NIST The "hasAttributeNS()" method for an Element should return false if the element does not have an attribute with the given local name and/or a namespace URI specified on this element or does not have a default value. Retrieve the first "address" element and the "hasAttributeNS()" method should return false since the element has "nomatch" as the local name and "http://www.usa.com" as the namespace URI. Mary Brady 2001-08-17