The getNamedItem method returns a Node object for the specified item, or null if the item does not exist.

The following example loads the 'states.xml' file and uses the getNamedItem method to create a Node object of the 'ref' attribute of the last 'State' element. It then displays its nodeValue.

XML:
<States>
   <State ref="FL" const="27">
      <name>Florida</name>
      <capital>Tallahassee</capital>
   </State>
   <State ref="IA" const="29">
      <name>Iowa</name>
      <capital>Des Moines</capital>
   </State>
</States>

Code (VBScript):
Set objXMLDoc = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
objXMLDoc.async = False
objXMLDoc.load("states.xml")

Set objLastChild = objXMLDoc.documentElement.lastChild
Set objAttributes = objLastChild.attributes
Set objRefAttr = objAttributes.getNamedItem("ref")
document.write(objRefAttr.nodeValue)

Output:
IA