I have another XML structure that I need to verify. Basically, I would like to know if this is a good structure or not. Here is an XML example:

<Root>
  <FirstName>Michel</FirstName>
  <LastName>Michel</LastName>
  <Phones>
    <PhoneDetail>
      <Tel>783-9007</Tel>
      <Extension>111</Extension>
      <Type>Home</Type>
      <Code>506</Code>
    </PhoneDetail>
    <PhoneDetail>
      <Tel>783-9008</Tel>
      <Extension>222</Extension>
      <Type>Cellular</Type>
      <Code>507</Code>
    </PhoneDetail>
  </Phones>
</Root>

With that first example, someone could obtain the NodeList of all nodes under Phones to obtain the child records of the employee in regards to his phone numbers.

Now, lets look at this example:

<Root>
  <FirstName>Michel</FirstName>
  <LastName>Michel</LastName>
  <PhoneDetail>
    <Tel>783-9007</Tel>
    <Extension>111</Extension>
    <Type>Home</Type>
    <Code>506</Code>
  </PhoneDetail>
  <PhoneDetail>
    <Tel>783-9008</Tel>
    <Extension>222</Extension>
    <Type>Cellular</Type>
    <Code>507</Code>
  </PhoneDetail>
</Root>

In this second example, the child records are not fully qualified. Thus, AFAIK, if someone wants to get all child records for the phone numbers, he will have to parse the entire XML in a big string and search for occurences of PhoneDetail, apply some processes, etc. I don't see any way to only get all the nodes of PhoneDetail, by the use of the XML objects in .NET, in this example as it is not fully qualified. Does this represent a good XML structure? If yes, how can someone use the XML objects in .NET to process the child records?