Default namespace usage for OPENXML in SQL Server 2005

A little different this time but came across a problem the other day where I had a block of XML as text in SQL Server and I wanted to shred it using OPENXML. The document contained a default namespace, as per the sample given below:-
<launchparam xmlns=”uk.co.alliance-leicester.mortgages”>
   <dipconv>
       <callvisitid>2</callvisitid>
       <options>trigger=1</options>
   </dipconv>
</launchparam>’
 
I had not particularly noticed that [...]