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> "the default namespace declared with xmlns is not used: if the QName does > not have a prefix, then the namespace URI is null" > So I thought that... No, that paragraph describes the interpretation of the QNames in the XPath: it has no bearing on the interpretation of names in the document. so in the XPath /a/b/c refers to elements in the null namespace (or, more properly, elements in no namespace). > can only find <c> with the XPath expression > /*:a/*:b/*:c Nope you can not do that as there is no *: construct to wildcard over namespaces. If you really don't want to declare a namespace then /*[local-name(.)='a']/*[local-name(.)='b']/*[local-name(.)='c'] will get you there. > This seems unfortunate for non-XSLT uses of XPath. No, it just means that any API for qurying into namespace aware documents with XPath had better offer a mechanism for setting up the current namespace/prefix bindings. David _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service.
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