use strict; use warnings; use XML::LibXML; my $ns = 'http://www.example.com'; my $doc = XML::LibXML::Document->new; $doc->setDocumentElement($doc->createElementNS($ns, 'q:one')); $doc->documentElement->appendChild($doc->createElementNS($ns, 'q:two')); $doc->documentElement->appendChild($doc->createElementNS($ns, 'q:three')); warn $doc->toString(1);