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<p>A qualified
name is an element or attribute name that is associated with an XML
namespace. There are three possible types of qualified names:</p>

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<p>Unprefixed element names that are contained within the scope of a
default namespace declaration</p>
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<p>Prefixed element names</p>
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<p>Prefixed attribute names</p>
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<p>Unlike unqualified names, qualified names are considered the same
only if their namespace URIs (from their namespace declarations) and
their local parts match.</p>
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