Are namespace declarations 'counted' as attributes?

[Edmund Mitchell <EMitchell@fnf.com>]

Hello
If I have a parser that is returning the number 2 for
the statement : 
attr.getLength() 
on this line:
<schema entity1="d://abc/xyz/aa.fileExt"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/XMLSchema"
targetNamespace="http://www.abc.com/Frame1Work"
xmlns:XX="d:\sss\schemas\ext.aa"
xmlns:YY="d:\xml\s\b.ssd">

Would the parser be right?  If right, which of the 5 name-value pairs would
it be right to ignore? 

Thanks

Edmund M