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Reputation: 3685

Cannot create XML tag with colon in name via XElement

I need to create XML tags with name geo:lat and geo:long for creating an GeoRSS feed. But it throws

The ':' character, hexadecimal value 0x3A, cannot be included in a name.

Part of the code is this:

 XElement("geo:lat", item.Latitude);
 XElement("geo:long", item.Longitude);

How can I achieve this format in C# ?

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?xml-stylesheet href="/eqcenter/catalogs/rssxsl.php?feed=eqs7day-M5.xml" type="text/xsl" 
              media="screen"?>
<rss version="2.0" 
  xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" 
  xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
<channel>
 <title>USGS M5+ Earthquakes</title>
 <description>Real-time, worldwide earthquake list for the past 7 days</description>
 <link>https://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/</link>
 <dc:publisher>U.S. Geological Survey</dc:publisher>
 <pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:56:15 PST</pubDate>
 <item>
   <pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 05:24:17 GMT</pubDate>
   <title>M 5.3, northern Sumatra, Indonesia</title>
   <description>December 28, 2007 05:24:17 GMT</description>
 <link>https://example.com</link>
   <geo:lat>5.5319</geo:lat>
   <geo:long>95.8972</geo:long>
 </item>

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1117

Answers (1)

Backs
Backs

Reputation: 24903

geo is namespace prefix of name lat and lon.

XNamespace geo = "http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#";
XNamespace dc= "http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";

XElement(geo + "lat", item.Latitude);
XElement(geo + "long", item.Longitude);

Upvotes: 6

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