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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
class=538091300-13012007><FONT color=#0000ff> > </FONT></SPAN>It
seems like that since when the XML is parsed, child elements that don’t have a
namespace defined inherit their parent elements namespace<SPAN
class=538091300-13012007><FONT color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
class=538091300-13012007>Your premise is wrong. Given:</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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class=538091300-13012007></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
class=538091300-13012007><x:a xmlns:x="abc"></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
class=538091300-13012007> <b/></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
class=538091300-13012007></x:a></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
class=538091300-13012007>the b element is in no namespace. A child element with
no prefix goes in the default namespace, not the namespace of its
parent.</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
class=538091300-13012007>In any case, suggesting improvements to an API that
obviously can't be changed at this stage of the game is rather
futile.</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
class=538091300-13012007>Michael Kay</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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class=538091300-13012007><A
href="http://www.saxonica.com/">http://www.saxonica.com/</A></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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