The ElementType(xmlTree) command returns the element type of the XML element represented by the Maple XML tree xmlTree.

Unlike the string returned by XMLTools[ElementName], ElementType returns a data structure that includes full namespace information, when present, so that elements whose tag names print the same, yet belong to different namespaces, can be distinguished.

$\mathrm{with}\left(\mathrm{XMLTools}\right)\:$

$\mathrm{evalb}\left(\mathrm{ElementType}\left(\mathrm{XMLElement}\left(''a''\right)\right)=\mathrm{ElementType}\left(\mathrm{XMLElement}\left(''a''\,\left[''xmlns''=''http://someurl''\right]\,''some\; text''\right)\right)\right)$

$\mathrm{true}$

$\mathrm{evalb}\left(\mathrm{ElementType}\left(\mathrm{XMLElement}\left(''p:a''\,\left[''xmlns:p''=''http://someurl''\right]\,''some\; text''\right)\right)=\mathrm{ElementType}\left(\mathrm{XMLElement}\left(''p:a''\,\left[''xmlns:p''=''http://somOTHEReurl''\right]\,''some\; text''\right)\right)\right)$

$\mathrm{false}$

$\mathrm{evalb}\left(\mathrm{ElementName}\left(\mathrm{XMLElement}\left(''p:a''\,\left[''xmlns:p''=''http://someurl''\right]\,''some\; text''\right)\right)=\mathrm{ElementName}\left(\mathrm{XMLElement}\left(''p:a''\,\left[''xmlns:p''=''http://somOTHEReurl''\right]\,''some\; text''\right)\right)\right)$

$\mathrm{true}$

$\mathrm{ElementTypeName}\left(\mathrm{XMLElement}\left(''p:a''\,\left[''xmlns:p''=''http://somOTHEReurl''\right]\,''some\; text''\right)\right)$

$''a''$

$\mathrm{ElementTypePrefix}\left(\mathrm{XMLElement}\left(''p:a''\,\left[''xmlns:p''=''http://somOTHEReurl''\right]\,''some\; text''\right)\right)$

$''p''$

$\mathrm{ElementTypeURI}\left(\mathrm{XMLElement}\left(''p:a''\,\left[''xmlns:p''=''http://somOTHEReurl''\right]\,''some\; text''\right)\right)$

$''http://somOTHEReurl''$