// retrieve the namespace present in the "namespace" attribute
// NOTE: if this attribute is missing the DAV: namespace represents the default.
String namespaceAttr = propertyElem.getAttribute(ATTR_NAMESPACE);
Namespace namespace = (namespaceAttr != null) ? Namespace.getNamespace(namespaceAttr) : NAMESPACE;
DavPropertyName propName = DavPropertyName.create(nameAttr, namespace);
DavProperty p = res.getProperty(propName);
if (p != null) {
if (p instanceof HrefProperty && res instanceof DeltaVResource) {
ElementIterator it = DomUtil.getChildren(propertyElem, XML_PROPERTY, NAMESPACE);
resp.add(new ExpandProperty((DeltaVResource)res, (HrefProperty)p, it));