Sams Teach Yourself XML in 10 Minutes

Using Namespaces in XML

To clearly distinguish the order element here you would need to provide more information about the element type name than simply order:

<order> 
 <givenBy>General B. Smart</givenBy> 
 <Content>Relocate 6 jet fighters to MacDill Air Force 
  Base</Content> 
</order> 

from the order element here

<order> 
 <Location>Seattle</Location> 
 <Description>A riot lasted several hours following clashes 
  with anti-globalization protesters. 
</order> 

The solution to this, in XML 1.0, is a qualified name. This is often abbreviated as QName.

A qualified name is an XML element type name that consists of two parts—a namespace prefix and a local ...