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XmlDocument is an in-memory representation of an XML document. Its object model and the methods that its types expose conform to a pattern defined by the W3C. So, if you’re familiar with another W3C-compliant XML DOM (e.g., in Java), you’ll be at home with XmlDocument. When compared to the X-DOM, however, the W3C model is much “clunkier.”
The base type for all objects in an XmlDocument tree is XmlNode. The following types derive from XmlNode: