RE: [xml-dev] The prefix "fgdc" for element "fgdc:fgdc" is not bound

> or if you prefer to make it clear to readers of the document 
> that these elements come from the FDGC metadata standard, you 
> can assign the fdgc prefix to no namespace:
> 
>           <fgdc:metadata xmlns:fgdc="">
>              ...
>           </fgdc:metadata>
> 

Sadly, no. XML Namespaces 1.1 allows the syntax xmlns:fgdc="", but it
doesn't bind the prefix fgdc to the namespace-that-dare-not-speak-its-name,
rather it makes the fgdc prefix unavailable for use.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/