removeXMLNamespaces function

Remove namespace definitions from a XML node or document

This function and its methods allow one to remove one or more XML namespace definitions on XML nodes within a document.

removeXMLNamespaces(node, ..., all = FALSE, .els = unlist(list(...)))

Arguments

• node: an XMLInternalNode or XMLInternalDocument object
• ...: the names of the namespaces to remove or an XMLNamespaceRef object returned via getNodeSet or xpathApply.
• all: a logical value indicating whether to remove all the namespace definitions on a node.
• .els: a list which is sometimes a convenient way to specify the namespaces to remove.

Returns

This function is used for its side-effects and changing the internal node.

Author(s)

Duncan Temple Lang

See Also

newXMLNamespace