diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFSCapabilities/v1.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFSCapabilities/v1.js
index 4402a262e5..24c9eeceb7 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFSCapabilities/v1.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFSCapabilities/v1.js
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WFSCapabilities.v1 = OpenLayers.Class(
         var name = this.getChildValue(node);
         if(name) {
             obj.name = name;
+            var prefix = name.split(":")[0];
+            if(prefix !== name) {
+                obj.featurePrefix = prefix;
+                obj.featureNS = this.lookupNamespaceURI(node, prefix);
+            }
         }
     },
 
@@ -114,4 +119,4 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WFSCapabilities.v1 = OpenLayers.Class(
     
     CLASS_NAME: "OpenLayers.Format.WFSCapabilities.v1" 
 
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
diff --git a/tests/Format/WFSCapabilities/v1.html b/tests/Format/WFSCapabilities/v1.html
index 08af8f4c5c..643ae1ac86 100644
--- a/tests/Format/WFSCapabilities/v1.html
+++ b/tests/Format/WFSCapabilities/v1.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <script type="text/javascript">
     
     function test_read(t) {
-        t.plan(28);
+        t.plan(32);
        
         var parser = new OpenLayers.Format.WFSCapabilities();
 
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
         t.eq(ft[0]["abstract"], "Manhattan landmarks, identifies water, lakes, parks, interesting buildilngs", "abstract of first feature type correct");
         t.eq(ft[0]["title"], "Manhattan (NY) landmarks", "title of first feature type correct");
         t.eq(ft[0]["name"], "tiger:poly_landmarks", "name of first feature type correct");
+        t.eq(ft[0]["featurePrefix"], "tiger", "prefix of first feature type correct");
+        t.eq(ft[0]["featureNS"], "http://www.census.gov", "ns of first feature type correct");
 
         // GeoServer, v1.0.0
         text = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><WFS_Capabilities version="1.0.0" xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs" xmlns:it.geosolutions="http://www.geo-solutions.it" xmlns:cite="http://www.opengeospatial.net/cite" xmlns:tiger="http://www.census.gov" xmlns:sde="http://geoserver.sf.net" xmlns:topp="http://www.openplans.org/topp" xmlns:sf="http://www.openplans.org/spearfish" xmlns:nurc="http://www.nurc.nato.int" xmlns:ogc="http://www.opengis.net/ogc" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.opengis.net/wfs http://localhost:80/geoserver/schemas/wfs/1.0.0/WFS-capabilities.xsd"><Service><Name>WFS</Name><Title>GeoServer Web Feature Service</Title><Abstract>This is the reference implementation of WFS 1.0.0 and WFS 1.1.0, supports all WFS operations including Transaction.</Abstract><Keywords>WFS, WMS, GEOSERVER</Keywords><OnlineResource>http://localhost:80/geoserver/wfs</OnlineResource><Fees>NONE</Fees><AccessConstraints>NONE</AccessConstraints></Service><Capability><Request><GetCapabilities><DCPType><HTTP><Get onlineResource="http://localhost:80/geoserver/wfs?request=GetCapabilities"/></HTTP></DCPType><DCPType><HTTP><Post onlineResource="http://localhost:80/geoserver/wfs?"/></HTTP></DCPType></GetCapabilities><DescribeFeatureType><SchemaDescriptionLanguage><XMLSCHEMA/></SchemaDescriptionLanguage><DCPType><HTTP><Get onlineResource="http://localhost:80/geoserver/wfs?request=DescribeFeatureType"/></HTTP></DCPType><DCPType><HTTP><Post onlineResource="http://localhost:80/geoserver/wfs?"/></HTTP></DCPType></DescribeFeatureType><GetFeature><ResultFormat><GML2/><SHAPE-ZIP/><GEOJSON/><csv/><GML3/></ResultFormat><DCPType><HTTP><Get onlineResource="http://localhost:80/geoserver/wfs?request=GetFeature"/></HTTP></DCPType><DCPType><HTTP><Post onlineResource="http://localhost:80/geoserver/wfs?"/></HTTP></DCPType></GetFeature><Transaction><DCPType><HTTP><Get onlineResource="http://localhost:80/geoserver/wfs?request=Transaction"/></HTTP></DCPType><DCPType><HTTP><Post onlineResource="http://localhost:80/geoserver/wfs?"/></HTTP></DCPType></Transaction><LockFeature><DCPType><HTTP><Get onlineResource="http://localhost:80/geoserver/wfs?request=LockFeature"/></HTTP></DCPType><DCPType><HTTP><Post onlineResource="http://localhost:80/geoserver/wfs?"/></HTTP></DCPType></LockFeature><GetFeatureWithLock><ResultFormat><GML2/></ResultFormat><DCPType><HTTP><Get onlineResource="http://localhost:80/geoserver/wfs?request=GetFeatureWithLock"/></HTTP></DCPType><DCPType><HTTP><Post onlineResource="http://localhost:80/geoserver/wfs?"/></HTTP></DCPType></GetFeatureWithLock></Request></Capability><FeatureTypeList><Operations><Query/><Insert/><Update/><Delete/><Lock/></Operations><FeatureType><Name>tiger:poly_landmarks</Name><Title>Manhattan (NY) landmarks</Title><Abstract>Manhattan landmarks, identifies water, lakes, parks, interesting buildilngs</Abstract><Keywords>DS_poly_landmarks, poly_landmarks, landmarks, manhattan</Keywords><SRS>EPSG:4326</SRS><LatLongBoundingBox minx="-74.047185" miny="40.679648" maxx="-73.90782" maxy="40.882078"/></FeatureType><FeatureType><Name>tiger:poi</Name><Title>Manhattan (NY) points of interest</Title><Abstract>Points of interest in New York, New York (on Manhattan). One of the attributes contains the name of a file with a picture of the point of interest.</Abstract><Keywords>poi, DS_poi, points_of_interest, Manhattan</Keywords><SRS>EPSG:4326</SRS><LatLongBoundingBox minx="-74.0118315772888" miny="40.70754683896324" maxx="-74.00857344353275" maxy="40.711945649065406"/></FeatureType><FeatureType><Name>tiger:tiger_roads</Name><Title>Manhattan (NY) roads</Title><Abstract>Highly simplified road layout of Manhattan in New York..</Abstract><Keywords>DS_tiger_roads, tiger_roads, roads</Keywords><SRS>EPSG:4326</SRS><LatLongBoundingBox minx="-74.02722" miny="40.684221" maxx="-73.907005" maxy="40.878178"/></FeatureType><FeatureType><Name>sf:archsites</Name><Title>Spearfish archeological sites</Title><Abstract>Sample data from GRASS, archeological sites location, Spearfish, South Dakota, USA</Abstract><Keywords>archsites, sfArchsites, spearfish, archeology</Keywords><SRS>EPSG:26713</SRS><LatLongBoundingBox minx="-103.8725637911543" miny="44.37740330855979" maxx="-103.63794182141925" maxy="44.48804280772808"/></FeatureType><FeatureType><Name>sf:bugsites</Name><Title>Spearfish bug locations</Title><Abstract>Sample data from GRASS, bug sites location, Spearfish, South Dakota, USA</Abstract><Keywords>sfBugsites, bugsites, insects, spearfish, tiger_beetles</Keywords><SRS>EPSG:26713</SRS><LatLongBoundingBox minx="-103.86796131703647" miny="44.373938816704396" maxx="-103.63773523234195" maxy="44.43418821380063"/></FeatureType><FeatureType><Name>sf:restricted</Name><Title>Spearfish restricted areas</Title><Abstract>Sample data from GRASS, restricted areas, Spearfish, South Dakota, USA</Abstract><Keywords>restricted, sfRestricted, spearfish, areas</Keywords><SRS>EPSG:26713</SRS><LatLongBoundingBox minx="-103.85057172920756" miny="44.39436387625042" maxx="-103.74741494853805" maxy="44.48215752041131"/></FeatureType><FeatureType><Name>sf:roads</Name><Title>Spearfish roads</Title><Abstract>Sample data from GRASS, road layout, Spearfish, South Dakota, USA</Abstract><Keywords>sfRoads, roads, spearfish</Keywords><SRS>EPSG:26713</SRS><LatLongBoundingBox minx="-103.87741691493184" miny="44.37087275281798" maxx="-103.62231404880659" maxy="44.50015918338962"/></FeatureType><FeatureType><Name>sf:streams</Name><Title>Spearfish streams</Title><Abstract>Sample data from GRASS, streams, Spearfish, South Dakota, USA</Abstract><Keywords>sfStreams, streams, spearfish</Keywords><SRS>EPSG:26713</SRS><LatLongBoundingBox minx="-103.87789019829768" miny="44.372335260095554" maxx="-103.62287788915457" maxy="44.502218486214815"/></FeatureType><FeatureType><Name>topp:tasmania_cities</Name><Title>Tasmania cities</Title><Abstract>Cities in Tasmania (actually, just the capital)</Abstract><Keywords>cities, Tasmania</Keywords><SRS>EPSG:4326</SRS><LatLongBoundingBox minx="145.19754" miny="-43.423512" maxx="148.27298000000002" maxy="-40.852802"/></FeatureType><FeatureType><Name>topp:tasmania_roads</Name><Title>Tasmania roads</Title><Abstract>Main Tasmania roads</Abstract><Keywords>Roads, Tasmania</Keywords><SRS>EPSG:4326</SRS><LatLongBoundingBox minx="145.19754" miny="-43.423512" maxx="148.27298000000002" maxy="-40.852802"/></FeatureType><FeatureType><Name>topp:tasmania_state_boundaries</Name><Title>Tasmania state boundaries</Title><Abstract>Tasmania state boundaries</Abstract><Keywords>tasmania_state_boundaries, Tasmania, boundaries</Keywords><SRS>EPSG:4326</SRS><LatLongBoundingBox minx="143.83482400000003" miny="-43.648056" maxx="148.47914100000003" maxy="-39.573891"/></FeatureType><FeatureType><Name>topp:tasmania_water_bodies</Name><Title>Tasmania water bodies</Title><Abstract>Tasmania water bodies</Abstract><Keywords>Lakes, Bodies, Australia, Water, Tasmania</Keywords><SRS>EPSG:4326</SRS><LatLongBoundingBox minx="145.97161899999998" miny="-43.031944" maxx="147.219696" maxy="-41.775558"/></FeatureType><FeatureType><Name>topp:states</Name><Title>USA Population</Title><Abstract>This is some census data on the states.</Abstract><Keywords>census, united, boundaries, state, states</Keywords><SRS>EPSG:4326</SRS><LatLongBoundingBox minx="-124.731422" miny="24.955967" maxx="-66.969849" maxy="49.371735"/></FeatureType><FeatureType><Name>tiger:giant_polygon</Name><Title>World rectangle</Title><Abstract>A simple rectangular polygon covering most of the world, it\'s only used for the purpose of providing a background (WMS bgcolor could be used instead)</Abstract><Keywords>DS_giant_polygon, giant_polygon</Keywords><SRS>EPSG:4326</SRS><LatLongBoundingBox minx="-180.0" miny="-90.0" maxx="180.0" maxy="90.0"/></FeatureType></FeatureTypeList><ogc:Filter_Capabilities><ogc:Spatial_Capabilities><ogc:Spatial_Operators><ogc:Disjoint/><ogc:Equals/><ogc:DWithin/><ogc:Beyond/><ogc:Intersect/><ogc:Touches/><ogc:Crosses/><ogc:Within/><ogc:Contains/><ogc:Overlaps/><ogc:BBOX/></ogc:Spatial_Operators></ogc:Spatial_Capabilities><ogc:Scalar_Capabilities><ogc:Logical_Operators/><ogc:Comparison_Operators><ogc:Simple_Comparisons/><ogc:Between/><ogc:Like/><ogc:NullCheck/></ogc:Comparison_Operators><ogc:Arithmetic_Operators><ogc:Simple_Arithmetic/><ogc:Functions><ogc:Function_Names><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">abs</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">abs_2</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">abs_3</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">abs_4</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">acos</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">Area</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">asin</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">atan</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">atan2</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="3">between</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">boundary</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">boundaryDimension</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">buffer</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="3">bufferWithSegments</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">ceil</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">centroid</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">classify</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">Collection_Average</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">Collection_Bounds</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">Collection_Count</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">Collection_Max</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">Collection_Median</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">Collection_Min</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">Collection_Sum</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">Collection_Unique</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">Concatenate</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">contains</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">convexHull</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">cos</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">crosses</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">dateFormat</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">dateParse</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">difference</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">dimension</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">disjoint</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">distance</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">double2bool</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">endPoint</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">envelope</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">EqualInterval</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">equalsExact</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="3">equalsExactTolerance</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">equalTo</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">exp</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">exteriorRing</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">floor</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">geometryType</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">geomFromWKT</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">geomLength</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">getGeometryN</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">getX</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">getY</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">getZ</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">greaterEqualThan</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">greaterThan</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="0">id</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">IEEEremainder</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="3">if_then_else</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="11">in10</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="3">in2</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="4">in3</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="5">in4</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="6">in5</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="7">in6</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="8">in7</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="9">in8</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="10">in9</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">int2bbool</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">int2ddouble</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">interiorPoint</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">interiorRingN</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">intersection</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">intersects</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">isClosed</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">isEmpty</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">isLike</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">isNull</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">isRing</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">isSimple</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">isValid</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="3">isWithinDistance</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">length</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">lessEqualThan</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">lessThan</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">log</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">max</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">max_2</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">max_3</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">max_4</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">min</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">min_2</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">min_3</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">min_4</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">not</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">notEqualTo</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">numGeometries</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">numInteriorRing</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">numPoints</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">overlaps</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">parseBoolean</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">parseDouble</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">parseInt</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="0">pi</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">pointN</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">pow</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">PropertyExists</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">Quantile</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="0">random</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">relate</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="3">relatePattern</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">rint</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">round</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">round_2</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">roundDouble</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">sin</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">sqrt</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">StandardDeviation</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">startPoint</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">strConcat</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">strEndsWith</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">strEqualsIgnoreCase</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">strIndexOf</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">strLastIndexOf</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">strLength</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">strMatches</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="4">strReplace</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">strStartsWith</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="3">strSubstring</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">strSubstringStart</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">strToLowerCase</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">strToUpperCase</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">strTrim</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">symDifference</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">tan</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">toDegrees</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">toRadians</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">touches</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="1">toWKT</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">union</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">UniqueInterval</ogc:Function_Name><ogc:Function_Name nArgs="2">within</ogc:Function_Name></ogc:Function_Names></ogc:Functions></ogc:Arithmetic_Operators></ogc:Scalar_Capabilities></ogc:Filter_Capabilities></WFS_Capabilities>';
@@ -25,7 +27,9 @@
         t.eq(ft[0]["abstract"], "Manhattan landmarks, identifies water, lakes, parks, interesting buildilngs", "abstract of first feature type correct");
         t.eq(ft[0]["title"], "Manhattan (NY) landmarks", "title of first feature type correct");
         t.eq(ft[0]["name"], "tiger:poly_landmarks", "name of first feature type correct");
-        
+        t.eq(ft[0]["featurePrefix"], "tiger", "prefix of first feature type correct");
+        t.eq(ft[0]["featureNS"], "http://www.census.gov", "ns of first feature type correct");
+
         var service = res.service;
         t.eq(service.name, 'WFS', "service name correct");
         t.eq(service.title, 'GeoServer Web Feature Service', "service title correct");