RE: [DM] IBM-DM-105: Order of comments, PI's and text given [schema normalized value] property

• From: Michael Kay <mhk@mhk.me.uk>
• Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 08:23:00 -0000
• To: <public-qt-comments@w3.org>
• Message-ID: <000201c3f5f8$6c426150$6401a8c0@pcukmka>

> 
> Section 6.2.4
> 
> The description of how the children property of the element node is 
> constructed from PSVI indicates that if the [schema normalized value] 
> property exists, and the processor chooses to use that means 
> of setting 
> the property, the order of nodes in the sequence is implementation 
> defined.
> 
> This should be phrased to indicate that only the text node 
> will be in some 
> implementation-dependent position relative to the PI and 
> comment children, 
> but the order of the PI's and comments themselves is the same 
> as in the 
> [children] property.
> 
> Thanks,
>
I personally find this reordering of comment nodes abhorrent.

Changing

<a>1.2 8.9 3.56 <!-- or 3.57? --> 8.3</a>

to

<a>1.2 8.9 3.56 8.3 <!-- or 3.57? --></a>

is a gross violation of data integrity and we should not sanction it.

Michael Kay

Received on Wednesday, 18 February 2004 03:22:18 UTC