namespace-uri-for-prefix

The namespace associated with a prefix, in the scope of an element

Description

The fn:namespace-uri-for-prefix function returns the namespace mapped to $prefix, using the in-scope namespaces of $el e ment. If $prefix is a zero-length string or the empty sequence, the function returns the default namespace, if any.

Parameters

Description

prefix:string()

the prefix to check for

element:element()

the element to use as the scope

Examples

XPath

Results

namespace-uri-for-prefix(‘’, $in-xml)

()

namespace-uri-for-prefix(‘pre’,$in-xml)

()

namespace-uri-for-prefix(‘pre’,$in-xml//pre:prefixed)

http://datypic.com/pre

namespace-uri-for-prefix( ‘’,$in-xml//unpre:unprefixed)

http://datypic.com/unpre

namespace-uri-for-prefix( ‘pre’,$in-xml//unpre:unprefixed)

http://datypic.com/pre

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