(computing) A conceptual space that groups classes, identifiers, etc. to avoid conflicts with items in unrelated code that have the same names.
Full definition of namespace
Verb
(computing) To categorize by placing into a namespace.
2004, Michael Kay, XSLT 2.0 Programmer's Reference‎Something I haven't captured in this schema is that the GEDCOM spec also says the structure is extensible; arbitrary namespaced elements may be inserted...
2007, Jonathan Snook, Aaron Gustafson, Stuart Langridge, Dan Webb, Accelerated DOM Scripting with Ajax, APIs, and Libraries‎Although the excessive namespacing might seem like a hassle, there's always a really quick way to create a shortcut.
2007, Jon Arking, Professional Windows Live Programming‎SOAP adheres to extensive namespacing and attribute specification tags.
