Robert,
A namespace declaration applies to the element where
the element appears and the children of that element.
Even if the namespace is not explicitly specified.
Think of a namespace declaration as having scope in
the same way programming language variables have
scope.
Hope this helps.
--- Robert Englander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Actually, I guess my question applies to attributes
> as well. For instance, clearly once you specify
> the encodingStyle attribute, all sub-elements
> implicitly
> use that encodingStyle as well unless otherwise
> specified, correct?
>
> So is this the general case for attributes and
> element
> namespaces?
>
> Sorry if this is obvious stuff. For some reason
> I've chosen
> to confuse myself today.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Englander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 13:35:32 -0400
> Subject: XML namespace question
>
> >
> > I have a quick XML namespace question:
> >
> > Does a sub element of a namespace qualified
> element inherit
> > the namespace from its parent?
> >
> > e.g.
> >
> > <X:parent xmlns:X="MyNamespace">
> > <child>data</child>
> > </X:parent>
> >
> > Is element child considered to be implicitly
> qualified by
> > namespace X(MyNamespace)? or is it considered to
> have
> > no namespace qualification?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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