Valid XML Document is Invalidated by Internet Explorer 9 and Visual Studio 2010 SP1 by vj01

Vista Home Premium 32-bit Service Pack 2
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
Version 10.0.40219.1 SP1Rel
Microsoft .NET Framework
Version 4.0.30319 SP1Rel
Installed Version: Professional
Internet Explorer 9.0.8112.1642IC

The XML file shows an error "Entity 'type' not defined." In VS 2010 / VWD...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<websiteType type="shopping">
<website address="https://www-ssl.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=pcat17000&type=page">
    <username></username>
    <password></password>
</website>
</websiteType>


In IE9, ActiveX object Microsoft.XMLDOM method load gives this error in the immediate window of Visual Studio 2010 / Web Developer 2010.


xmlObject.parseError
{...}
    errorCode: 0xC00CE50D
    filepos: 0x21DA
    line: 0xDD
    linepos: 0x55
    reason: "A semi colon character was expected.
"
    srcText: "    <website address="https://www-ssl.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=pcat17000&type=page">"
    url: "http://localhost:49310/Username_Password_Search/UsernameAndPassword.xml"

I used the valid script below:

<script type="text/javascript">
        var xmlObject;
        var xmlDocument;
        function LoadXMLDocument(xmlFile) {
            xmlObject = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
            xmlObject.async = "false";
            xmlObject.onreadystatechange = verify;
            xmlObject.load(xmlFile);
            if (xmlObject.parseError.errorCode != 0)
                document.write("There was an error with the xml document: " + xmlObject.parseError.reason +
                " Error code: " + xmlObject.parseError.errorCode.toString());
            xmlDocument = xmlObject.documentElement;
        }
</script>