Name

xs:QName

Synopsis

An xs:QName is a base type that is restricted to namespace-qualified names. The logical value of a qualified name is a namespace URI, local part pair. Lexically, qualified names are the same as XML 1.0 names except that they may not contain more than one colon and that colon may not be the first character in the name. A qualified name may or may not be prefixed. If it is prefixed, then the prefix must be properly mapped to a namespace URI. If it is not prefixed, then the name must occur in the scope of a default namespace. These are all legal values of type xs:QName, provided that this condition is met in context:

  • xsl:apply-templates

  • svg:rect

  • limit

  • xml:lang

  • body

  • xlink:href

Constraining facets that apply to xs:QName are length, minLength, maxLength, pattern, enumeration, and whiteSpace.

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