IBM The method setNamedItemNS adds a node using its namespaceURI and localName. If a node with that namespace URI and that local name is already present in this map, it is replaced by the new one. Create a new element and attribute Node and add the newly created attribute node to the elements NamedNodeMap. Verify if the new attr node has been successfully added to the map by checking the nodeName of the retreived atttribute from the list of attribute nodes in this map. Neil Delima 2002-04-28