change xml document object with javascript

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Here is a question about manipulating a document object with javascript:

To access the value of an attribute in an XML document via javascript in a separate html document, I can retrieve the attribute using the W3C XML DOM -

The XML looks like this:


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<notes xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">

<stuff classed="working">

</stuff>
</notes>


The javascript looks like this:


function getAtt()

{

var el;
var strOutput = "";

el = dataXML.documentElement.getElementsByTagName("stuff");
//dataXML is a reference to the XML document object

strOutput = el[0].attributes.getNamedItem("classed").value;

document.getElementById("here").innerHTML = strOutput;
//to display the attribute value in the html document

}


What I would like to know is if it is possible to change the value of that attribute in the XML document object using javascript in my html page? Can I use the replaceChild(newChild, oldChild) method of the Node object, or something similar? So far I have not managed to achieve this.

Is the attribute "classed" a child of the "stuff" element?