& XSLT From: Alok Sharma <sharmaalok@[...].com> 
>  I need some tips to parse some piece of xml using perl (both depicted below). I need to ex
tract the TOPNAME and MAPREF fields. Please suggest.
>  
>  Thanks,
>  Alok
>  
>  The XML code is :
>  <TEST:component xmlns:ip="IP" xmlns:nx="IP" xmlns:s="1.2" xmlns:xsi="nstance">

This looks rather strange. I guess it's not the root tag, is it? 
There is a xmlns:TEST="..." attribute in a parent tag, is there? 
There should be so that the TEST prefix is defined.

Not sure what module do you use (XML::DOM?) but you should have a 
look at the namespace handling in its docs!

Jenda
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