Use Linq to create XML document with a Namespace Specified
using System; using System.Linq; using System.Collections; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Xml; using System.Xml.Linq; public class MainClass { public static void Main() { XNamespace nameSpace = "http://www.java2s.com"; XElement xBooks = new XElement(nameSpace + "Books", new XElement(nameSpace + "Book", new XAttribute("type", "Author"), new XElement(nameSpace + "FirstName", "J"), new XElement(nameSpace + "LastName", "R")), new XElement(nameSpace + "Book", new XAttribute("type", "Author"), new XElement(nameSpace + "FirstName", "E"), new XElement(nameSpace + "LastName", "B"))); Console.WriteLine(xBooks.ToString()); } }