XAttribute.IsNamespaceDeclaration
Imports System Imports System.Xml Imports System.Xml.XPath Public Class MainClass Public Shared Sub Main() Dim root As XElement = <aw:Root xmlns:aw='http://www.domain.com' aw:Att='content'/> For Each att As XAttribute In root.Attributes() If (att.IsNamespaceDeclaration) Then Console.WriteLine("{0} is a namespace declaration", att.Name) Else Console.WriteLine("{0} is not a namespace declaration", att.Name) End If Next End Sub End Class