Example
Get the URI of the namespace for an XHTML document:
var x = document.documentElement.namespaceURI;
The result of x will be:
http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml
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Definition and Usage
The namespaceURI property returns the URI of the specified node's namespce.
Note: An element node inherits the namespace of its parent node, therefore, all elements in an XHTML document has the namespaceURI "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml".
This property is read-only.
Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.
| Property | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| namespaceURI | Yes | 9.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Syntax
node.namespaceURI
Technical Details
| Return Value: | A String, representing the URI of the node's namespace, or null if the node is not in a namespace |
|---|---|
| DOM Version | Core Level 2 Node Object |
Related Pages
HTML DOM reference: href="met_node_isdefaultnamespace.html">node.isDefaultNamespace() Method