--- a/src/XMLNameCodec.h	Fri Nov 20 00:09:59 2020 +0100
+++ b/src/XMLNameCodec.h	Fri Nov 20 10:03:07 2020 +0100
@@ -34,22 +34,22 @@
 		return codepoint >= start && codepoint <= end;
 	}
 
-	bool isValidNameStartChar(gunichar codepoint) {
+	bool isValidNameStartChar(gunichar codepoint, bool namespaceAware = true) {
 		// NameStartChar  ::= ":" | [A-Z] | "_" | [a-z] 
 		//   | [#xC0-#xD6] | [#xD8-#xF6] | [#xF8-#x2FF] | [#x370-#x37D] | [#x37F-#x1FFF]
 		//   | [#x200C-#x200D] | [#x2070-#x218F] | [#x2C00-#x2FEF] | [#x3001-#xD7FF]
 		//   | [#xF900-#xFDCF] | [#xFDF0-#xFFFD] | [#x10000-#xEFFFF]
-		return codepoint == ':' || between(codepoint, 'A', 'Z') || codepoint == '_' || between(codepoint, 'a', 'z')
+		return (codepoint == ':' && !namespaceAware) || between(codepoint, 'A', 'Z') || codepoint == '_' || between(codepoint, 'a', 'z')
 				|| between(codepoint, 0xC0, 0xD6) || between(codepoint, 0xD8, 0xF6) || between(codepoint, 0xF8, 0x2FF) || between(codepoint, 0x370, 0x37D) || between(codepoint, 0x37F, 0x1FFF)
 				|| between(codepoint, 0x200C, 0x200D) || between(codepoint, 0x2070, 0x218F) || between(codepoint, 0x2C00, 0x2FEF) || between(codepoint, 0x3001, 0xD7FF)
 				|| between(codepoint, 0xF900, 0xFDCF) || between(codepoint, 0xFDF0, 0xFFFD) || between(codepoint, 0x10000, 0xEFFFF);
 	}
 
-	bool isValidNameChar(gunichar codepoint) {
+	bool isValidNameChar(gunichar codepoint, bool namespaceAware = true) {
 		// NameChar       ::= NameStartChar | "-" | "." | [0-9] 
 		//   | #xB7
 		//   | [#x0300-#x036F] | [#x203F-#x2040]
-		return isValidNameStartChar(codepoint) || codepoint == '-' || codepoint == '.' || between(codepoint, '0', '9')
+		return isValidNameStartChar(codepoint, namespaceAware) || codepoint == '-' || codepoint == '.' || between(codepoint, '0', '9')
 				|| codepoint == 0xB7
 				|| between(codepoint, 0x0300, 0x036F) || between(codepoint, 0x203F, 0x2040);
 	}