XML in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition

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Name

Leading “XML”

Text from specification

Prefixes beginning with the three-letter sequence x, m, l, in any case combination, are reserved for use by XML and XML-related specifications.

Explanation

Just like most other names in XML, namespace prefixes names can’t begin with xml unless they’ve been defined by the W3C.

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