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var xmlDoc; ////some code to load and initialize xmlDoc.. //create an element 'book', with prefix 'px' and namespace 'http://bookshop.com/schema' var bookelement; if (xmlDoc.createElementNS) { //for other browsers than ie     bookelement = xmlDoc.createElementNS( 'px:book' , 'http://bookshop.com/schema' ); } else { //for ie     bookelement = xmlDoc.createNode(1, 'px:book' , 'http://bookshop.com/schema' ); } will create book element: < px:book xmlns:px ='http://bookshop.com/schema' />

function setInnerText(elem, text) {    elem.innerHTML = "t" ; //dummy just to create a text node. ensures no other html exists inside but only text    elem.firstChild.nodeValue = text; }