Question on xml namespace

Hi All,
 Can somebody tell me the real use of xml namespace in xml domain only.
I know that xml namespace is useful in xsl.
But is there any real use of namespace to represent one xml document.
Can somebody provide some example ?

Thanks in advance,
Rabindra Nath Saha.
 
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