Enable Comment XML in InDesign

Hi All,
I want to enable all comment tag in InDesign before exporting to xml. It is viewed in InDesign Structure Panel like the following picture.
Thanks,
Mahesh

Hi Moorthy
I understand that you want to to work with XML. I just don't get what excactly you want to performe. What do you mean with «enable all comments».
Please give us more information, which version of indesign you use and an example file would also be helpfull.
kind regards
Dani (from Switzerland)

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
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JONES 2975
MARTIN 1250
BLAKE 2850
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KING 5000
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JAMES 950
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JONES 2975
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