What is the difference between name() and local-name()?

Question

I don\'t really understand the difference between the XPath functions name and local-name.

Could you give an example of a situation where they would differ?

Answer 1

With the XML being

the stylesheet

outputs

html
x:html

So the local-name() result is without any prefix, the name() result might include a prefix.

In your sample with a default namespace declaration no prefix is present, therefore name() and local-name() give the same result.