using System; using System.Linq; using System.Collections; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Xml; using System.Xml.Schema; using System.Xml.Linq; public class MainClass { public static void Main() { XDocument xDocument = new XDocument( new XElement("Books", new XElement("Book", new XAttribute("type", "Author"), new XElement("FirstName", "A"), new XElement("MiddleInitial", "C"), new XElement("LastName", "B")), new XElement("Book", new XAttribute("type", "Author"), new XElement("FirstName", "C"), new XElement("LastName", "D")))); Console.WriteLine(xDocument); XmlSchemaSet schemaSet = new XmlSchemaSet(); schemaSet.Add(null, "bookparticipants.xsd"); try { xDocument.Validate(schemaSet, null); } catch (XmlSchemaValidationException ex) { Console.WriteLine("Exception occurred: {0}", ex.Message); } } }