using System;
using System.Xml;

public class Test
{
	public static void Main()
	{
		var xml = @"<?xml version=""1.0""?>
<listOfItems>
  <Item id=""1""> 
    <attribute1 type=""foo""/>
    <attribute2 type=""bar""/>
    <property type=""x""/>
    <property type=""y""/>
    <attribute3 type=""z""/>
  </Item>
  <Item id=""2"">
    <attribute1 type=""aaa""/>
    <attribute2 type=""bbb""/>
    <property type=""ccc""/>
    <property type=""ddd""/>
    <attribute3 type=""ee""/>
  </Item>
</listOfItems>";

var xmldoc = new XmlDocument();
xmldoc.LoadXml(xml);
XmlNodeList nodes = xmldoc.GetElementsByTagName("Item");
foreach(XmlNode node in nodes)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Node={0} type id={1}", node.Name, node.Attributes["id"].Value);
   foreach(XmlNode child in node.SelectNodes("property"))
   {
        Console.WriteLine("    Name={0} type attribute={1}", child.Name, child.Attributes["type"].Value);
   }
}
	}
}