Hi Edward, Edward Rozendal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have an application with Xerces 2.4.0 that parses XML using SAX2. My > client has supplied me with XML schema's that include namespaces. When I > create an XML file with XMLSpy it will look like: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <!-- edited with XMLSpy v2006 sp2 U (http://www.altova.com) --> > <tns:keepalive xmlns:tns="http://www.example.eu/common/name/v1-0"/> > > The application does accept and validate this XML file. However I have been > asked if it is also possible to accept and validate XML files that look like > this: > > <keepalive/> I am pretty sure this is not possible. Element namespace is part of the element id (just like name). The best you can do is this: <keepalive xmlns="http://www.example.eu/common/name/v1-0"/> hth, -boris -- Boris Kolpackov Code Synthesis Tools CC http://www.codesynthesis.com Open-Source, Cross-Platform C++ XML Data Binding
