> <dis:Numbers xmlns:dis="urn:numbers">
> <NS1:Odds xmlns:NS1="urn:numbers">
> <NS1:One>1</NS1:One>
> <NS1:Three>3</NS1:Three>
> <NS1:Five>5</NS1:Five>
> </NS1:Odds>
> <NS1:Evens>
> <NS1:Two>2</NS1:Two>
> <NS1:Four>4</NS1:Four>
> <NS1:Six>6</NS1:Six>
> </NS1:Evens>
> </dis:Numbers>
> If however I add the declaration for NS1 to the root element the XPath
> locates the node with no problem
> What am I mis-understanding here ?
It's not namespace well formed because the NS1 prefix on Evens isn't
mapped... as you say moving the declaration so that it's in scope for
NS1:Evens fixes the problem.
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Andrew Welch
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