[dom4j-user] namespaces & XPath

[David Thielen]

Hi;   If I have the xml:   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <plm:PLMXML date="2004-1-18" time="19:6:9" xmlns="http://www.plmxml.org/Schemas/PLMXMLcMESchema" author="infodba" language="en" xmlns:cME="http://www.plmxml.org/Schemas/PLMXMLcMESchema" xmlns:plm="http://www.plmxml.org/Schemas/PLMXMLSchema" schemaVersion="1.0"> <plm:ManufacturingData id="id1"> <Item id="id3"/> </plm:ManufacturingData> </plm:PLMXML>     Why does "/plm:PLMXML/plm:ManufacturingData/Item/@id" not work? I understand it has something to do with namespaces – but what? And what is the solution?   Thanks - dave