Creating Local Namespaces

• The xmlns attribute can be used in any element

     <?xml version="1.0"?>
     <!-- both namespace prefixes are available throughout -->
     <bk:book xmlns:bk='http://www.books.org/books'>
        <bk:title>Programing XML in Java</bk:title>
        <isbn:number xmlns:isbn='urn:ISBN:0-395-36341-6'>
           1568491379
        </isbn:number>
     </bk:book>