Index: src/OFXMLElement.h
==================================================================
--- src/OFXMLElement.h
+++ src/OFXMLElement.h
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@
 	OFString *CDATA;
 	OFString *comment;
 }
 
 #ifdef OF_HAVE_PROPERTIES
-@property (readonly, copy) OFString *name;
-@property (readonly, copy, getter=namespace) OFString *ns;
+@property (copy) OFString *name;
+@property (copy, getter=namespace, setter=setNamespace) OFString *ns;
 @property (copy) OFString *defaultNamespace;
 @property (readonly, copy) OFArray *attributes;
 @property (readonly, copy) OFArray *children;
 #endif
 
@@ -231,15 +231,29 @@
  * \param path The path to the file
  * \return An initialized OFXMLElement with the contents of the specified file
  */
 - initWithFile: (OFString*)path;
 
+/**
+ * Sets the name of the element.
+ *
+ * \param name The new name
+ */
+- (void)setName: (OFString*)name;
+
 /**
  * \return The name of the element
  */
 - (OFString*)name;
 
+/**
+ * Sets the namespace of the element.
+ *
+ * \param ns The new namespace
+ */
+- (void)setNamespace: (OFString*)ns;
+
 /**
  * \return The namespace of the element
  */
 - (OFString*)namespace;
 

Index: src/OFXMLElement.m
==================================================================
--- src/OFXMLElement.m
+++ src/OFXMLElement.m
@@ -388,15 +388,33 @@
 		@throw e;
 	}
 
 	return self;
 }
+
+- (void)setName: (OFString*)name_
+{
+	if (name == nil)
+		@throw [OFInvalidArgumentException newWithClass: isa
+						       selector: _cmd];
+
+	OF_SETTER(name, name_, YES, YES)
+}
 
 - (OFString*)name
 {
 	return [[name copy] autorelease];
 }
+
+- (void)setNamespace: (OFString*)ns_
+{
+	if (name == nil)
+		@throw [OFInvalidArgumentException newWithClass: isa
+						       selector: _cmd];
+
+	OF_SETTER(ns, ns_, YES, YES)
+}
 
 - (OFString*)namespace
 {
 	return [[ns copy] autorelease];
 }