Getting the XML of SharePoint 2007 list

1. Navigate to the SharePoint site that contains the list, for example:
http://contoso/sites/sales/Sales%20Contacts/Forms/AllItems.aspx
2. Go to “Modify settings and columns”
3. Copy the List={GUID} portion of the URL and paste this into a buffer like a Notepad window.
4. In Notepad, create the following URL (the blue portion us taken from the step 1 URL, and the red portion must be added.

http://contoso/sites/sales/_vti_bin/owssvr.dll?Cmd=Display&List={GUID}&XMLDATA=TRUE