If you are using an Asp.net menu control with an Xml file, you may have a problem in that the root node is displayed.

For example, if your Xml file looks like this:

<Menu>
 <Item name="Item 1">
  <Item name="Item 1 1" />
  <Item name="Item 1 2" />
 </Item>
 <Item name="Item 2">
  <Item name="Item 2 1" />
  <Item name="Item 2 2" />
 </Item>
</Menu>

Your Asp.net menu control might display this:

Menu
  Item 1
     Item 1 1
     Item 1 2
  Item 2
     Item 2 1
     Item 2 2

But, you do not want the word Menu displayed first. What you want is this:

Item 1
   Item 1 1
   Item 1 2
Item 2
   Item 2 1
   Item 2 2

The way to eliminate the word Menu is to specify an Xpath attribute so only the Items are returned from the Xml file, like this:

<asp:XmlDataSource
XPath="Menu/Item"