diff --git a/packages/xml-builder/.gitignore b/packages/xml-builder/.gitignore
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+**/*.js
+**/*.js.map
+**/*.d.ts
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diff --git a/packages/xml-builder/__tests__/index.ts b/packages/xml-builder/__tests__/index.ts
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+import * as pkg from '../index';
+
+describe('package index', () => {
+    it('should define XmlNode', () => {
+        expect(pkg.XmlNode).toBeDefined();
+    });
+
+    it('should define XmlText', () => {
+        expect(pkg.XmlText).toBeDefined();
+    });
+});
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diff --git a/packages/xml-builder/__tests__/lib/XmlNode.ts b/packages/xml-builder/__tests__/lib/XmlNode.ts
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+++ b/packages/xml-builder/__tests__/lib/XmlNode.ts
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+import {XmlNode} from '../../lib/XmlNode';
+import {XmlText} from '../../lib/XmlText';
+
+describe('XmlNode', () => {
+    it('creates empty xml documents', () => {
+        const node = new XmlNode('Xml');
+        expect(node.toString()).toBe('<Xml/>');
+    });
+
+    it('nests elements', () => {
+        const node = new XmlNode('xml', [
+            new XmlNode('element')
+        ]);
+        expect(node.toString()).toBe('<xml><element/></xml>');
+    });
+
+    it('nests elements deeply', () => {
+        const node = new XmlNode('xml', [
+            new XmlNode('a', [
+                new XmlNode('b', [
+                    new XmlNode('c')
+                ])
+            ])
+        ]);
+        expect(node.toString()).toBe('<xml><a><b><c/></b></a></xml>');
+    });
+    
+    it('supports flat elements with nested elements', () => {
+        const node = new XmlNode('xml', [
+            new XmlNode('a', [
+                new XmlNode('b')
+            ]),
+            new XmlNode('c')
+        ]);
+        expect(node.toString()).toBe('<xml><a><b/></a><c/></xml>');
+    });
+
+    it('accepts element values', () => {
+        const node = new XmlNode('xml', [
+            new XmlNode('element', [
+                new XmlText('value')
+            ])
+        ]);
+        expect(node.toString()).toBe('<xml><element>value</element></xml>');
+    });
+
+    it('accepts element attributes', () => {
+        const node = new XmlNode('xml', [
+            new XmlNode('el')
+                .addAttribute('abc', 123)
+                .addAttribute('mno', 'xyz')
+        ]);
+        expect(node.toString()).toBe('<xml><el abc="123" mno="xyz"/></xml>');
+    });
+
+    it('accepts element values and attributes at the same time', () => {
+        const node = new XmlNode('xml', [
+            new XmlNode('el', [
+                new XmlText('value')
+            ]).addAttribute('abc', 'xyz')
+        ]);
+        expect(node.toString()).toBe('<xml><el abc="xyz">value</el></xml>');
+    });
+
+    it('accepts attributes on outer elements', () => {
+        const node = new XmlNode('xml', [
+            new XmlNode('out', [
+                new XmlNode('c')
+            ]).addAttribute('a', 'b')
+        ]).addAttribute('xmlns', 'abc');
+        expect(node.toString()).toBe('<xml xmlns="abc"><out a="b"><c/></out></xml>');
+    });
+
+    it('ignores null and undefined attributes', () => {
+        const node:any = new XmlNode('xml');
+        expect(Object.keys(node.attributes).length).toBe(0);
+        node.addAttribute('foo', null);
+        node.addAttribute('bar', undefined);
+        node.addAttribute('baz', 123);
+        node.addAttribute('bingo', 'bongo');
+        expect(node.toString()).toBe('<xml baz="123" bingo="bongo"/>');
+    });
+
+    it('escapes attribute values and element text', () => {
+        const node = new XmlNode('xml', [
+            new XmlNode('this & that')
+        ]).addAttribute('xmlns', 'a"b');
+        expect(node.toString()).toBe('<xml xmlns="a&quot;b"><this & that/></xml>');
+    });
+
+    describe('addAttribute', () => {
+        it('adds an attribute to the XmlNode', () => {
+            const node:any = new XmlNode('xml');
+            expect(node.attributes['foo']).toBeUndefined();
+            node.addAttribute('foo', 'bar');
+            expect(node.attributes['foo']).toBe('bar');
+        });
+
+        it('returns a reference to the XmlNode', () => {
+            const node = new XmlNode('xml');
+            expect(node.addAttribute('foo', 'bar')).toBe(node);
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe('addChildNode', () => {
+        it('adds a child to the XmlNode', () => {
+            const node:any = new XmlNode('xml');
+            expect(node.children.length === 0);
+            node.addChildNode(new XmlNode('foo'));
+            expect(node.children.length === 1);
+            expect(node.toString()).toBe('<xml><foo/></xml>');
+        });
+        
+        it('returns a reference to the XmlNode', () => {
+            const node = new XmlNode('xml');
+            expect(node.addChildNode(new XmlNode('foo'))).toBe(node);
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe('removeAttribute', () => {
+        it('removes an attribute from the XmlNode', () => {
+            const node:any = new XmlNode('xml');
+            node.addAttribute('foo', 'bar');
+            expect(node.attributes['foo']).toBe('bar');
+            node.removeAttribute('foo');
+            expect(node.attributes['foo']).toBeUndefined();
+        });
+
+        it('returns a reference to the XmlNode', () => {
+            const node = new XmlNode('xml');
+            expect(node.removeAttribute('foo')).toBe(node);
+        });
+    });
+});
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diff --git a/packages/xml-builder/__tests__/lib/XmlText.ts b/packages/xml-builder/__tests__/lib/XmlText.ts
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+++ b/packages/xml-builder/__tests__/lib/XmlText.ts
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+import {XmlText} from '../../lib/XmlText';
+
+describe('XmlText', () => {
+    it('escapes element text', () => {
+        const text = new XmlText('this & that are < or > "most"');
+        expect(text.toString()).toBe('this &amp; that are &lt; or &gt; "most"');
+    });
+});
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diff --git a/packages/xml-builder/__tests__/lib/escape-attribute.ts b/packages/xml-builder/__tests__/lib/escape-attribute.ts
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index 000000000000..d880f8a9f94c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/xml-builder/__tests__/lib/escape-attribute.ts
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+import {escapeAttribute} from '../../lib/escape-attribute';
+
+describe('escape-attribute', () => {
+    it('escapes: & < > "', () => {
+        const value = 'abc 123 &<>"%';
+        expect(escapeAttribute(value)).toBe('abc 123 &amp;&lt;&gt;&quot;%');
+    });
+});
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diff --git a/packages/xml-builder/__tests__/lib/escape-element.ts b/packages/xml-builder/__tests__/lib/escape-element.ts
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index 000000000000..337b6a98bfd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/xml-builder/__tests__/lib/escape-element.ts
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+import {escapeElement} from '../../lib/escape-element';
+
+describe('escape-element', () => {
+    it('escapes: & < >', () => {
+        const value = 'abc 123 &<>"%';
+        expect(escapeElement(value)).toBe('abc 123 &amp;&lt;&gt;"%');
+    });
+});
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diff --git a/packages/xml-builder/index.ts b/packages/xml-builder/index.ts
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+++ b/packages/xml-builder/index.ts
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+export * from './lib/XmlNode';
+export * from './lib/XmlText';
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diff --git a/packages/xml-builder/lib/XmlNode.ts b/packages/xml-builder/lib/XmlNode.ts
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+++ b/packages/xml-builder/lib/XmlNode.ts
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+import {escapeAttribute} from './escape-attribute';
+import {Stringable} from './stringable';
+
+/**
+ * Represents an XML node.
+ */
+export class XmlNode {
+
+    private attributes: {[name: string]: any} = {};
+
+    constructor(private name: string, private children: Stringable[] = []) {}
+
+    addAttribute(name: string, value: any): XmlNode {
+        this.attributes[name] = value;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    addChildNode(child: Stringable): XmlNode {
+        this.children.push(child);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    removeAttribute(name: string): XmlNode {
+        delete this.attributes[name];
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    toString(): string {
+        const hasChildren = Boolean(this.children.length);
+        let xmlText = `<${this.name}`;
+        // add attributes
+        const attributes = this.attributes;
+        for (let attributeName of Object.keys(attributes)) {
+            let attribute = attributes[attributeName];
+            if (typeof attribute !== 'undefined' && attribute !== null) {
+                xmlText += ` ${attributeName}="${escapeAttribute('' + attribute)}"`;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return xmlText += !hasChildren ? '/>' : `>${this.children.map(c => c.toString()).join('')}</${this.name}>`;
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/packages/xml-builder/lib/XmlText.ts b/packages/xml-builder/lib/XmlText.ts
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index 000000000000..f5bf8e660c2d
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+++ b/packages/xml-builder/lib/XmlText.ts
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+import {escapeElement} from './escape-element';
+import {Stringable} from './stringable';
+/**
+ * Represents an XML text value.
+ */
+export class XmlText implements Stringable {
+    constructor(private value: string) {}
+
+    toString(): string {
+        return escapeElement('' + this.value);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/packages/xml-builder/lib/escape-attribute.ts b/packages/xml-builder/lib/escape-attribute.ts
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index 000000000000..22677c30d922
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+++ b/packages/xml-builder/lib/escape-attribute.ts
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+/**
+ * Escapes characters that can not be in an XML attribute.
+ */
+export function escapeAttribute(value: string): string {
+    return value.replace(/&/g, '&amp;').replace(/</g, '&lt;').replace(/>/g, '&gt;').replace(/"/g, '&quot;');
+}
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diff --git a/packages/xml-builder/lib/escape-element.ts b/packages/xml-builder/lib/escape-element.ts
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index 000000000000..a8c808f5e51f
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+++ b/packages/xml-builder/lib/escape-element.ts
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+/**
+ * Escapes characters that can not be in an XML element.
+ */
+export function escapeElement(value: string): string {
+    return value.replace(/&/g, '&amp;').replace(/</g, '&lt;').replace(/>/g, '&gt;');
+}
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diff --git a/packages/xml-builder/lib/stringable.ts b/packages/xml-builder/lib/stringable.ts
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index 000000000000..ea5228679be8
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+++ b/packages/xml-builder/lib/stringable.ts
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+export interface Stringable {
+    toString(): string;
+}
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diff --git a/packages/xml-builder/package.json b/packages/xml-builder/package.json
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+++ b/packages/xml-builder/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "@aws/xml-builder",
+  "private": true,
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "description": "XML builder for the AWS SDK",
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/jest": "^19.2.3",
+    "jest": "^20.0.3",
+    "typescript": "^2.3"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@aws/service-model": "^0.0.1",
+    "@aws/types": "^0.0.1"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "prepublishOnly": "tsc",
+    "pretest": "tsc",
+    "test": "jest"
+  },
+  "author": "aws-javascript-sdk-team@amazon.com",
+  "license": "UNLICENSED"
+}
diff --git a/packages/xml-builder/tsconfig.json b/packages/xml-builder/tsconfig.json
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+++ b/packages/xml-builder/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compileOnSave": true,
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "target": "es5",
+        "strict": true,
+        "sourceMap": true,
+        "declaration": true
+    },
+    "exclude": ["node_modules"]
+}