def splitPrefix(name):
    if isinstance(name, basestring) \
        and ':' in name:
            return tuple(name.split(':', 1))
    else:
        return (None, name)
Split the name into a tuple (I{prefix}, I{name}).  The first element in
dataset/ETHPy150Open CouchPotato/CouchPotatoServer/libs/suds/sax/__init__.py/splitPrefix