Maybe I bring you James Clark (technical lead for XML, among others): http://blog.jclark.com/2010/01/xml-namespaces.html http://blog.jclark.com/2010/01/xml-name

Maybe I bring you James Clark (technical lead for XML, among others): http://blog.jclark.com/2010/01/xml-namespaces.html http://blog.jclark.com/2010/01/xml-namespaces.html Namespaces in XML is a foot shooting feature. Sure it has its uses, but still a misfeature.