Namespace

A namespace is a context, within which the names are unique. Namespaces can be hierarchical, meaning the names within each hierarchical level are unique. Examples:

• Soccer: The namespace is the team. The shirt number is the unique name within this.
• Telephony: Namespace is e.g. the area code, the number of the connection is the unique name.
• Domain Name System (DNS): Namespace is e.g. a second-level domain. Here, the hostnames (www) and the subdomains (dev) are unique.
• URIs (Uniform Resource Identifiers): Each URI can be understood as a name with the superordinate resource as a namespace.