1>xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"

2>xmlns:svg="urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns :svg-compatible:1.0"

Can any one tell me the difference btween the two namespaces.

Someone can almost certainly tell you the difference, but there's a fairly small chance that you'll find them hanging around on an XSLT list. Find an SVG forum.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference