<collection shelf="New Arrivals">
 <movie title="Enemy Behind">
 <type>War, Thriller</type>
 <format>DVD</format>
 <year>2003</year>
 <rating>PG</rating>
 <stars>10</stars>
 <description>Talk about a US-Japan war</description>
 </movie>
 <movie title="Transformers">
 <type>Anime, Science Fiction</type>
 <format>DVD</format>
 <year>1989</year>
 <rating>R</rating>
 <stars>8</stars>
 <description>A schientific fiction</description>
 </movie>
 <movie title="Trigun">
 <type>Anime, Action</type>
 <format>DVD</format>
 <episodes>4</episodes>
 <rating>PG</rating>
 <stars>10</stars>
 <description>Vash the Stampede!</description>
 </movie>
 <movie title="Ishtar">
 <type>Comedy</type>
 <format>VHS</format>
 <rating>PG</rating>
 <stars>2</stars>
 <description>Viewable boredom</description>
 </movie>
</collection>

require 'rexml/document'
include REXML
xmlfile = File.new("movies.xml")
xmldoc = Document.new(xmlfile)
root = xmldoc.root
puts "Root element : " + root.attributes["shelf"]
xmldoc.elements.each("collection/movie"){
 |e| puts "Movie Title : " + e.attributes["title"]
}
xmldoc.elements.each("collection/movie/type") {
 |e| puts "Movie Type : " + e.text
}
xmldoc.elements.each("collection/movie/description") {
 |e| puts "Movie Description : " + e.text
}

require 'rexml/document'
include REXML
xmlfile = File.new("movies.xml")
xmldoc = Document.new(xmlfile)
movie = XPath.first(xmldoc, "//movie")
p movie
XPath.each(xmldoc, "//type") { |e| puts e.text }
names = XPath.match(xmldoc, "//format").map {|x| x.text }
p names

require ‘rexml-expansion-fix'