XmlReader.LocalName Property gets the local name of the current node.
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("book2.xml") While reader.Read() If reader.IsStartElement() Then If reader.Prefix = String.Empty Then Console.WriteLine("<{0}>", reader.LocalName) Else Console.Write("<{0}:{1}>", reader.Prefix, reader.LocalName) Console.WriteLine(" The namespace URI is " + reader.NamespaceURI) End If End If End While reader.Close() End Sub End Class