You are looking at the HTML representation of the XML format.
HTML is good for debugging, but probably is not suitable for your application.
See complete documentation, or API help for more information. 
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <recentchanges>
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Cereali e legumi" rcid="8802" pageid="27" revid="8724" old_revid="7460" timestamp="2017-11-09T07:08:43Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Заглавная страница" rcid="8801" pageid="1" revid="8723" old_revid="5619" timestamp="2017-11-09T07:07:01Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Comunione dei beni" rcid="8800" pageid="1525" revid="8722" old_revid="8105" timestamp="2014-06-03T17:50:37Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="17 marzo" rcid="8799" pageid="1481" revid="8721" old_revid="6699" timestamp="2013-10-24T19:31:46Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Крепость в Веруккио" rcid="8798" pageid="2180" revid="8720" old_revid="8719" timestamp="2013-07-18T08:46:34Z" />
      <rc type="new" ns="0" title="Крепость в Веруккио" rcid="8797" pageid="2180" revid="8719" old_revid="0" timestamp="2013-07-18T08:46:19Z" />
      <rc type="log" ns="6" title="Файл:Verucchio.jpg" rcid="8796" pageid="0" revid="0" old_revid="0" timestamp="2013-07-18T08:40:27Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Исторический центр города Сан-Джиминьяно" rcid="8795" pageid="1859" revid="8717" old_revid="8239" timestamp="2013-06-25T19:27:19Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Raspo" rcid="8794" pageid="2177" revid="8716" old_revid="8715" timestamp="2013-05-20T16:11:37Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Raspo" rcid="8793" pageid="2177" revid="8715" old_revid="8714" timestamp="2013-05-20T15:57:19Z" />
    </recentchanges>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <recentchanges rcstart="2013-05-20T15:50:40Z" />
  </query-continue>
</api>