[CS3] [JS] add XML Element to Insertion Points

hi list,
i'll do some text parsing in indesign cs3 intended to add some xml elements to my document.
i just wonder why i can't markup an insertion point. is the following approach correct? The code works fine, only the return value (stored in the _xml variable) is not the new element but the parent element. The same code works without using the insertion point (marking up the text object [xmlElements.add(_dokument.xmlTags.item("index") , erg[0]))] ).
Any ideas or thoughts?
var _dokument = app.activeDocument;
main ();
// ** main ()
function main() {
//Set the find options.
app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.changeGrepPreferences= NothingEnum.nothing;
//find any string encloased by @
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "@.*?@";
erg = _dokument.findGrep();
while (erg.length > 0) {
_xml = _dokument.xmlElements[0].xmlElements.item("text").xmlElements.add(_dokument.xmlTags.item( "index") , erg[0].insertionPoints[0]);
erg[0].contents = "";
erg = _dokument.findGrep();

hi dave,
gui testing is always a good idea :-) but in this case the behaviour is different:
your observation is correct (anyway at least a strange behaviour compared to any xml editing tool i know == how adobe intended to insert an empty element?), tagging in the gui a tagged insertion point tags the whole story.
in the script a new element is added but the return value is the parent element (the xmlElement of the whole story).
this causes a problem when i add an attribute (the intention of the above script is to add references) which is added to the parent element.
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