if the usual javascript code

    ...
    req = new XMLHttpRequest();
    ...
    response  = req.responseXML.documentElement;
    method    = response.getElementsByTagName('method')[0].firstChild.data;
    result    = response.getElementsByTagName('result')[0].firstChild.data;

reads from

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
    <response>
          <method>mymethod</method>
          <result>I want <b>this</b> and this and <i>this<i></result>
    </response>

How can I make it provide:

    method = mymethod
    result = I want <b>this</b> and this and <i>this<i>

ie how do I ignore html tags? I would prefer not to change "<", ">" etc into their codes.

I have tried some xsl templates but they break the script; responseXML.documentElement seems to choke on them.

cheers.