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xml-namespace

- XML default namespace [ subclass ]

can be abbreviated with:

- xml-prefix [ short ]

- XML, eXtensible Markup Language [ basis ]
- XLink [ structure ]
- XPointer [ structure ]

is declared by:

- XML Element [ scope ]
- Namespace (xmlns) attribute [ declarator ]

is namespace for:

- XML attribute [ name ]
- XML Element [ name ]

Comment:: applies to element AND attribute names
Comment:: name spaces allow different structures to be merged
Comment:: provides a method to avoid element name conflicts via prefixes -- distributed environment -- local name vs. global names
Comment:: example: chemical markup and mathematical markup -- chem:reduction and math:reduction

Instances (examples):

XInclude Namespace

References: