dotnet xml: I have the following code snipet:

....
_xmldocManifest.Load(strManifestAbsolutePath)

Dim manifestNSManager As XmlNamespaceManager = New
XmlNamespaceManager(_xmldocManifest.NameTable)
manifestNSManager.AddNamespace(String.Empty,
"http://www.imsproject.org/xsd/imscp_rootv1p1p2")
manifestNSManager.AddNamespace("ns",
"http://www.imsproject.org/xsd/imscp_rootv1p1p2")
manifestNSManager.AddNamespace("adlcp",
"http://www.adlnet.org/xsd/adlcp_rootv1p2")
manifestNSManager.AddNamespace("xsd", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema")
manifestNSManager.AddNamespace("xsi",
"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance")
manifestNSManager.AddNamespace("schemaLocation",
"http://www.imsproject.org/xsd/imscp_rootv1p1p2 imscp_rootv1p1p2.xsd
http://www.imsglobal.org/xsd/imsmd_rootv1p2p1 imsmd_rootv1p2p1.xsd
http://www.adlnet.org/xsd/adlcp_rootv1p2 adlcp_rootv1p2.xsd")
manifestNSManager.PushScope()

However the following statement returns nothing (for the XML below):

_xmldocManifest.SelectSingleNode("//metadata", manifestNSManager)

But if I remove the first attribute of the manifest node
(xmlns=http://www.imsproject.org/xsd/imscp_rootv1p1p2) it works fine and I
can navigate the xml document with no problems. Any thoughts?

Note the following state works fine without removing the attribute:

_xmldocManifest.SelectSingleNode("//adlcp:location", manifestNSManager)


XML SNIPET:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<manifest xmlns="http://www.imsproject.org/xsd/imscp_rootv1p1p2"
xmlns:adlcp="http://www.adlnet.org/xsd/adlcp_rootv1p2"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.imsproject.org/xsd/imscp_rootv1p1p2
imscp_rootv1p1p2.xsd http://www.adlnet.org/xsd/adlcp_rootv1p2
adlcp_rootv1p2.xsd"
identifier="x-ims-plirid-v0.DUNS.05-107-9929.mfstid.en_US_11953">
<metadata>
<schema>ADL SCORM</schema>
<schemaversion>1.2</schemaversion>
<adlcp:location>en_US_11953/en_US_11953.xml</adlcp:location>
</metadata>
</manifest>

* need2scuba wrote in microsoft.public.dotnet.xml:
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This does not work the way you think it would.

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Use

_xmldocManifest.SelectSingleNode("//ns:metadata", manifestNSManager)

instead.
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Hi,

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"http://www.imsproject.org/xsd/imscp_rootv1p1p2")

This statement means the default namespace for manifestNSManager is
"http://www.imsproject.org/xsd/imscp_rootv1p1p2".

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If the XPath expression does not include a prefix, it is assumed that the
namespace URI is the empty namespace. (xlmns="") Otherwise, if your XML
includes a default namespace, you must add a prefix and namespace URI to
it; otherwise, you will not get a selected node.

As Bjoern said, you can use
_xmldocManifest.SelectSingleNode("//ns:metadata", manifestNSManager)
instead.

Hope this helps. Please feel free to reply here if you have anything
unclear. I'm glad to assist you.

Have a great day,
Sincerely,
Wen Yuan

Hello,

Have you resolved the issue now?
If it still persists or you have anything unclear, please don't hesitate to
update here. I'm glad to assis you.

Have a great day,
Sincerely,
Wen Yuan