On Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 06:12:00AM +0000, Lodhi, arsalan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've a very simple and basic question. What is actually a namespace that we 
> use in xml and soap - what is its role ?
> 

Namespaces are just a way of qualifying XML elements.  I think
everyone on this list agrees that the Namespaces Recommendation has
got to be one of the most confusing documents the W3C has come up
with.  For a better explanation, have a look at this page on James
Clark's website:

http://www.jclark.com/xml/xmlns.htm

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