SL> So, XML gurus.. what's the deal with namespaces?  From what I can
 SL> tell, they're used to uniquely identify totally separate XML trees
 SL> within the same file... (??).

Exactly.

Let's say you have two XML applications from which you whish to mix tags.
If the same tagname exists in both applications, you use a namespace to
distinguish them from oneanother.

Ie: , 


(that doesn't make me a guru though)

//Micke 
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