XML Namespaces

• Used to distinguish between duplicate element type and attribute names

• An XML namespace is a collection of element type and attribute names.

  • The namespace is identified by a URI.
  • Two-part naming convention:
    • The local name.
    • The URI of the XML namespace
  • This two part naming convention is the only function of XML Namespaces

xmlns:foo="http://www.foo.org/"

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