Hello,

When feeding XML::Twig with an XML document that defines a default namespace, then all elements that have no prefix get the #default prefix. This is probably due to XML::Parser::Expat

I assumed that using map_xmlns in the XML::Twig constructor will assign my prefix for the default namespace URL but it doesn't.

Here's an example for the XML Document: 

<schema xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <element name="alert"/>
</schema>

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Also, my XML::Twig constructor looks like this: 

my $twig = XML::Twig->new(
    map_xmlns => {
                xsd => 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema',
        },
);

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The problem: when I print $twig->root->gi I get #default:schema while I expect to get xsd:schema.

How can I get XML::Twig to do what I expect it to do (show me the prefix that I assigned to the namespace URL and not show me the #default prefix)?

Thanks.

-- DJpumps

In reply to XML::Twig and #default prefix by DJpumps

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