I'm trying to use xml to load inventory items for my game, but I'm just getting this error and I don't know how to fix it:

TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert "<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<items>
<item>
name="Bandage"
</item>
<item>
name="Grape Drink"
</item>
</items>
" to XML.

I followed the sticky thread about XML to the letter, but still there seems to be some kind of conversion problem.