Namespaces
This section describes how to use the Admin Interface to manage namespaces. For details on how to manage namespaces programmatically, see Group Maintenance Operations in the Scripting Administrative Tasks Guide.
Namespaces are a powerful mechanism used to differentiate between potentially ambiguous XML elements. Namespaces can be defined within individual XQuery programs. They can also be defined using the Admin Interface.
Namespaces can be defined for a group to apply to all HTTP, ODBC, XDBC, and WebDAV servers in a group or for a particular HTTP, ODBC, XDBC, or WebDAV server. However, a namespace cannot be defined to apply to a particular forest, database, or XQuery program.
For more information about namespaces, see the Understanding XML Namespaces in XQuery in the XQuery and XSLT Reference Guide, which provides a detailed description of XML namespaces and their use. Be sure to review this information before using the Admin Interface to manage your namespaces.