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2.1.1 [DOMLevel2Core:2000] Section 1.1.8, XML Namespaces

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The specification states:

 As far as the DOM is concerned, special attributes used for declaring XML 
 namespaces are still exposed and can be manipulated just like any other attribute. 
 However, nodes are permanently bound to namespace URIs as they get created.

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Special attributes that are used to declare namespace-like constructs that begin with "xmlns:" on the root html element are supported in HTML documents. These attributes create side effects during HTML parsing, but they do not affect the namespace URI of created elements.