IBM The method setNamedItemNS adds a node using its namespaceURI and localName. If a node with that namespace URI and that local name is already present in this map, it is replaced by the new one. Retreive the first element whose localName is address and namespaceURI http://www.nist.gov", and put its attributes into a named node map. Create a new attribute node and add it to this map. Verify if the attr node was successfully added by checking the nodeName of the retreived atttribute. Neil Delima 2002-04-28