Unprefixed name in namespace, issue with default namespace in 12.4 and snapshot 13.0

Friday, 23 October 2026 · 2 messages
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Amanda Galtman23 Oct 2026 21:25 #

Hi, BaseX team.

I'm getting unexpected results from the following query:

let $default-namespace as namespace-node() := namespace {""} {"default-namespace-text"}let $e as element() := element {QName('some-ns','abc')} { $default-namespace }
return namespace-uri-for-prefix("", $e)

BaseX 12.4 returns 'some-ns' but I expected 'default-namespace-text'.

The BaseX 13.0 snapshot from BaseX130-20261022.200121.exe returns an error: [XQDY0102] Duplicate declaration of namespace ''.

In both cases, it seems like BaseX wants the element being constructed to occupy the default namespace. Maybe that's because the QName(...) expression doesn't provide a prefix to use. It looks like Saxon invents a prefix, and $e comes out as follows:

<_0:abc xmlns="default-namespace-text" xmlns:_0="some-ns"/>

This issue seems obscure and is not interfering with my work in a material way.

Thanks, Amanda

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Christian Grün23 Oct 2026 22:30 #

…I can only agree; thank you. The issue has been fixed, and a new snapshot is online.

Quoted text · Amanda Galtman · 24 lines
> Hi, BaseX team. > > I'm getting unexpected results from the following query: > > let $default-namespace as namespace-node() := namespace {""} {"default-namespace-text"}let $e as element() := element {QName('some-ns','abc')} { $default-namespace } > return namespace-uri-for-prefix("", $e) > > > BaseX 12.4 returns 'some-ns' but I expected 'default-namespace-text'. > > The BaseX 13.0 snapshot from BaseX130-20261022.200121.exe returns an error: > [XQDY0102] Duplicate declaration of namespace ''. > > In both cases, it seems like BaseX wants the element being constructed to occupy the default namespace. Maybe that's because the QName(...) expression doesn't provide a prefix to use. It looks like Saxon invents a prefix, and $e comes out as follows: > <_0:abc xmlns="default-namespace-text" xmlns:_0="some-ns"/> > > This issue seems obscure and is not interfering with my work in a material way. > > Thanks, > Amanda > > > >

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