--- loncom/xml/lonxml.pm	2001/10/31 17:44:42	1.137
+++ loncom/xml/lonxml.pm	2001/11/07 21:26:04	1.138
@@ -1161,7 +1161,15 @@ sub register_insert {
 
 sub description {
   my ($token)=@_;
-  return $insertlist{$insertlist{"$token->[1].num"}.'.description'};
+  my $tagnum;
+  my $tag=$token->[1];
+  foreach my $namespace (reverse @Apache::lonxml::namespace) {
+    my $testtag=$namespace.'::'.$tag;
+    $tagnum=$insertlist{"$testtag.num"};
+    if (defined($tagnum)) { last; }
+  }
+  if (!defined ($tagnum)) { $tagnum=$Apache::lonxml::insertlist{"$tag.num"}; }
+  return $insertlist{$tagnum.'.description'};
 }
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- whichuser