.Net XML parser, with attribute search and tolerance for special characters

Question

.NET

It is very necessary for parsing a .net workflow machine (state machine, extension - .xoml). Attributes of the form "x: Name", tried to use XmlDocument - spits and does not eat. Is there really no such thing and you have to write a bicycle?

Answer 1

Everything was invented before us:
Parsing XML: Colon in my element causes XPath to miss it
c# parse xml with a namespace

Answer 2

Have you tried searching on codeplex?
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