c# XML Schema validation

Question

I have a nice XML file like this:

Answer 1

You need to set default namespace in your xml, like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"  ?>
    <Assets xmlns="http://tempuri.org/data.xsd">
        <Asset>
            <FileName>Boomerang - Error codes.xlsx</FileName>
            <DisplayName>Boomerang - Error codes</DisplayName>
            <Description>This is the Boomerang error codes file</Description>
            <Tags>
                <Tag>Excel</Tag>
                <Tag>Boomerang</Tag>
            </Tags>
            <Categories>
                <Category>1</Category>
                <Category>4</Category>
            </Categories>
        </Asset>
        <Asset>
            <FileName>Issue Tracker v5.xlsx</FileName>
            <Description>This is the issue tracker for Skipstone</Description>
            <Tags>
                <Tag>Excel</Tag>
                <Tag>Skipstone</Tag>
            </Tags>
            <Categories>
                <Category>1</Category>
                <Category>4</Category>
            </Categories>
        </Asset>
    </Assets>

Also, there is a number of other problems:

Path attribute is not defined in schema, 'Assetd' element is not defined. maxOccurs="unbounded" need to be set in schema for xs:element name="Asset"

In case if you cannot modify xml, you need to remove target schema from xsd:

<xs:schema id="data"
    xmlns:mstns="http://tempuri.org/data.xsd"
    xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
>

And register schema like this:

settings.Schemas.Add(null, "data.xsd");