NIST The "getNamedItemNS(namespaceURI,localName)" method for a NamedNodeMap should return null if parameters do not identify any node in this map. Retrieve a list of elements with tag name "address". Access the second element from the list and get its attributes. Try to retrieve an attribute node with local name "domest" and namespace uri "http://www.usa.com" with method getNamedItemNS(namespaceURI,localName). This should return null because "domest" does not match any local names in this map. Mary Brady 2001-08-17