Hi all,
I'm trying to understand better the namespace topic.
If I've a document like below:
[DOC1]
<myns:books xmlns:myns="http://something";>
<book>
<year>2007</year>
</book>
<book>
<year>2008</year>
</book>
</myns:books>
if I want access book elements with xpath expression I should use
/myns:books/book and not /myns:books/myns:book (I've used XMLSpy).
So I deduce that book elements don't have a namespace or is 'empty'.
If I want to have myns as namespace for all elements, my document should
appear as below:
[DOC2]
<myns:books xmlns:myns="http://something";>
<myns:book>
<myns:year>2007</myns:year>
</myns:book>
<myns:book>
<myns:year>2008</myns:year>
</myns:book>
</myns:books>
I mean, should I tag each element with namespace as in [DOC2] or like in
[DOC3] there is an equivalent 'short' form ?
[DOC3]
<books xmlns:myns="http://something";>
<book>
<year>2007</year>
</book>
<book>
<year>2008</year>
</book>
</books>
It seems that [DOC2] & [DOC3] are different because
/myns:books/myns:book xpath expression is correct for [DOC2] but not for
[DOC3].
Could anyone help me to understand better this topic ?
Thanks
Patrizio
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