Tutorial on XML namespaces?

[Jon Davis]

I would like to parse RSS 1.0 (not RSS 2.0) files. But I don't know how to
work with these XML namespaces! And when namespaces are improperly used in
RSS 2.0 files, I don't know how to deal with them and exceptions keep
getting thrown! Does anyone have a tutorial or know of one that deals with
XML namespaces with the .NET framework, preferably in C#, or maybe a good
book to read? I just got my hands on Applied XML Programming for Microsoft
..NET, but it does NOT properly distinguish XML namespaces and how to work
with them.

Thanks for any help.

Jon

[TomB]

There are some RSS readers available, with source code, you could see how
they work.

http://www.gotdotnet.com/community/w...aspx?query=rss

http://www.gotdotnet.com/Community/W...7-122e3703bb00

http://www.gotdotnet.com/Community/W...5-b6634d1a6a5a

I'm pretty sure I remember there being one on msdn as well? But that may be
bandit.

TomB

"Jon Davis" <jo*@REMOVE.ME.PLEASE.jondavis.net> wrote in message
news:uL*************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

I would like to parse RSS 1.0 (not RSS 2.0) files. But I don't know how to
work with these XML namespaces! And when namespaces are improperly used in
RSS 2.0 files, I don't know how to deal with them and exceptions keep
getting thrown! Does anyone have a tutorial or know of one that deals with
XML namespaces with the .NET framework, preferably in C#, or maybe a good
book to read? I just got my hands on Applied XML Programming for Microsoft
.NET, but it does NOT properly distinguish XML namespaces and how to work
with them.

Thanks for any help.

Jon

[Oleg Tkachenko [MVP]]

Jon Davis wrote:

I would like to parse RSS 1.0 (not RSS 2.0) files. But I don't know how to
work with these XML namespaces! And when namespaces are improperly used in
RSS 2.0 files, I don't know how to deal with them and exceptions keep
getting thrown! Does anyone have a tutorial or know of one that deals with
XML namespaces with the .NET framework, preferably in C#, or maybe a good
book to read? I just got my hands on Applied XML Programming for Microsoft
.NET, but it does NOT properly distinguish XML namespaces and how to work
with them.

First get strong understanding of namespaces -
http://www.jclark.com/xml/xmlns.htm.
Then take a look at "XML Namespaces and How They Affect XPath and XSLT"
at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...asp?frame=true

--
Oleg Tkachenko [XML MVP, XmlInsider]
http://blog.tkachenko.com