diff --git a/xml-parser/xml-parser-tests.ts b/xml-parser/xml-parser-tests.ts
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+/// <reference path="../node/node.d.ts"/>
+/// <reference path="xml-parser.d.ts"/>
+
+import assert = require('assert');
+import parse = require('xml-parser');
+
+var doc: parse.Document = parse(
+  '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>' +
+    '<mydoc><child a="1">foo</child><child/></mydoc>');
+var declaration: parse.Declaration = doc.declaration;
+assert.equal(declaration.attributes['version'], '1.0');
+assert.equal(declaration.attributes['encoding'], 'utf-8');
+var root: parse.Node = doc.root;
+assert.equal(root.name, 'mydoc');
+var children: parse.Node[] = root.children;
+assert.equal(children.length, 2);
+var child1: parse.Node = children[0];
+assert.equal(child1.name, 'child');
+assert.equal(child1.attributes['a'], '1');
+assert.equal(child1.content, 'foo');
diff --git a/xml-parser/xml-parser.d.ts b/xml-parser/xml-parser.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for xml-parser 1.2.1
+// Project: https://github.com/segmentio/xml-parser
+// Definitions by: Matt Frantz <https://github.com/mhfrantz/>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/borisyankov/DefinitelyTyped
+
+declare module 'xml-parser' {
+
+  function parse(xml: string): parse.Document;
+
+  module parse {
+    export interface Document {
+      declaration: Declaration;
+      root: Node;
+    }
+
+    export interface Declaration {
+      attributes: Attributes;
+    }
+
+    export interface Node {
+      name: string;
+      attributes: Attributes;
+      children: Node[];
+      content?: string;
+    }
+
+    export interface Attributes {
+      [name: string]: string;
+    }
+  }
+
+  export = parse;
+}