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A downloadable sample XML file with 30 fictional employee records wrapped in row elements — ready for testing parsers, XPath queries, and XML converters.

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30 rows × 7 columns
1nameemaildepartmentrolesalarystart_dateoffice
2Marcus Chen[email protected]EngineeringSenior Software Engineer1550002019-03-15San Francisco
3Priya Sharma[email protected]EngineeringStaff Engineer1780002019-06-01San Francisco
4David Kim[email protected]EngineeringSoftware Engineer1250002021-01-10New York
5Rachel Torres[email protected]EngineeringEngineering Manager1680002020-02-20San Francisco
6James Okafor[email protected]EngineeringJunior Developer920002024-06-15Austin
7Lena Vogt[email protected]EngineeringDevOps Engineer1400002022-04-01New York
8Amir Patel[email protected]EngineeringBackend Engineer1320002023-01-09London
9Sofia Lindberg[email protected]DesignLead Designer1450002019-09-12New York
10Carlos Rivera[email protected]DesignUX Designer1120002021-07-20San Francisco
11Hannah Becker[email protected]DesignUI Designer1050002022-11-01London
12Yuki Tanaka[email protected]DesignProduct Designer1180002023-03-14San Francisco
13Olivia Martin[email protected]MarketingVP of Marketing1650002019-04-22New York
14Ethan Brooks[email protected]MarketingContent Strategist950002021-10-05Austin
15Nina Kowalski[email protected]MarketingSEO Specialist880002022-08-15New York
16Daniel Ochoa[email protected]MarketingMarketing Analyst910002023-05-20Austin
17Samira Hassan[email protected]MarketingSocial Media Manager820002024-01-08London
18Tyler Washington[email protected]SalesSales Director1580002019-11-30New York
19Jessica Huang[email protected]SalesAccount Executive1100002020-06-14San Francisco
20Ryan O'Brien[email protected]SalesAccount Executive1050002021-03-22London
21Fatima Al-Rashid[email protected]SalesSales Development Rep720002023-09-01Austin
22Kevin Dupont[email protected]SalesSolutions Engineer1350002022-01-17San Francisco
23Megan Stewart[email protected]SalesAccount Manager980002024-03-11New York
24Laura Chen[email protected]HRHR Director1480002019-08-05New York
25Brian Nakamura[email protected]HRHR Business Partner1050002020-12-01San Francisco
26Chloe Dubois[email protected]HRRecruiter780002022-05-23London
27Angela Moretti[email protected]HRPeople Operations850002023-07-10Austin
28Isaac Fernandez[email protected]EngineeringFrontend Engineer1280002022-09-19New York
29Sarah Mitchell[email protected]DesignDesign Systems Lead1380002020-04-06San Francisco
30Omar Farah[email protected]EngineeringQA Engineer950002024-02-12London
31Natalie Park[email protected]MarketingGrowth Manager1080002021-11-28San Francisco

Raw File Contents

sample-employees.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<data>
  <row>
    <name>Marcus Chen</name>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
    <department>Engineering</department>
    <role>Senior Software Engineer</role>
    <salary>155000</salary>
    <start_date>2019-03-15</start_date>
    <office>San Francisco</office>
  </row>
  <row>
    <name>Priya Sharma</name>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
    <department>Engineering</department>
    <role>Staff Engineer</role>
    <salary>178000</salary>
    <start_date>2019-06-01</start_date>
    <office>San Francisco</office>
  </row>
  <row>
    <name>David Kim</name>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
    <department>Engineering</department>
    <role>Software Engineer</role>
    <salary>125000</salary>
    <start_date>2021-01-10</start_date>
    <office>New York</office>
  </row>
  <row>
    <name>Rachel Torres</name>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
    <department>Engineering</department>
    <role>Engineering Manager</role>
    <salary>168000</salary>
    <start_date>2020-02-20</start_date>
    <office>San Francisco</office>
  </row>
  <row>
    <name>James Okafor</name>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
    <department>Engineering</department>
    <role>Junior Developer</role>
    <salary>92000</salary>
    <start_date>2024-06-15</start_date>
    <office>Austin</office>
  </row>
  <row>
    <name>Lena Vogt</name>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
    <department>Engineering</department>
    <role>DevOps Engineer</role>
    <salary>140000</salary>
    <start_date>2022-04-01</start_date>
    <office>New York</office>
  </row>
  <row>
    <name>Amir Patel</name>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
    <department>Engineering</department>
    <role>Backend Engineer</role>
    <salary>132000</salary>
    <start_date>2023-01-09</start_date>
    <office>London</office>
  </row>
  <row>
    <name>Sofia Lindberg</name>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
    <department>Design</department>
    <role>Lead Designer</role>
    <salary>145000</salary>
    <start_date>2019-09-12</start_date>
    <office>New York</office>
  </row>
  <row>
    <name>Carlos Rivera</name>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
    <department>Design</department>
    <role>UX Designer</role>
    <salary>112000</salary>
    <start_date>2021-07-20</start_date>
    <office>San Francisco</office>
  </row>
  <row>
    <name>Hannah Becker</name>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
    <department>Design</department>
    <role>UI Designer</role>
    <salary>105000</salary>
    <start_date>2022-11-01</start_date>
    <office>London</office>
  </row>
  <row>
    <name>Yuki Tanaka</name>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
    <department>Design</department>
    <role>Product Designer</role>
    <salary>118000</salary>
    <start_date>2023-03-14</start_date>
    <office>San Francisco</office>
  </row>
  <row>
    <name>Olivia Martin</name>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
    <department>Marketing</department>
    <role>VP of Marketing</role>
    <salary>165000</salary>
    <start_date>2019-04-22</start_date>
    <office>New York</office>
  </row>
  <row>
    <name>Ethan Brooks</name>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
    <department>Marketing</department>
    <role>Content Strategist</role>
    <salary>95000</salary>
    <start_date>2021-10-05</start_date>
    <office>Austin</office>
  </row>
  <row>
    <name>Nina Kowalski</name>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
    <department>Marketing</department>
    <role>SEO Specialist</role>
    <salary>88000</salary>
    <start_date>2022-08-15</start_date>
    <office>New York</office>
  </row>
  <row>
    <name>Daniel Ochoa</name>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
    <department>Marketing</department>
    <role>Marketing Analyst</role>
    <salary>91000</salary>
    <start_date>2023-05-20</start_date>
    <office>Austin</office>
  </row>
  <row>
    <name>Samira Hassan</name>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
    <department>Marketing</department>
    <role>Social Media Manager</role>
    <salary>82000</salary>
    <start_date>2024-01-08</start_date>
    <office>London</office>
  </row>
  <row>
    <name>Tyler Washington</name>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
    <department>Sales</department>
    <role>Sales Director</role>
    <salary>158000</salary>
    <start_date>2019-11-30</start_date>
    <office>New York</office>
  </row>
  <row>
    <name>Jessica Huang</name>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
    <department>Sales</department>
    <role>Account Executive</role>
    <salary>110000</salary>
    <start_date>2020-06-14</start_date>
    <office>San Francisco</office>
  </row>
  <row>
    <name>Ryan O&apos;Brien</name>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
    <department>Sales</department>
    <role>Account Executive</role>
    <salary>105000</salary>
    <start_date>2021-03-22</start_date>
    <office>London</office>
  </row>
  <row>
    <name>Fatima Al-Rashid</name>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
    <department>Sales</department>
    <role>Sales Development Rep</role>
    <salary>72000</salary>
    <start_date>2023-09-01</start_date>
    <office>Austin</office>
  </row>
  <row>
    <name>Kevin Dupont</name>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
    <department>Sales</department>
    <role>Solutions Engineer</role>
    <salary>135000</salary>
    <start_date>2022-01-17</start_date>
    <office>San Francisco</office>
  </row>
  <row>
    <name>Megan Stewart</name>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
    <department>Sales</department>
    <role>Account Manager</role>
    <salary>98000</salary>
    <start_date>2024-03-11</start_date>
    <office>New York</office>
  </row>
  <row>
    <name>Laura Chen</name>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
    <department>HR</department>
    <role>HR Director</role>
    <salary>148000</salary>
    <start_date>2019-08-05</start_date>
    <office>New York</office>
  </row>
  <row>
    <name>Brian Nakamura</name>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
    <department>HR</department>
    <role>HR Business Partner</role>
    <salary>105000</salary>
    <start_date>2020-12-01</start_date>
    <office>San Francisco</office>
  </row>
  <row>
    <name>Chloe Dubois</name>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
    <department>HR</department>
    <role>Recruiter</role>
    <salary>78000</salary>
    <start_date>2022-05-23</start_date>
    <office>London</office>
  </row>
  <row>
    <name>Angela Moretti</name>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
    <department>HR</department>
    <role>People Operations</role>
    <salary>85000</salary>
    <start_date>2023-07-10</start_date>
    <office>Austin</office>
  </row>
  <row>
    <name>Isaac Fernandez</name>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
    <department>Engineering</department>
    <role>Frontend Engineer</role>
    <salary>128000</salary>
    <start_date>2022-09-19</start_date>
    <office>New York</office>
  </row>
  <row>
    <name>Sarah Mitchell</name>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
    <department>Design</department>
    <role>Design Systems Lead</role>
    <salary>138000</salary>
    <start_date>2020-04-06</start_date>
    <office>San Francisco</office>
  </row>
  <row>
    <name>Omar Farah</name>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
    <department>Engineering</department>
    <role>QA Engineer</role>
    <salary>95000</salary>
    <start_date>2024-02-12</start_date>
    <office>London</office>
  </row>
  <row>
    <name>Natalie Park</name>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
    <department>Marketing</department>
    <role>Growth Manager</role>
    <salary>108000</salary>
    <start_date>2021-11-28</start_date>
    <office>San Francisco</office>
  </row>
</data>

Schema

Field Type Description
name string Employee full name.
email string Work email address on the fictional example.com domain.
department string One of Engineering, Sales, Marketing, HR, or Design.
role string Job title within the department.
salary number Annual salary in USD — text content that parses as an integer.
start_date date Hire date as ISO 8601 text (YYYY-MM-DD).
office string Office location — San Francisco, New York, Austin, or London.

About the XML Format

This sample wraps 30 employee records in the most conversion-friendly XML shape there is: a single <data> root containing one <row> element per record, with each of the seven fields as a child element. There are no attributes, no namespaces, no mixed content — every value lives in element text.

That structure matters because XML, unlike CSV or JSON, has no canonical way to represent a table. The same records could legally be encoded as attributes (<row name="..." salary="..."/>), as deeply nested department groupings, or with per-record element names. Tools that turn XML into rows and columns handle the element-per-field layout best, so this file is a reliable fixture for testing XML to CSV conversion — and the site’s CSV to XML tool produces exactly this shape in reverse.

Details worth knowing when you parse it:

  • Everything is text. XML carries no type system in the document itself; <salary>155000</salary> is a string until your code says otherwise. Schema languages (XSD) can declare types, but this sample ships without one, matching how most real-world data XML travels.
  • Declaration and encoding. The file opens with <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> and contains no characters that need entity escaping — no &amp;, &lt;, or CDATA sections — so it parses under any conformant parser.
  • Verbosity. At roughly nine times the size of the equivalent CSV, the file is a concrete demonstration of XML’s tag overhead on tabular data.

The same 30 rows are available in eleven formats in this section — see the JSON sample for the object-based equivalent and the CSV sample for the flat baseline — so you can round-trip between formats and diff the output.

FAQ

4 questions
Does downloading this file send any data to a server?
No. The sample is a static file served directly by the site — nothing is uploaded, processed, or inspected. The XML and CSV tools linked below run entirely in your browser too.
Why are records wrapped in <row> elements instead of using attributes?
Element-per-field is the shape most XML-to-table converters expect: each <row> becomes a record and each child element becomes a column. Attribute-based layouts carry the same data but flatten less predictably, which makes them a poor default for a reference sample.
How do I query this file with XPath?
The document root is <data>, so /data/row selects all 30 records and /data/row[salary > 150000] filters on a field. Note that XPath 1.0 compares element text as strings unless you wrap values in number().
Is the employee data real?
No. All 30 records are fictional, and every email address uses the reserved example.com domain, so the file is safe for demos, tests, and documentation.

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