IBM The method createAttributeNS raises a NAMESPACE_ERR if the qualifiedName is xmlns and the namespaceURI is different from http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns Invoke the createAttributeNS method on this DOMImplementation object with the qualifiedName as xmlns and namespaceURI as http://www.W3.org/2000/xmlns. Check if the NAMESPACE_ERR exception is thrown. Neil Delima 2002-04-30