Sample XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<all_characters>
 <characters series="Heroes">
  <heroe id="h1" name="Claire Bennet">
   <name>Banana Pudding</name>
   <played_by>Hayden Panettiere</played_by>
   <ability>Rapid cellular regeneration</ability>
  </heroe>
  <heroe id="h2" name="Hiro Nakamura">
   <name>Hiro Nakamura</name>
   <played_by>Masi Oka</played_by>
   <ability>Space-time manipulation: teleportation &amp; time travel</ability>
  </heroe>
  <villain id="v1" name="Gabriel Sylar">
   <name>Gabriel Sylar</name>
   <played_by>Someone evil</played_by>
   <ability>Understand how things work and multiple other abilities acquired</ability>
  </villain>
 </characters>
 <characters series="Banana Splits">
  <heroe id="b1" name="Graham">
   <name>Graham</name>
   <played_by>Graham Bell</played_by>
   <ability>Being a complete donut brain</ability>
  </heroe>
  <heroe id="b2" name="Bill">
   <name>Bill</name>
   <played_by>Bill Odie</played_by>
   <ability>Being very silly</ability>
  </heroe>
  <heroe id="b3" name="Tim">
   <name>Tim</name>
   <played_by>Tim Brook Taylor</played_by>
   <ability>Being very very silly</ability>
  </heroe>
 </characters>
</all_characters>