XmlReader.Item gets the value of the attribute with the specified Name.
Imports System Imports System.IO Imports System.Xml Public Class Sample Public Shared Sub Main() Dim doc As New XmlDocument() doc.Load("books.xml") Dim nodeReader As New XmlNodeReader(doc) Dim settings As New XmlReaderSettings() settings.ValidationType = ValidationType.Schema settings.Schemas.Add("urn:bookstore-schema", "books.xsd") Dim reader As XmlReader = XmlReader.Create(nodeReader, settings) reader.ReadToDescendant("book") Dim isbn As String = reader("ISBN") Console.WriteLine("The ISBN value: " + isbn) End Sub End Class