diff --git a/docs/v4/2.XMLparseOptions.md b/docs/v4/2.XMLparseOptions.md
index c012222c..b6102efc 100644
--- a/docs/v4/2.XMLparseOptions.md
+++ b/docs/v4/2.XMLparseOptions.md
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ When `preserveOrder: true` , you get some long ugly result. That's because this
 ```js
 const XMLdata = `
     <!--Students grades are uploaded by months-->
-    <class_list>
+    <class_list standard="3">
        <student>
          <!--Student details-->
          <!--A second comment-->
@@ -495,7 +495,10 @@ const XMLdata = `
                     }
                 ]
             }
-        ]
+        ],
+        "attributes": {
+            "standard" : "3"
+        }
     }
 ]
 ```
diff --git a/src/xmlparser/OrderedObjParser.js b/src/xmlparser/OrderedObjParser.js
index 6bfd3a70..ee9d3785 100644
--- a/src/xmlparser/OrderedObjParser.js
+++ b/src/xmlparser/OrderedObjParser.js
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ function buildAttributesMap(attrStr, jPath, options) {
 }
 
 const parseToOrderedJsObj = function(xmlData, options) {
-  xmlData = xmlData.replace(/\r\n?/g, "\n");
+  xmlData = xmlData.replace(/\r\n?/g, "\n"); //TODO: remove this line
   const xmlObj = new xmlNode('!xml');
   let currentNode = xmlObj;
   let textData = "";
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ const parseToOrderedJsObj = function(xmlData, options) {
             , currentNode.tagname
             , jPath
             ,false
-            , currentNode.attrsMap ? Object.keys(currentNode.attrsMap).length !== 0 : false
+            , currentNode.attributes ? Object.keys(currentNode.attributes).length !== 0 : false
             , Object.keys(currentNode.child).length === 0);
           if(textData !== undefined &&  textData !== "") currentNode.add(options.textNodeName, textData);
           textData = "";
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ const parseToOrderedJsObj = function(xmlData, options) {
               , currentNode.tagname
               , jPath
               ,false
-              , currentNode.attrsMap ? Object.keys(currentNode.attrsMap).length !== 0 : false
+              , currentNode.attributes ? Object.keys(currentNode.attributes).length !== 0 : false
               , Object.keys(currentNode.child).length === 0);
   
             if(textData !== undefined &&  textData !== "") currentNode.add(options.textNodeName, textData);
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ const parseToOrderedJsObj = function(xmlData, options) {
             , currentNode.tagname
             , jPath
             ,false
-            , currentNode.attrsMap ? Object.keys(currentNode.attrsMap).length !== 0 : false
+            , currentNode.attributes ? Object.keys(currentNode.attributes).length !== 0 : false
             , Object.keys(currentNode.child).length === 0);
 
           if(textData !== undefined &&  textData !== "") currentNode.add(options.textNodeName, textData);
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ const parseToOrderedJsObj = function(xmlData, options) {
               , currentNode.tagname
               , jPath
               , false
-              , currentNode.attrsMap ? Object.keys(currentNode.attrsMap).length !== 0 : false
+              , currentNode.attributes ? Object.keys(currentNode.attributes).length !== 0 : false
               , false);
             if(textData !== undefined &&  textData !== "") currentNode.add(options.textNodeName, textData);
             textData = "";
@@ -287,7 +287,8 @@ const parseToOrderedJsObj = function(xmlData, options) {
           jPath += jPath ? "." + tagName : tagName;
         }
 
-        if(tagExp.length > 0 && tagExp.lastIndexOf("/") === tagExp.length - 1){//selfClosing tag
+  //selfClosing tag
+        if(tagExp.length > 0 && tagExp.lastIndexOf("/") === tagExp.length - 1){
           
           if(tagName[tagName.length - 1] === "/"){ //remove trailing '/'
             tagName = tagName.substr(0, tagName.length - 1);
@@ -298,12 +299,14 @@ const parseToOrderedJsObj = function(xmlData, options) {
 
           const childNode = new xmlNode(tagName);
           if(tagName !== tagExp && shouldBuildAttributesMap){
-            childNode.attrsMap = buildAttributesMap(tagExp, jPath , options);
+            childNode.attributes = buildAttributesMap(tagExp, jPath , options);
           }
           jPath = jPath.substr(0, jPath.lastIndexOf("."));
           // tagsNodeStack.push(currentNode);
           currentNode.addChild(childNode);
-        }else{//opening tag
+        }
+  //opening tag
+        else{
           
           const childNode = new xmlNode( tagName);
           tagsNodeStack.push(currentNode);
@@ -311,7 +314,7 @@ const parseToOrderedJsObj = function(xmlData, options) {
           childNode.startIndex=closeIndex; //for further processing
           
           if(tagName !== tagExp && shouldBuildAttributesMap){
-            childNode.attrsMap = buildAttributesMap(tagExp, jPath, options);
+            childNode.attributes = buildAttributesMap(tagExp, jPath, options);
           }
           currentNode.addChild(childNode);
           currentNode = childNode;
diff --git a/src/xmlparser/xmlNode.js b/src/xmlparser/xmlNode.js
index a2c1e495..3e758cd5 100644
--- a/src/xmlparser/xmlNode.js
+++ b/src/xmlparser/xmlNode.js
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@ class XmlNode{
   constructor(tagname) {
     this.tagname = tagname;
     this.child = []; //nested tags, text, cdata, comments in order
-    this.attrsMap = {}; //attributes map
+    this.attributes = {}; //attributes map
   }
   add(key,val){
     // this.child.push( {name : key, val: val, isCdata: isCdata });
     this.child.push( {[key]: val });
   }
   addChild(node) {
-    if(node.attrsMap && Object.keys(node.attrsMap).length > 0){
-      this.child.push( { [node.tagname]: node.child, attributes: node.attrsMap });
+    if(node.attributes && Object.keys(node.attributes).length > 0){
+      this.child.push( { [node.tagname]: node.child, attributes: node.attributes });
     }else{
       this.child.push( { [node.tagname]: node.child });
     }