Remove namespace from generated XML in .NET

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XmlSerializer: remove unnecessary xsi and xsd namespaces

I'm generating some XML using XMLSerializer and a class marked up with attributes. This XML is sent to a REST web service.

It generates the following XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<person xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <first-name>API</first-name>
  <last-name>TestPersonDeleteMe</last-name>
  <title>Delete me</title>
</person>

All would be well, except the web service I'm using doesn't understand the schema stuff and throws a 500 error.

Is there a way to stop XmlSerializer adding 'xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"' to the person tag?

Yeah i would try and report that as a bug, a webservice that takes xml input but canot deal with the xml namesapce attributes is broken. Worst case is it should ignore them. — Ben Robinson, Jun 01 '10 at 14:41
I've reported it, but would still like someone to answer my question. I can't wait for them to fix it. — Richard Garside, Jun 01 '10 at 14:43
@BenRobinson Yeah - people's webservices are broken. I've just come here because of the same problems parsing XML if it has a namespace. Ho-hum. — Ian Grainger, Feb 01 '16 at 16:46

score 21 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 01 '10 at 14:56

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if you use custom serializer try this

XmlSerializerNamespaces namespaces = new XmlSerializerNamespaces();
namespaces.Add(string.Empty, string.Empty);

then add namespaces object to your serializer.

edited Jun 01 '10 at 14:56

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answered Jun 01 '10 at 14:43

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Remove namespace from generated XML in .NET

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