static void CreateXML(string outputPath)        {            XmlDocument _xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();            string _xmlNode = @"<books type=‘ITP‘ language=‘english‘><metadata></metadata></books>";            _xmlDoc.LoadXml(_xmlNode);            XmlDeclaration _xmlDeclar = _xmlDoc.CreateXmlDeclaration("1.0", "UTF-8", "no");            XmlElement _root = _xmlDoc.DocumentElement;            _xmlDoc.InsertBefore(_xmlDeclar, _root);            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(outputPath))            {                _xmlDoc.Save(outputPath);            }        }

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?><books type="ITP" language="english"><metadata></metadata></books>