<!--- Create an XML document. ---> <cfxml variable="xmlGirl"> <girl> <name>Libby</name> <height>5'7"</height> </girl> </cfxml> <!--- Param nodes in the XML document that we expect to exist. We can do this to make sure an XML response is always presented in uniformity. ---> <cfparam name="xmlGirl.girl.hair" type="xml" default="#XmlElemNew( xmlGirl, 'hair' )#" /> <!--- Output new XML document structure. ---> <cfdump var="#xmlGirl#" label="XML After CFParam" />