Object Model Support

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The XML object model in Internet Explorer 5 provides support for dealing with namespaces. The following properties provide the facility to extract the namespace, prefix, and base name for a given node.

nodeName	Returns the qualified name for the node, that is, the tag name including the namespace prefix, if present.
namespaceURI	Returns the namespace for the element. If there is no namespace on the node, "" is returned.
prefix	Returns the prefix specified on the element or attribute. If there is no prefix specified, "" is returned.
baseName	Returns the name of the tag, that is, the right-hand side of the colon.

The following examples show some XML data, followed by a table showing each element and attribute, as well as their properties in the XML object model.

<BOOKS>
  <BOOK xmlns="urn:BookLovers.org:BookInfo">
    <TITLE>A Suitable Boy</TITLE>
    <PRICE currency="US Dollar">22.95</PRICE>
  </BOOK>
</BOOKS>

Node type	nodeName	namespaceURI	prefix	baseName
ELEMENT	BOOKS			BOOKS
ELEMENT	BOOK	urn:BookLovers.org:BookInfo		BOOK
ATTRIBUTE	xmlns		xmlns
ELEMENT	TITLE	urn:BookLovers.org:BookInfo		TITLE
ELEMENT	PRICE	urn:BookLovers.org:BookInfo		PRICE
ATTRIBUTE	currency			currency

<BOOKS>
  <bk:BOOK xmlns:bk="urn:BookLovers.org:BookInfo" xmlns:money="urn:Finance:Money">
  <bk:TITLE>A Suitable Boy</bk:TITLE>
  <money:PRICE money:currency="US Dollar">22.95</money:PRICE>
  </bk:BOOK>
</BOOKS>

Node type	nodeName	namespaceURI	prefix	baseName
ELEMENT	BOOKS			BOOKS
ELEMENT	bk:BOOK	urn:BookLovers.org:BookInfo	bk	BOOK
ATTRIBUTE	xmlns:bk		xmlns	bk
ATTRIBUTE	xmlns:money		xmlns	money
ELEMENT	bk:TITLE	urn:BookLovers.org:BookInfo	bk	TITLE
ELEMENT	money:PRICE	urn:Finance:Money	bk	PRICE
ATTRIBUTE	money:currency	urn:Finance:Money	money	currency

The object model also extends support for creating and removing elements and attributes by taking namespaces into account.