Ok, to follow up (and it's all reading-related, as writing is secondary atm): @pünktchen, yes, "tomatometerallcritics" is parsed correctly and assigned to <criticrating>. Also default="true" is respected throughout the <ratings> tree.  So, in general, desired results CAN be achieved in certain scenarios, while failing in others: 1) Rating IMDB, default + rating RT Critics / parsed properly, <rating> and <criticrating> associated correctly 2) Rating IMD