Index: lib/OpenLayers/Format/OWSCommon/v1_0_0.js
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--- lib/OpenLayers/Format/OWSCommon/v1_0_0.js	(revision 10384)
+++ lib/OpenLayers/Format/OWSCommon/v1_0_0.js	(working copy)
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@
 OpenLayers.Format.OWSCommon.v1_0_0 = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.OWSCommon.v1, {
     
     /**
+     * Property: namespaces
+     * {Object} Mapping of namespace aliases to namespace URIs.
+     */
+    namespaces: {
+        ows: "http://www.opengis.net/ows/1.0",
+        xlink: "http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+    },    
+    
+    /**
      * Property: readers
      * Contains public functions, grouped by namespace prefix, that will
      *     be applied when a namespaced node is found matching the function
Index: lib/OpenLayers/Format/OWSCommon/v1_1_0.js
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--- lib/OpenLayers/Format/OWSCommon/v1_1_0.js	(revision 10384)
+++ lib/OpenLayers/Format/OWSCommon/v1_1_0.js	(working copy)
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@
  * It is not intended to be used on its own.
  */
 OpenLayers.Format.OWSCommon.v1_1_0 = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.OWSCommon.v1, {
+
+    /**
+     * Property: namespaces
+     * {Object} Mapping of namespace aliases to namespace URIs.
+     */
+    namespaces: {
+        ows: "http://www.opengis.net/ows/1.1",
+        xlink: "http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+    },    
     
     /**
      * Property: readers
Index: lib/OpenLayers/Format/OWSCommon/v1.js
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--- lib/OpenLayers/Format/OWSCommon/v1.js	(revision 10384)
+++ lib/OpenLayers/Format/OWSCommon/v1.js	(working copy)
@@ -25,6 +25,17 @@
     }, 
  
     /**
+     * Property: regExes
+     * Compiled regular expressions for manipulating strings.
+     */
+    regExes: {
+        trimSpace: (/^\s*|\s*$/g),
+        removeSpace: (/\s*/g),
+        splitSpace: (/\s+/),
+        trimComma: (/\s*,\s*/g)
+    },
+
+    /**
      * Property: readers
      * Contains public functions, grouped by namespace prefix, that will
      *     be applied when a namespaced node is found matching the function