Querying with namespaces
File: Data.xml <prod:car xmlns:prod="http://java2s.com/prod"> <prod:id>0002</prod:id> <prod:name language="en">name 2</prod:name> </prod:car> File: Query.xquery declare namespace prod = "http://java2s.com/prod"; for $car in doc("Data.xml")/prod:car return $car/prod:name Output: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <prod:name xmlns:prod="http://java2s.com/prod" language="en">name 2</prod:name>