Describe the basic schema of a .config file.
Configuration File Schema for the .NET Framework
Configuration Files are standard XML files.
The elements that implement configuration settings are:
<configuration> Element is the top-level element for all configuration files.
<assemblyBinding> Element specifies assembly binding policy at the configuration level.
<linkedConfiguration> Element specifies a configuration file to include.
The configuration schema is for the machine configuration file, application configuration files, and the security configuration file. The following schemas describe their element purposes:
Startup Settings Schema - specification of version of the CLR to be used.
Runtime Settings Schema - configuration of assembly binding and runtime behavior.
Network Settings Schema - specification of .NET connection to the Internet.
Cryptography Settings Schema - mapping friendly algorithm names to classes that implement cryptography algorithms.
Configuration Sections Schema - creation and use of configuration sections for custom settings.
Trace and Debug Settings Schema - specification of trace switches and listeners.
Compiler and Language Provider Settings Schema - specification of compiler configuration for available language providers.
Application Settings Schema - enabling Windows Forms or ASP.NET applications to store and retrieve application-scoped and user-scoped settings.
