namespace

Etymology

Compound of name + space.

noun

  1. (programming) A conceptual space that groups classes, identifiers, etc. to avoid conflicts with items in unrelated code that have the same names.

verb

  1. (programming) To categorize by placing into a namespace.
    Something I haven't captured in this schema is that the GEDCOM spec also says the structure is extensible; arbitrary namespaced elements may be inserted […] 2004, Michael Kay, XSLT 2.0 Programmer's Reference
    Although the excessive namespacing might seem like a hassle, there's always a really quick way to create a shortcut. 2007, Jonathan Snook, Aaron Gustafson, Stuart Langridge, Dan Webb, Accelerated DOM Scripting with Ajax, APIs, and Libraries
    SOAP adheres to extensive namespacing and attribute specification tags. 2007, Jon Arking, Professional Windows Live Programming

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