NIST The "getAttributeNS(namespaceURI,localName)" method retrieves an attribute value by local name and NamespaceURI. Retrieve the first "emp:address" element. The value returned by the "getAttributeNS()" method for the emp:domestic attribute should be the empty string since the attribute does not have a specified value because it was removed by the "removeAttributeNS()" method. Mary Brady 2001-08-17