What is the best way to compare XML files for equality?

Question

I\'m using .NET 2.0, and a recent code change has invalidated my previous Assert.AreEqual call (which compared two strings of XML). Only one element of the XML is actually

Answer 1

Doing a simple string compare on a xml string not always work. Why ?

for example both :

and are equal from an xml standpoint ..

There are algorithms for converting making an xml always look the same, they are called canonicalization algorithms. .Net has support for canonicalization.