<p>I am looking for a good JavaScript library for parsing XML data. It should be much easier to use than the built-in <a href="http://www.w3schools.com/Xml/xml_parser.asp" rel="nofollow noreferrer">XML DOM parsers</a> bundled with the browsers.</p>

<p>I got spoiled a bit working with JSON and am looking forward to something on similar lines for XML.</p>

I use
jQuery
for this.  Here is a good example:
(EDIT: Note - the following blog seems to have gone away.)
http://blog.reindel.com/2007/09/24/jquery-and-xml-revisited/
There are also lots and lots of good examples in the
jQuery
documentation:
http://www.webmonkey.com/tutorial/Easy_XML_Consumption_using_jQuery?oldid=20032
EDIT: Due to the blog for my primary example going away, I wanted to add another example that shows the basics and helps with namespace issues:
http://www.zachleat.com/web/selecting-xml-with-javascript/