NameSpaces in XML

[Krishna Srinivasan]

HI,

<foo:book xmlns:foo="http://www.books.com/books"
xmlns=""http://www.notes.com/books">
<book1>Name</book1>
<foo:book1>Name</foo:book1>
</foo:book>

Can anyone explain on this code?

the tags book1 and foo:book1 where it refers to?
and give me some explanation about the default namespaces and how it works?

thanx in advance!!

[Mikalai Zaikin]

Originally posted by Krishna Srinivasan:
HI,

<foo:book xmlns:foo="http://www.books.com/books"
xmlns=""http://www.notes.com/books">
<book1>Name</book1>
<foo:book1>Name</foo:book1>
</foo:book>

Can anyone explain on this code?

the tags book1 and foo:book1 where it refers to?
and give me some explanation about the default namespaces and how it works?

thanx in advance!!

Hello Krishna !

This line :

<foo:book xmlns:foo="http://www.books.com/books" 
   xmlns=""http://www.notes.com/books">

declared 2 namespaces:

1. with prefix 'foo' - http://www.books.com/books
2. default, without any prefix - http://www.notes.com/books (I assume double quote is just a typo)

so, *within* the tag where namespaces were declared,

book1 - default namespace - belongs to 'http://www.notes.com/books'

foo:book1 - 'foo' namespace - belongs to 'http://www.books.com/books'

More on namespaces you can find here -
http://java.boot.by/wsd-guide/ch01s03.html

regards,
MZ

[Krishna Srinivasan]

Thank you for your reply.