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What are XML namespaces for?
xmlns attribute of the xml element!
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Just like the .NET namespaces, it is designed to allow you to clearly identify objects and avoid name conflicts.
E.g. you can have a Person in the http://mycompany.com/schemas/Internal XML namespace, and also another type Person in http://mycompany.com/schemas/ERP - and those two will not conflict on their name.
See this great article here The XML Files - Understanding XML Namespaces which explains it in much greater detail and much better than I do.
marc_s
2010-09-19 08:07:08