//HEAD//////////////////////////////////////////////////////
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.templates/beta1/jquery.tmpl.min.js"></script>
 
 
 
 
//XML///////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<thing>
  <item id="72" date="04.30.2011" title="This is what it is" />
</thing>
 
 
//HTML/////////////////////////////////////////////////
<div id="AnyDiv"></div>
 
 
 
//AJAX///////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 
$.ajax({
  type: "GET",
  url: "theXML.xml",
  dataType: "xml",
  cache: false,
 
  //START SUCCESS
  success: function(xml) {
 
//FOR EACH LOOP
$(xml).find("item").each(function() {
 
  //CREATE ARRAY			
  thePosts = [{
    id: $(this).attr("id"),
    content: $(this).attr("content"), 
    date: $(this).attr('date'), 
    user: $(this).attr('username'), 
  }];
 
 
  //ATTACH TEMPLATE
  $('#theList').tmpl(thePosts).appendTo('#AnyDiv');
 
 
   //END FOR EACH					
   });
 
 
  //END SUCCESS
  }		
 
 
});
//END AJAX////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 
 
//JQUERY HTML//////////////////////////////////////////
<script id="theList" type="text/x-jquery-tmpl">
 
   <p>${id}</p>
   <p>${content}</p>
   <p>${date}</p>
   <p>${user}</p>
 
</script>