Applied XML Programming for Microsoft® .NET

Customizing the XML Schema for Your Data

The predefined XML schema for configuration files fits the bill in most cases, but when you have complex and structured information to preserve across application sessions, none of the existing schemas appear to be powerful enough. At this point, you have two possible workarounds. You can simply avoid using a standard configuration file and instead use a plain XML file written according to the schema that you feel is appropriate for the data. Alternatively, you can embed your XML configuration data in the standard application configuration file but provide a tailor-made configuration section handler to read it. A third option exists. You could insert the data in the configuration file, register the section ...