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<span class="PROGRAMLISTING"><pre><strong class="userinput">xmlns:</strong><var class="replaceable">prefix</var><strong class="userinput"><var class="replaceable">=</var></strong><strong class="userinput">"</strong><var class="replaceable">namespace_URI</var><strong class="userinput">"</strong></pre></span>
<p>This declaration associates the
namespace URI given with the prefix name given. Once it has been
declared, the prefix may qualify the current element name, attribute
names, or any other element or attribute name within the scope of the
element that declares it. Nested elements may redefine a given
prefix, using a different namespace URI if desired, and XML 1.1
documents may undefine a namespace prefix by setting it to an empty
string:</p>

<span class="PROGRAMLISTING"><pre><strong class="userinput">xmlns:</strong><var class="replaceable">prefix=</var><strong class="userinput">"</strong></pre></span>
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