Xml always include properties.ps1

[xml]$doc = gc (Join-Path $PSScriptRoot './sample.xml')

[xml]$Doc = @'
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
    <setting name = "logLevel" value = "verbose" />
    <setting name = "root" value = "c:/foo" desc = "users root dir" />
</configuration>
'@

$script:ErrorActionPreference = 'Continue'

$settings = $doc.SelectNodes('/configuration/setting')
$settings | ft -auto

$allAttrNames = $settings.Attributes.Name | Sort-object -Unique
$summary = $settings | %{
    [System.Xml.XmlElement] $elem = $_

    $record = @{}
    $allAttrNames | %{
        $record[ $elem ] = ''
    }
    $allAttrNames | %{
        $name  = $_
        $value = $elem.Attributes[ $name ].Value ?? ''
        $record[ $name  ] = $value
        # $value = $elem.GetAttribute( $name ) ?? 'fallback'
    }
    [pscustomobject]$record
}
$summary | Ft -auto