wpf - xaml what is "local:"?

Question

What is local: in XAML, and what parameters in a C# class can be called local: ?

In some code I am looking at, I see xmlns:local="clr-namespace:AskLocal". What does this mean?

Answer 1

In XAML the local alias is commonly used when referring to the namespace in which the current class is declared. It is not mandatory, it is just commonly done.