Names are broken into two parts:

• prefix - an identifier for a namespace

• local name - an identifier for a name in that namespace

These parts are separated by a colon and called QNames (Qualified Names).

Example:

<c:pseudocode>

   <c:comment xlink:href="http://somewhere..."/>

</c:pseudocode>

This applies only to element and attribute names.

Any prefix containing 'xml' is reserved for the W3C.