Added a small patch to basic_xml_grammer.ipp NameSpaceMSft = str_p(L"xmlns:xsi") >> Eq >> L'"' >> str_p(L"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance") >> L'"' >> S >> str_p(L"xmlns:xsi") >> Eq >> L'"' >> str_p(L"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema") >> L'"' ; SerializationWrapper = !S >> str_p(L"> S | SignatureAttribute >> S >> VersionAttribute >> !S >> L'>' | NameSpaceMSft >> S >> SignatureAttribute >> S >> VersionAttribute >> !S

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L'>' ;

and basic_xml_grapper.hpp, added NameSpaceMsft to the rules table NameTail, AttributeList, NameSpaceMSft, S; Now it is is possible to use .NET XmlSerializer to generate and consume boost XML serialzation data. "tcmichals" wrote in message news:fbpns3$laq$1@sea.gmane.org...

Creating an application to send XML formatted data to this class that uses boost serialization, the issue is the name spaces in the boost_serialization tag; for example shown below... <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE boost_serialization > http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" signature="serialization::archive" version="4">... looking at the rule for parsing, SerializationWrapper = !S >> str_p(L"> S >> SignatureAttribute >> S >> VersionAttribute >> !S >> L'>' Is there a way to change the rules to allow skipping the namespaces? all of the elements are there but there are a few extra? The issue is trying to change the XML parser not to generate may not be possible .NET.