What does "namespace" mean?

A conceptual space that groups classes, identifiers, etc. in order to avoid conflicts with items in unrelated code that carry the same names.

Namespace

//ˈneɪmspeɪs// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun

1
A conceptual space that groups classes, identifiers, etc. in order to avoid conflicts with items in unrelated code that carry the same names.

Verb

1
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 […]"

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"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 […]"

Etymology

From name + space.

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