Returns the default namespace (URI) associated with the element.

The default namespace is specified with the 'xmlns' attribute either in this element or in one of its ancestor elements.

The element itself may belong to a different namespace (rather than the default one). In that case, the element would be specified with a namespace prefix. For example:


<xs:schema
   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" 
   xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
...
</xs:schema>
The element's own namespace is returned by the DSMElement.namespaceURI property.

See Also:

testDefaultNS()