XmlReader.Item gets the value of the attribute with the specified Name.
Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml
Public Class Sample
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim doc As New XmlDocument()
doc.Load("books.xml")
Dim nodeReader As New XmlNodeReader(doc)
Dim settings As New XmlReaderSettings()
settings.ValidationType = ValidationType.Schema
settings.Schemas.Add("urn:bookstore-schema", "books.xsd")
Dim reader As XmlReader = XmlReader.Create(nodeReader, settings)
reader.ReadToDescendant("book")
Dim isbn As String = reader("ISBN")
Console.WriteLine("The ISBN value: " + isbn)
End Sub
End Class