BTW, per the XML Schema specification, adding a prefix to an XML element and specifying the namespace definition in an “xmlns prefix=” clause is called namespace qualifying the element. This is used to distinguish between identically named elements.
When you namespace qualify an element, the default behavior is for any children of that element to inheirit that namespace definition. It is not necessary (although it is valid) to add the prefix to each of those element names as well.
So, in the sample document you attached, since the “OrganizationProfile” element is namespace qualified, it is not necessary to add the “cop” prefix to its children (e.g. “AdministrativeInfo”)
Mark
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