IBM The method createAttributeNS raises a NAMESPACE_ERR if the specified qualified name is malformed. Invoke the createAttributeNS method on this Document object with a valid value for namespaceURI, and malformed qualifiedNames. Check if the a NAMESPACE_ERR was thrown. Neil Delima 2002-04-30 "_:" ":0a" ":" "a:b:c" "_::a"