function xml(assert, sContent) {
		var oDocument;

		oDocument = XMLHelper.parse(sContent.replace(/>\s+</g, "><")); // avoid Text nodes!
		assert.strictEqual(oDocument.parseError.errorCode, 0, "XML parsed correctly");
		return oDocument.documentElement;
	}
*******************************************************************************************
	var sNestedAnnotations = '\
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>\
<edm:Edm xmlns:edm="http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/ns/edm" xmlns:edmx="http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/ns/edmx" Version="4.0">\
	<edmx:Reference Uri="/coco/vocabularies/UI.xml">\
		<edmx:Include Namespace="com.sap.vocabularies.UI.v1" Alias="UI" />\
	</edmx:Reference>\
	<edmx:Reference Uri="http://services.odata.org/Northwind/Northwind.svc/$metadata" >\
		<edmx:Include Namespace="NorthwindModel" Alias="self" />\
	</edmx:Reference>	\
	<edm:DataServices>\
		<Schema xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/ns/edm">\
			<Annotations Target="self.Product">\
				<Annotation Term="UI.LineItem">\
					<Collection>\
						<Record Type="UI.DataField">\
							<PropertyValue Property="Label" String="Business Partner"/>\
							<PropertyValue Property="Value" Path="BusinessPartnerID"/>\
							<Annotation Term="UI.Importance"\
								EnumMember="UI.ImportanceType/High"/>\
						</Record>\
					</Collection>\
					<Annotation Term="UI.Criticality" Path="Criticality"/>\
				</Annotation>\
				<Annotation Term="UI.LineItem" Qualifier="foo">\
					<Collection>\
						<Record Type="UI.DataField">\
							<PropertyValue Property="Label" String="Business Partner"/>\
							<PropertyValue Property="Value" Path="BusinessPartnerID"/>\
							<Annotation Term="UI.Importance"\
								EnumMember="UI.ImportanceType/Medium"/>\
						</Record>\
					</Collection>\
					<Annotation Term="UI.Criticality" Qualifier="bar" Path="Criticality"/>\
				</Annotation>\
				<Annotation Term="UI.Facets">\
					<Collection>\
						<Record Type="UI.CollectionFacet">\
							<PropertyValue Property="Facets">\
								<Collection>\
									<Record Type="UI.ReferenceFacet">\
										<PropertyValue Property="Target" AnnotationPath="Supplier/@UI.Identification" />\
									</Record>\
								</Collection>\
								<Annotation Term="com.sap.vocabularies.Common.v1.Label" String="Supplier Identification"/>\
							</PropertyValue>\
						</Record>\
					</Collection>\
				</Annotation>\
				<Annotation Term="unittest.ui5.parentAnnotation">\
					<Annotation Term="unittest.ui5.dynamicExpression3">\
						<If>\
							<Path>IsFemale</Path>\
							<String>Iron Man</String>\
							<String>Someone else</String>\
							<Annotation Term="com.sap.vocabularies.Common.v1.Label" String="Who am I?"/>\
						</If>\
					</Annotation>\
					<Annotation Term="unittest.ui5.dynamicExpression6">\
						<Apply Function="odata.concat">\
							<If>\
								<Path>IsFemale</Path>\
								<String>Iron Man</String>\
								<String>Someone else</String>\
								<Annotation Term="com.sap.vocabularies.Common.v1.Label" String="Who am I?"/>\
							</If>\
						</Apply>\
					</Annotation>\
				</Annotation>\
				<Annotation Term="UI.HeaderInfo">\
					<Record>\
						<PropertyValue Property="TypeName" String="Product" />\
						<PropertyValue Property="TypeNamePlural" String="Products" />\
						<PropertyValue Property="Title">\
							<Record>\
								<PropertyValue Property="Label" String="Product" />\
								<PropertyValue Property="Value" Path="ProductName" />\
								<Annotation Term="com.sap.vocabularies.Common.v1.Label" String="hello, world!"/>\
							</Record>\
						</PropertyValue>\
					</Record>\
				</Annotation>\
			</Annotations>\
			<Annotations Target="self.Supplier" Qualifier="foo">\
				<Annotation Term="UI.LineItem">\
					<Collection>\
						<Record Type="UI.DataField">\
							<PropertyValue Property="Label" String="Business Partner"/>\
							<PropertyValue Property="Value" Path="BusinessPartnerID"/>\
							<Annotation Term="UI.Importance"\
								EnumMember="UI.ImportanceType/High"/>\
						</Record>\
					</Collection>\
					<Annotation Term="UI.Criticality" Path="Criticality" Qualifier="bar"/>\
				</Annotation>\
			</Annotations>\
		</Schema>\
	</edm:DataServices>\
</edm:Edm>';

	/**
Creates a DOM document from the given string.

@param {object} assert the assertions
@param {string} sContent the content
@returns {Element} the DOM document's root element