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How do I write a query for namespace qualified elements/attributes in the default namespace?

April 26, 2017Default elements namespace qualified query write

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How do I write a query for namespace qualified elements/attributes in the default namespace?

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The same way you do for elements and attributes that are in prefixed namespaces. That is, you use a prefix in the XPath expression and bind the prefix to the namespace URI. You do this even if the document you’re querying uses unprefixed namespaced qualified names. In XPath 1.0, all unprefixed names are unqualified. There is no requirement that the prefixes used in the XPath expression are the same as the prefixes used in the document being queried. Only the namespace URIs need to match, not the prefixes.