QName

Industry-standard abbreviation for qualified name, as defined in the XML namespace specification. A QName is resource name that incorporates the namespace of the specification where that resource is defined.

QNames are composed of:

• A URI representing the namespace of the resource's definition.
• The name of the resource, usually called the localPart.
• Some QName formats also include an alias for the namespace called the prefix.

QNames can be found in several formats. The format that is used in a self-contained document such as a WSDL contract, where a qualified name is in the form prefix:localPart. The prefix is declared in an xmlns element in an XML namespace declaration in the same document. For example, ls:SOAPHTTPService is a qualified name, where the prefix ls is defined in the statement earlier in the same document, and SOAPHTTPService is a resource defined in the specification at that location.