LOCAL-NAME attribute This attribute returns the unqualified part of a namespace-aware XML node name or SOAP-header-entryref element name (that is, the part after the colon character). For nodes created with the CREATE-NODE( ) method, or nodes of any type other than ELEMENT or ATTRIBUTE, this attribute returns " ". Data type: CHARACTER Access: Read-only Applies to: SOAP-header-entryref object handle, X-noderef object handle