The XmlnsPrefix attribute defines the prefix name that you suggest using in the XAML, while declaring the module namespace. Though it is optional to use the same prefix name, while using the Visual Studio IntelliSense, it automatically adds it.
When you define the XML namespace as URL format, it has multiple benefits over the traditional representation:
- If you follow the same structure, it is easy to remember.
- When you are using custom libraries, you don't have to write the complete namespace and assembly every time in each file. Thus, uses of xmlns:behaviors="clr-namespace:CH05.NamespaceCustomizationLibraryDemo.Behaviors;assembly=CH05.NamespaceCustomizationLibraryDemo" can be reduced to xmlns:behaviors="http://schemas.kunal-chowdhury.com/xaml/behaviors".
- You can define the prefix, so that you can follow the same convention in all the files while defining the XMLNS attribute.