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<title>Editing namespace information</title>
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<searchtitle>Editing namespace information</searchtitle>
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<shortdesc>Your namespace information is used to provide various information
about the XML file, such as the XML schema and namespace it is associated
with. If desired, you can change the schema and namespace your XML file is
associated with or add a new association. Modifying any associations can impact
what content is allowed in the XML file.</shortdesc>
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<keywords><indexterm>XML editor<indexterm>namespace information</indexterm></indexterm>
<indexterm>XML files<indexterm>namespace information</indexterm></indexterm>
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<context><p>The following instructions were written for the Resource perspective,
but they will also work in many other perspectives.</p><p>To edit your schema
information, complete the following steps:</p></context>
<steps>
<step><cmd>In the Design view of the XML editor, right-click your root element
and click <uicontrol>Edit Namespaces</uicontrol>.</cmd></step>
<step><cmd>Your XML file can be associated with more than one namespace or
schema.</cmd><info>Select the entry you want to edit and click <uicontrol>Edit</uicontrol>.</info>
</step>
<step><cmd>The value in the <uicontrol>Namespace Name</uicontrol> field is
a namespace the XML file is associated with.</cmd><info>Your XML file should
be associated with the same namespace(s) its XML schema is associated with.
For more information about namespaces, refer to the related reference. For
more information, see <xref format="html" href="../../org.eclipse.wst.xsdeditor.doc.user/topics/rnmspc.dita"
scope="peer">XML namespaces</xref>.</info></step>
<step><cmd>All qualified elements and attributes in the XML file associated
with the namespace will be prefixed with the <uicontrol>Prefix</uicontrol> value.</cmd>
</step>
<step><cmd>The <uicontrol>Location Hint</uicontrol> field contains the location
of the XML schema the XML file is associated with.</cmd><info>An XML Catalog
Key or a namespace name can be specified in this field. Click <uicontrol>Browse</uicontrol> to
view all XML schemas in the workbench and XML Catalog.</info></step>
<step><cmd>Click <uicontrol>OK</uicontrol>, then click <uicontrol>OK</uicontrol> again.</cmd>
</step>
</steps>
<result><p>If you want to create a new association, click <uicontrol>Add</uicontrol> instead
of <uicontrol>Edit</uicontrol>. You can then either select the <uicontrol>Specify
From Registered Namespace</uicontrol> radio button and select the namespace
declarations you want to add or select the <uicontrol>Specify New Namespace</uicontrol> radio
button and fill in the fields as necessary.</p></result>
<postreq>If you do not have namespace information in your XML file, you can
right-click your root element in the Design view and click <uicontrol>Edit
Namespaces</uicontrol> to add it. If you do not have a root element, you must
create one before you can add the namespace information.</postreq>
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