C# XML Namespaces

[gotclout]

I've generated an XML document, and throughout the document the namespaces are displayed for each element. I would like to have all of the namespaces declared at the top of the document, and whenever the namespaces are referenced later in the document have an empty string appear "". Having the namespaces appear at all times is messy and clutters the document. How can I achieve this? I am using System.Xml.XmlDocument, System.Xml.NameTable nt, and System.Xml.XmlNamespaceManager.

[jkmyoung]

This is probably the result of the method you're using to generate this document. You're probably using a forward-write only type of xml writer, which basically writes the relevant parts of the document when each part is encountered, causing all the duplicate namespace information.

Could you show part of the code you're using to do this?
Do you have a list of namespaces in your document?
If not, you could use the xpath: //*/namespace::* to retrieve all of them.