RE: creation order vs. document order

> I don't think that answers my question. This says something about the 
> order of the nodes but nothing about their order in document 
> order: it 
> is still quite possible that Value2 precedes Value1 in 
> document order. 
> It all depends on where in the universe of all created fragment newly 
> created nodes are placed when they are created.

Section 3.2 of the data model says:

The relative order of free-standing nodes (elements, attributes, and
other nodes created outside the context of a particular document) is
also implementation-dependent but stable.

That seems to answer your question.

Regards,
Bas de Bakker
X-Hive Corporation