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Bug 16712 - locate a namespace returns default namespace even if prefix is non-null
Summary: locate a namespace returns default namespace even if prefix is non-null
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: WebAppsWG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: DOM (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC All
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Anne
QA Contact: public-webapps-bugzilla
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Reported: 2012-04-12 11:38 UTC by Simon Pieters
Modified: 2012-05-15 12:13 UTC (History)
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Description Simon Pieters 2012-04-12 11:38:16 UTC 
http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/domcore/raw-file/tip/Overview.html#locate-a-namespace

"or whose namespace prefix is null and local name is "xmlns"" should only apply if /prefix/ is null.

<x xmlns="foo"/>.lookupNamespaceURI('bar') returns foo per spec currently.