something in Perl script and xml

hallo everyone,
first: i have a xml document. i need to open this
document, read the first element of the document in
the xml using Perl, can anyone tell me how to do it?
e.g. <Abbrevation>aa</Abbrevation> is the first
element, so how to get this element.

second:i have a variable in a xsl stylesheet, i need
to access this variable in my Perl script? Can i do it
and how?
e.g. <xsl:vaiable name="dob" select="22"/>

how to access this variable "dob" in my Perl script.

Thanks,
sri...




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