SQL> 
SQL> declare
  2   indoc       VARCHAR2(2000);
  3   indomdoc    dbms_xmldom.domdocument;
  4   innode      dbms_xmldom.domnode;
  5   myParser    dbms_xmlparser.Parser;
  6  begin
  7     indoc   := '<emp><name> Scott </name></emp>';
  8     myParser := dbms_xmlparser.newParser;
  9     dbms_xmlparser.parseBuffer(myParser, indoc);
 10     indomdoc   := dbms_xmlparser.getDocument(myParser);
 11     innode     := dbms_xmldom.makeNode(indomdoc);
 12  -- DOM APIs can be used here
 13  end;
 14  /

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

SQL> 
SQL> spool off