Glossary of "Namespaces in XML"
Term entries in the "Namespaces in XML" glossary
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- declared
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From Namespaces in XML (1999-01-14)
A namespace is declared using a family of reserved attributes. Such an attribute's name must either be xmlns or have xmlns: as a prefix. These attributes, like any other XML attributes, may be provided directly or by default.
- default namespace
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From Namespaces in XML (1999-01-14)
If the attribute name matches DefaultAttName, then the namespace name in the attribute value is that of the default namespace in the scope of the element to which the declaration is attached.
- identical
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From Namespaces in XML (1999-01-14)
URI references which identify namespaces are considered identical when they are exactly the same character-for-character.
- local part
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From Namespaces in XML (1999-01-14)
The LocalPart provides the local part of the qualified name.
- namespace name
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From Namespaces in XML (1999-01-14)
The attribute's value, a URI reference, is the namespace name identifying the namespace.
- namespace prefix
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From Namespaces in XML (1999-01-14)
If the attribute name matches PrefixedAttName, then the NCName gives the namespace prefix, used to associate element and attribute names with the namespace name in the attribute value in the scope of the element to which the declaration is attached.
- qualified names
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From Namespaces in XML (1999-01-14)
In XML documents conforming to this specification, some names (constructs corresponding to the nonterminal Name) may be given as qualified names, defined as follows: Qualified NameQName (Prefix ':')? LocalPartPrefixNCNameLocalPartNCName
- XML namespace
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From Namespaces in XML (1999-01-14)
An XML namespace is a collection of names, identified by a URI reference , which are used in XML documents as element types and attribute names.
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