> It
seems like that since when the XML is parsed, child elements that don’t have a
namespace defined inherit their parent elements namespace
Your premise is wrong. Given:
<x:a xmlns:x="abc">
<b/>
</x:a>
the b element is in no namespace. A child element with
no prefix goes in the default namespace, not the namespace of its
parent.
In any case, suggesting improvements to an API that
obviously can't be changed at this stage of the game is rather
futile.
Michael Kay
