUu6jqri59Oyhorvc"},
     {"P3P","CP=\"ALL DSP COR NID CUR OUR NOR\""}],
    "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding..."}

2> {Doc,Misc} = xmerl_scan:string(B).
{#xmlElement{name = 'rdf:RDF',
             parents = [],
             pos = 1,
             attributes = [#xmlAttribute{name = 'xmlns:rdf',
                            parents = [],
                            pos = 1,
                            language = [],
                            expanded_name = [],
                            nsinfo = [],
                            namespace = {"xmlns","rdf"},
                            value = "http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"},
              #xmlAttribute{name = xmlns,
                            parents = [],
                            .....

3> myxml:printItems(myxml:getElementsByTagName(Doc, item)).
title: United Kingdom Leads the World in TV Downloads
link: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/18/0324238from=rss
description: SumDog writes "The UK is known for many things, great food, 
a wonderful climate and beautiful women. However, according to a story on the 
Guardian, a new study puts the UK ahead in one more category: it leads the 
world in TV piracy, accounting for 38.4% of the world's TV downloads, with 
Australia coming in second at 15.6% and the US in third at a pitiful 7.3%"
date: 2005-02-18T09:31:00+00:00
author: CowboyNeal

title: Skype-Ready Phones From Motorola
link: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/18/0314225from=rss
description: Hack Jandy writes "Seamlessly integrating VoIP and GSM might 
not be a fantasy after all, as Motorola announced their decision to build cell 
phones and handsets that have Skype Internet Telephony integrated into the devices. 
Obviously, one could use Skype for outgoing calls near wi-fi hotspots (essentially 
free) but default on GSM for outgoing calls in areas that lack coverage."
date: 2005-02-18T06:09:00+00:00
author: CowboyNeal

title: London Nuke Plant Loses 30 Kilos of Plutonium
link: http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/18/0027246from=rss
...........

getElementsByTagName([H|T], Item) when H#xmlElement.name == Item ->
    [H | getElementsByTagName(T, Item)];
getElementsByTagName([H|T], Item) when record(H, xmlElement) ->
    getElementsByTagName(H#xmlElement.content, Item) ++
      getElementsByTagName(T, Item);                                                                  
getElementsByTagName(X, Item) when record(X, xmlElement) ->
    getElementsByTagName(X#xmlElement.content, Item);
getElementsByTagName([_|T], Item) ->
    getElementsByTagName(T, Item);
getElementsByTagName([], _) ->
    [].

printItems(Items) ->
    F = fun(Item) -> printItem(Item) end,
    lists:foreach(F, Items).

printItem(Item) ->
    io:format("title: ~s~n", [textOf(first(Item, title))]),
    io:format("link: ~s~n", [textOf(first(Item, link))]),
    io:format("description: ~s~n", [textOf(first(Item, description))]),
    io:format("date: ~s~n", [textOf(first(Item, 'dc:date'))]),
    io:format("author: ~s~n", [textOf(first(Item, 'dc:creator'))]),
    io:nl().

first(Item, Tag) ->
    hd([X || X <- Item#xmlElement.content,
	     X#xmlElement.name == Tag]).

textOf(Item) ->
    lists:flatten([X#xmlText.value || X <- Item#xmlElement.content,
				      element(1,X) == xmlText]).