using System; using System.Linq; using System.Collections; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Xml; using System.Xml.Linq; public class MainClass { public static void Main() { XElement firstParticipant; XDocument xDocument = new XDocument( new XElement("Books", firstParticipant = new XElement("Book", new XAttribute("type", "Author"), new XElement("FirstName", "J"), new XElement("LastName", "R")))); Console.WriteLine(firstParticipant.Attribute("type").Value); } }