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Convert Rest response to DataSet at client c#

I'm returning a DataSet with my Rest Call. How can I read it back into a DataSet or JSON or XML at the client?

My server code is:
        public DataSet GetDataSet(string strSQL)
        {
            DataSet ds = new DataSet();
           //populate ds here
            return ds;
        }
my contract is:

        [OperationContract]
        [WebInvoke(Method = "GET", ResponseFormat = WebMessageFormat.Xml,
            BodyStyle = WebMessageBodyStyle.Wrapped, UriTemplate = "MyHttpGetDataSet/{value}")]
        DataSet GetDataSet(string value);

my client code is:
            HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
            String url = System.Web.HttpUtility.HtmlEncode("http://localhost:3729/HttpService.svc/MyHttpGetDataSet/SELECT id FROM Table1");

            HttpResponseMessage wcfResponse = client.GetAsync(url).Result;
            HttpContent stream = wcfResponse.Content;
            var data = stream.ReadAsStringAsync();

Reading data.Return.ToString() shows:
<GetDataSetResponse xmlns=\"http://tempuri.org/\"><GetDataSetResult><xs:schema id=\"NewDataSet\" xmlns:xs=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\" xmlns=\"\" xmlns:msdata=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata\"><xs:element name=\"NewDataSet\" msdata:IsDataSet=\"true\" msdata:UseCurrentLocale=\"true\"><xs:complexType><xs:choice minOccurs=\"0\" maxOccurs=\"unbounded\"><xs:element name=\"Table1\"><xs:complexType><xs:sequence><xs:element name=\"Branch\" type=\"xs:string\" minOccurs=\"0\"/></xs:sequence></xs:complexType></xs:element></xs:choice></xs:complexType></xs:element></xs:schema><diffgr:diffgram xmlns:diffgr=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-diffgram-v1\" xmlns:msdata=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata\"><NewDataSet xmlns=\"\"><Table1 diffgr:id=\"Table11\" msdata:rowOrder=\"0\"><Branch>Wholesale Department</Branch></Table1><Table1 diffgr:id=\"Table12\" msdata:rowOrder=\"1\"><Branch>Brisbane Sales</Branch></Table1><Table1 diffgr:id=\"Table13\" msdata:rowOrder=\"2\"><Branch>Mackay Sales</Branch></Table1><Table1 diffgr:id=\"Table14\" msdata:rowOrder=\"3\"><Branch>Sydney Sales</Branch></Table1><Table1 diffgr:id=\"Table15\" msdata:rowOrder=\"4\"><Branch>Melbourne Sales</Branch></Table1><Table1 diffgr:id=\"Table16\" msdata:rowOrder=\"5\"><Branch>Adelaide Sales</Branch></Table1><Table1 diffgr:id=\"Table17\" msdata:rowOrder=\"6\"><Branch>AEA Head Office</Branch></Table1><Table1 diffgr:id=\"Table18\" msdata:rowOrder=\"7\"><Branch>Export Department</Branch></Table1><Table1 diffgr:id=\"Table19\" msdata:rowOrder=\"8\"><Branch>All Sales Branches</Branch></Table1><Table1 diffgr:id=\"Table110\" msdata:rowOrder=\"9\"><Branch>Brisbane Northside</Branch></Table1><Table1 diffgr:id=\"Table111\" msdata:rowOrder=\"10\"><Branch>Perth Sales</Branch></Table1><Table1 diffgr:id=\"Table112\" msdata:rowOrder=\"11\"><Branch>Rockhampton Sales</Branch></Table1></NewDataSet></diffgr:diffgram></GetDataSetResult></GetDataSetResponse>
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