Remove xml namespaces from WCF restful response

Question

I am using WCF to return a plain old XML (POX) document to the caller. I am using the XML Serializer formatter to turn the objects into XML.

In the returned docum

Answer 1

I assume you are trying instead of getting something like this at the beginning of your xml:

You want just:

Sadly, I haven't seen an easy way yet to remove those fields. I was googling for solutions and most of the options for removing it require creating your own Message inspector, or your own encoder.