Remove namespace in XML from ASP.NET Web API

Question

How do I remove the namespace from the xml response below using Web API?

<ApiDivisionsResponse xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/GrassrootsHoops.Models.Api.Response">
<Divisions xmlns:d2p1="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/GrassrootsHoops.Data.Entities">
<d2p1:Page>1</d2p1:Page>
<d2p1:PageSize>10</d2p1:PageSize>
<d2p1:Results xmlns:d3p1="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/GrassrootsHoops.Models.Api.Response.Divisions"/>
<d2p1:Total>0</d2p1:Total>
</Divisions>
</ApiDivisionsResponse>

Answer 1

Option 1 is to switch to using XmlSerializer in GlobalConfiguration:

config.Formatters.XmlFormatter.UseXmlSerializer = true;

Option 2 is to decorate your models with

[DataContract(Namespace="")]

(and if you do so, you'd need to decorate the members with [DataMember] attributes).