> Let me ask it differently.
> Can BaseX be used to maintain XML documents that use multiple namespaces
> (for instance, a atom:feed documenting containing foreign XML)?

…sure – many people use it for this purpose. We have introduced a
total limit of 256 different namespaces; that's the only limit you
should encounter.

So, in order to implement the update problem originally mentioned in this thread, which language/API would I use in BaseX?

- Godmar