title: Nested ASP.NET 'application' within IIS inheriting parent config values?
body: <p>I currently have 2 x ASP.NET 3.5 web applications in IIS7 (lets call them WebParent and WebChild).</p>
  
  <p>WebChild is nested within the WebParent listing in IIS7 and is set up as an application (rather than just a virtual directory within WebParent). Both currently use their own (Classic) application pool.</p>
  
  <p>Both WebParent and WebChild have their own fully defined web.config files in their own root directories.</p>
  
  <p>I had assumed that seeing as WebChild is defined as an 'Application' within IIS, that it would not inherit anything from the WebParent configuration file. However, despite this configuration, I am seeing errors related to various elements within the web.config already being defined (which is correct, there are a couple items that are in both config files, but I thought they should be treated completely independently from one another)?</p>
  
  <p>Can anyone please clarify why this might be occurring?</p>