> My interpretation of 
> http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath#namespace-nodes is that
> every element that is a descendant of an element where a namespace is
> declared will contain an identical namespace node for that 
> prefix/namespace combo that is in scope. They are kind of like attributes
that 
> are inherited, and are separate from the namespace URI found in the 
> expanded-name of the element.
> 
Yes, you are correct (subject to minor details about namespaces being
redefined, etc). Of course, this is a conceptual model: the implementation
isn't required to implement the tree in this way.

Mike Kay


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