Hello,

I have a question I cannot decide which one of these options
I opt. 

Please help me in identifying with pros & cons in terms
of usability,
performance, strategic solution

I getting a XML String from a web service method which I
need to
validate and read values in C#.

Sample XML:
		<people>
			<FirstName>ABC</FirstName>

			<LastName>ABC</LastName>

			<CurrentlyAvialableInd>Y</CurrentlyAvialableInd&
gt;

			<PeopleAddress>
				<Add1>Main Street</Add1>
			</PeopleAddress>

			<PeopleAddress>
				<Add1>Milk Street</Add2>
			</PeopleAddress>	

			<AvialableInfo>
				<when>10-2</when>
				<where>CA</where>
				<how>via e-mail</how>
			<AvialableInfo>
			.
			.
			.
		</people>

The 3 options are:

	1. Use XSD for validation and XPath Query for reading the
data

	2. Only Use XPath for Validation and Reading

	3. Use ReadXML method of Dataset.

Please, before jump to a conculsion, consider these points:
	1. The XML I am getting is not normalized means I have a
same
child node in the root node for e.g.
"PeopleAddress" node

	2. It is a big XML file which I am interested in few nodes

	3. If "CurrentlyAvialableInd" element value is
"N" then
"AvialableInfo" Node do not exist.

I really appreciate any response. 

Thanks in advance,
		








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