diff -r 74a6e2d4fb1f -r 40be8db6fe45 libidav/xml.c
--- a/libidav/xml.c	Sun Aug 08 16:50:36 2021 +0200
+++ b/libidav/xml.c	Mon Aug 09 17:22:21 2021 +0200
@@ -240,16 +240,52 @@
     return NULL;
 }
 
-DavXmlNode* dav_text_node(DavSession *sn, char *text) {
+DavXmlNode* dav_text_node(DavSession *sn, const char *text) {
     UcxMempool *mp = sn->mp; 
     DavXmlNode *newxn = ucx_mempool_calloc(mp, 1, sizeof(DavXmlNode));
     newxn->type = DAV_XML_TEXT;
-    sstr_t content = sstrdup_a(mp->allocator, sstr(text));
+    sstr_t content = scstrdup_a(mp->allocator, scstr(text));
     newxn->content = content.ptr;
     newxn->contentlength = content.length;
     return newxn;
 }
 
+DavXmlNode* dav_text_element(DavSession *sn, const char *ns, const char *name, const char *text) {
+    UcxMempool *mp = sn->mp; 
+    DavXmlNode *newelm = ucx_mempool_calloc(mp, 1, sizeof(DavXmlNode));
+    newelm->type = DAV_XML_ELEMENT;
+    newelm->namespace = scstrdup_a(mp->allocator, scstr(ns)).ptr;
+    newelm->name = scstrdup_a(mp->allocator, scstr(name)).ptr;
+    newelm->children = dav_text_node(sn, text);
+    return newelm;
+}
+
+static void dav_free_xml_node_a(UcxAllocator *a, DavXmlNode *node) {
+    if(node->name) alfree(a, node->name);
+    if(node->namespace) alfree(a, node->namespace);
+    if(node->content) alfree(a, node->content);
+    DavXmlAttr *attr = node->attributes;
+    while(attr) {
+        if(attr->name) alfree(a, attr->name);
+        if(attr->value) alfree(a, attr->value);
+        attr = attr->next;
+    }
+    DavXmlNode *children = node->children;
+    while(children) {
+        DavXmlNode *next_ch = children->next;
+        dav_free_xml_node_a(a, children);
+        children = next_ch;
+    }
+    alfree(a, node);
+}
+
+void dav_free_xml_node_sn(DavSession *sn, DavXmlNode *node) {
+    dav_free_xml_node_a(sn->mp->allocator, node);
+}
+
+void dav_free_xml_node(DavXmlNode *node) {
+    dav_free_xml_node_a(ucx_default_allocator(), node);
+}
 
 DavXmlAttr* dav_copy_xml_attr(DavXmlAttr *attr) {
     if(!attr) {