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> I don't think it's appropriate to consider an element with an > unqualified name as being in a namespace with no name. xpath/xslt/xquery effectively treat these names as being in the namespace with name "" without any obvious problems. name equality works exactly the same for names in the namespace "" as it does for other namespaces, so your <p> and my <p> are considered equal by xpath if we both have a p in no-namespace. > then the following two > elements would be the same kind of element, when obviously they are > not: > > <a>pi</a> > > <a> > <b>3.14156</b> > </a> > I'm not sure what is "obvious" here? I could use exactly the same example with the elements being in a namespace: <a xmlns="data:,x" >pi</a> <a xmlns="data:,x" > <b>3.14156</b> </a> In what way is this situation any different from the no-namespace case? David ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________
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