http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/PermaLink.aspx?guid=51908783-d75d-4924-ac37-c19f25dbac44

In the next version of the .NET Framework we are moving away from the XmlTextReader and XmlValidating reader. Instead we will emphasize programming directly to the XmlReader and will provide an implementation of the factory design patterns which returns different XmlReader instances based on which features the user is interested.