diff --git a/matching/src/selectable.rs b/matching/src/selectable.rs
index 5ef0960..31795bb 100644
--- a/matching/src/selectable.rs
+++ b/matching/src/selectable.rs
@@ -140,7 +140,14 @@ impl selectors::Element for CssNodeRef<'_> {
     }
 
     fn is_link(&self) -> bool {
-        &self.0.value().element().unwrap().name.local == "link"
+        let element = self.0.value().element().unwrap();
+
+        element.name.ns == ns!(html)
+            && matches!(&*element.name.local, "a" | "area" | "link")
+            && element
+                .attrs
+                .iter()
+                .any(|(name, _)| name.ns.is_empty() && &*name.local == "href")
     }
 
     fn is_html_slot_element(&self) -> bool {
@@ -181,14 +188,19 @@ impl selectors::Element for CssNodeRef<'_> {
     }
 
     fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
-        !self.0.children().any(|x| {
-            let v = x.value();
-            v.is_element() || v.is_text()
+        !self.0.children().any(|child| {
+            let value = child.value();
+            value.is_element()
+                || value
+                    .text()
+                    .is_some_and(|text| !text.contents.is_empty())
         })
     }
 
     fn is_root(&self) -> bool {
-        self.0.value().is_document()
+        self.0
+            .parent()
+            .is_some_and(|parent| parent.value().is_document())
     }
 
     fn apply_selector_flags(&self, _flags: selectors::matching::ElementSelectorFlags) {}
diff --git a/python/tests/test_rustlib.py b/python/tests/test_rustlib.py
index 5a2cf63..235200c 100644
--- a/python/tests/test_rustlib.py
+++ b/python/tests/test_rustlib.py
@@ -638,3 +638,87 @@ def test_iter_submodule():
 
     for name in rl.iter.__all__:
         assert getattr(rl.iter, name).__module__ == "markupever._rustlib.iter", name
+
+
+
+def test_select_pseudo_classes():
+    parser = rl.Parser(rl.HtmlOptions())
+    parser.process(
+        '<html id="document-root"><head><link id="stylesheet" href="/site.css"></head>'
+        '<body><a id="anchor" href="#target"></a><a id="plain-anchor"></a>'
+        '<area id="area" href="#target"></body></html>'
+    )
+    parser.finish()
+    dom = parser.into_dom()
+
+    def selected_ids(expression):
+        return [
+            _get_attr(node.attrs, "id")[1]
+            for node in rl.Select(dom.root(), expression)
+        ]
+
+    assert selected_ids(":root") == ["document-root"]
+    assert selected_ids(":link") == ["stylesheet", "anchor", "area"]
+    assert selected_ids("#plain-anchor:link") == []
+
+    body = next(iter(rl.Select(dom.root(), "body")))
+
+    empty_text = rl.Element(
+        dom, rl.QualName("div", "html"), [("id", "empty-text")], False, False
+    )
+    comment_only = rl.Element(
+        dom, rl.QualName("div", "html"), [("id", "comment-only")], False, False
+    )
+    whitespace = rl.Element(
+        dom, rl.QualName("div", "html"), [("id", "whitespace")], False, False
+    )
+
+    for element in (empty_text, comment_only, whitespace):
+        dom.append(body, element)
+
+    dom.append(empty_text, rl.Text(dom, ""))
+    dom.append(comment_only, rl.Comment(dom, "ignored"))
+    dom.append(whitespace, rl.Text(dom, " "))
+
+    assert selected_ids("#empty-text:empty") == ["empty-text"]
+    assert selected_ids("#comment-only:empty") == ["comment-only"]
+    assert selected_ids("#whitespace:empty") == []
+
+
+def test_unqualified_id_and_class_selectors_ignore_namespaced_attributes():
+    dom = rl.TreeDom(namespaces={"ns": "urn:example"})
+    element = rl.Element(
+        dom,
+        "item",
+        [
+            (rl.QualName("id", "urn:example", "ns"), "namespaced-id"),
+            ("id", "plain-id"),
+            (rl.QualName("class", "urn:example", "ns"), "namespaced-class"),
+            ("class", "plain-class"),
+        ],
+        False,
+        False,
+    )
+    dom.append(dom.root(), element)
+
+    assert len(list(rl.Select(dom.root(), "#plain-id"))) == 1
+    assert len(list(rl.Select(dom.root(), "#namespaced-id"))) == 0
+    assert len(list(rl.Select(dom.root(), ".plain-class"))) == 1
+    assert len(list(rl.Select(dom.root(), ".namespaced-class"))) == 0
+    assert len(list(rl.Select(dom.root(), "[ns|id]"))) == 1
+
+
+def test_detaching_a_node_preserves_namespaces_still_in_use():
+    dom = rl.TreeDom()
+    first = rl.Element(dom, rl.QualName("first", "urn:example", "ns"), [], False, False)
+    second = rl.Element(dom, rl.QualName("second", "urn:example", "ns"), [], False, False)
+
+    dom.append(dom.root(), first)
+    dom.append(dom.root(), second)
+    assert dom.namespaces() == {"ns": "urn:example"}
+
+    dom.detach(first)
+    assert dom.namespaces() == {"ns": "urn:example"}
+
+    dom.detach(second)
+    assert dom.namespaces() == {}
diff --git a/src/tree.rs b/src/tree.rs
index 4e5501f..a9f07f5 100644
--- a/src/tree.rs
+++ b/src/tree.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,24 @@ impl PyTreeDom {
         Self { dom }
     }
 
+    #[inline]
+    fn same_contents(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
+        if Arc::ptr_eq(&self.dom, &other.dom) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        // Lock the two DOMs in a stable order so opposite comparisons cannot deadlock.
+        let self_address = Arc::as_ptr(&self.dom) as usize;
+        let other_address = Arc::as_ptr(&other.dom) as usize;
+        let (first, second) = if self_address < other_address {
+            (self.dom.lock(), other.dom.lock())
+        } else {
+            (other.dom.lock(), self.dom.lock())
+        };
+
+        *first == *second
+    }
+
     #[inline]
     fn add_new_namespace(
         &self,
@@ -46,12 +64,41 @@ impl PyTreeDom {
         mut lock: ::parking_lot::MutexGuard<'_, ::treedom::IDTreeDOM>,
         id: ::treedom::NodeId,
     ) {
-        let child = lock.get(id).unwrap();
-
-        if let Some(elem) = child.value().element()
-            && let Some(prefix) = elem.name.prefix.clone()
+        let mut detached_prefixes = Vec::new();
         {
-            lock.namespaces_mut().remove(&prefix);
+            let detached = lock.get(id).unwrap();
+            if let Some(element) = detached.value().element()
+                && let Some(prefix) = element.name.prefix.clone()
+            {
+                detached_prefixes.push(prefix);
+            }
+
+            for descendant in detached.descendants() {
+                if let Some(element) = descendant.value().element()
+                    && let Some(prefix) = element.name.prefix.clone()
+                    && !detached_prefixes.contains(&prefix)
+                {
+                    detached_prefixes.push(prefix);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        let active_namespaces = {
+            let root = lock.root();
+            root.descendants()
+                .filter_map(|node| {
+                    let element = node.value().element()?;
+                    Some((element.name.prefix.clone()?, element.name.ns.clone()))
+                })
+                .collect::<std::collections::HashMap<_, _>>()
+        };
+
+        for prefix in detached_prefixes {
+            if let Some(namespace) = active_namespaces.get(&prefix) {
+                lock.namespaces_mut().insert(prefix, namespace.clone());
+            } else {
+                lock.namespaces_mut().remove(&prefix);
+            }
         }
     }
 }
@@ -420,14 +467,7 @@ impl PyTreeDom {
                     Err(_) => return Ok(false),
                 };
 
-                if Arc::ptr_eq(&self_.get().dom, &other.dom) {
-                    Ok(true)
-                } else {
-                    let t1 = self_.get().dom.lock();
-                    let t2 = other.dom.lock();
-
-                    Ok(*t1 == *t2)
-                }
+                Ok(self_.get().same_contents(&other))
             }
             pyo3::basic::CompareOp::Ne => {
                 let other = match other.extract::<pyo3::PyRef<'_, Self>>(self_.py()) {
@@ -435,14 +475,7 @@ impl PyTreeDom {
                     Err(_) => return Ok(false),
                 };
 
-                if Arc::ptr_eq(&self_.get().dom, &other.dom) {
-                    Ok(false)
-                } else {
-                    let t1 = self_.get().dom.lock();
-                    let t2 = other.dom.lock();
-
-                    Ok(*t1 != *t2)
-                }
+                Ok(!self_.get().same_contents(&other))
             }
             pyo3::basic::CompareOp::Gt => {
                 crate::nodes::create_richcmp_notimplemented!('>', self_)
diff --git a/treedom/src/interface.rs b/treedom/src/interface.rs
index 83d99c8..fcda6cd 100644
--- a/treedom/src/interface.rs
+++ b/treedom/src/interface.rs
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ impl ElementAttributes {
             .get_or_init(|| {
                 self.list
                     .iter()
-                    .find(|(name, _)| name == "id")
+                    .find(|(name, _)| name.ns.is_empty() && &*name.local == "id")
                     .map(|(_, value)| value.clone())
             })
             .as_deref()
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ impl ElementAttributes {
             let mut classes = self
                 .list
                 .iter()
-                .filter(|(name, _)| &*name.local == "class")
+                .filter(|(name, _)| name.ns.is_empty() && &*name.local == "class")
                 .flat_map(|(_, value)| {
                     value
                         .split_ascii_whitespace()