Knowledge On The Web: XML

Knowledge Systems Laboratory, Stanford University

Default Namespace

uExample of multiple namespace prefixes in an element

<bk:book xmlns:bk = 'urn:loc.gov:books'

xmlns:isbn = 'urn:ISBN:0-395-36341-6'>

<bk:title> Cheaper by the Dozen </bk:title>

<isbn:number> 1568491379 </isbn:number>

</bk:book>

uExample of default namespace in an element

<book xmlns = 'urn:loc.gov:books'

xmlns:isbn = 'urn:ISBN:0-395-36341-6'>

<title> Cheaper by the Dozen </title>

<isbn:number> 1568491379 </isbn:number>

</book>