This tests that node lists returned by getElementsByTagNameNS are invalidated upon child node changes. On success, you will see a series of "PASS" messages, followed by "TEST COMPLETE". PASS appendImageWithId('firstImage'); nodeList = container.getElementsByTagNameNS(namespace, 'img'); nodeList.item(0).id is 'firstImage' PASS nodeList.length is 1 PASS appendImageWithId('secondImage'); container.removeChild(container.firstChild); nodeList.item(0).id is 'secondImage' PASS nodeList.length is 1 PASS successfullyParsed is true TEST COMPLETE