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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def match_namespace(self, el, tag):
 """Match the namespace of the element."""


        match = True
        namespace = self.get_tag_ns(el)
        default_namespace = self.namespaces.get('')
        tag_ns = '' if tag.prefix is None else self.namespaces.get(tag.prefix, None)
        # We must match the default namespace if one is not provided
        if tag.prefix is None and (default_namespace is not None and namespace != default_namespace):
            match = False
        # If we specified `|tag`, we must not have a namespace.
        elif (tag.prefix is not None and tag.prefix == '' and namespace):
            match = False
        # Verify prefix matches
        elif (
            tag.prefix and
            tag.prefix != '*' and (tag_ns is None or namespace != tag_ns)
        ):
            match = False
        return match