I developed a base class that any MFC object, COM object, CORBA object or any custom object may derive from to provide the best XML support available.

The full article is here:
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/XML/XMLFoundation.aspx
http://www.codeguru.com/cpp/data/data-misc/xml/article.php/c16325/

and the source code with examples that compile in Linux,Windows,Unix, and Windows Mobile is here:

http://cid-d7ec275e76d295cf.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Software/XMLFoundation.zip

Check it out - this is the best XML Parser available.