// some statements wrapped for NNTP clarity...

XmlWriterSettings settings =
new XmlWriterSettings();
settings.CheckCharacters = true;
settings.CloseOutput = true;

using (XmlWriter writer =
XmlWriter.Create(writerFileMapPath, settings))
{

writer.WriteStartDocument();
writer.WriteStartElement("rss");
writer.WriteAttributeString("version", "2.0");

// Atom namespace
writer.WriteAttributeString("xmlns",
       "atom", null,
       "http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom");
...
// W3C recommended usage for link element
#region Task: <link> element...
if (link.Length != 0)
    writer.WriteStartElement("atom:link");
    writer.WriteAttributeString("href", link);
    writer.WriteAttributeString("rel", "self");
    writer.WriteAttributeString("type",
           "application/rss+xml");
    writer.WriteEndElement();
#endregion
...
writer.WriteEndElement();
writer.WriteEndDocument();
writer.Close();
}


"Martin Honnen" <mahotrash@y...> wrote in message 
news:OpaDGSDFJHA.1460@T......
> Hillbilly wrote:
>> What? I have the atom namespace declared correctly and I'm wondering why 
>> the XmlWriter has a problem with this element?
>
> Can you show us your exact code that gives the error?
>
>
> -- 
>
> Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
> http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/