I'm developing an application that will use a XML configuration file as the main engine for holding information that is required for the application.

I had planned on using the .NET 2.0 configuration sections and developing custom ConfigurationSections and ConfigurationElements. But it got me thinking of what are the benefits of technology versus using an XSD Schema to create a serializable class that could load the XML.

What are the benefits of using the .NET 2.0 ConfigurationSections / ConfigurationElements versus XML Serialization?

Thanks