[jQuery] how to parse data obtained from jquery ajax call

[jQuery] how to parse data obtained from jquery ajax call


$(document).ready(function() {
    $.ajax({url: '/page/test.html',
type: 'GET',
dataType: 'html',
timeout: 5000,
error: function(){
                alert('error');
},
success: function(data){
var dom = $("div/p",data);
                $('#parse_result').append(dom);
}
});
});
// test HTML
<div>

<a>test dom tree</a>


</div>
I just can't get the code work because dom is always null
actual html is more complex, I just want to use the xpath to navigate
through the getted html
of course this is perhaps not the best way to do this
if you know a powerful way( I mean have xpath navigate ability) to
parse html pages at server side please do let me know, thanks very
much