Does anyone want to get their hands dirty with .NET and XML?

[MyndFyre]

I'm completely redesigning my data access routines for my bot (hoping that they get to be faster and more memory-efficient, not to mention more functional).  Since it's designed with a plugin-type load system (so that it will use XML or Access or SQL Server or MySql, w/e), I'm nearing completion of the data API spec.  However, I'd like to focus on other aspects of my bot now instead of the database, because, quite frankly, it will take a lot of time.

So -- I'm looking for volunteers.  

I'd like to have both XML and Access database providers with the Beta 1 release.  I don't expect to have it done for a few months, so not a huge rush.  

The .NET XML routines are relatively neat -- but, you have to know how to use the Reader/Writer.  I've been using the XmlDocument and XmlNode classes, and they are insanely slow and crappy.  I understand that Reader isn't too slow, but meh, I'm not doing to well with getting them to work.

So -- anyone who wants to help out with that aspect, let me know  ty!

[Banana fanna fo fanna]

XmlSerializer is the class you want I think...but I'll stick to my conclusion that XML is a good markup language but a terribly crappy data storage/representation language. Go binary!