def getAttributeQName(self, attribute):
qname = self.getAttribute(attribute)<EOL>if isinstance(qname, TypeDescriptionComponent) is True:<EOL><INDENT>return qname<EOL><DEDENT>if qname is None:<EOL><INDENT>return None<EOL><DEDENT>prefix,ncname = SplitQName(qname)<EOL>namespace = self.getXMLNS(prefix)<EOL>return TypeDescriptionComponent((namespace,ncname))<EOL>
return requested attribute value as (namespace,name) or None