- From: Michael Rys <mrys@microsoft.com>
- Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 11:41:16 -0800
- To: "Mukul Gandhi" <mukul_gandhi@yahoo.com>, <public-qt-comments@w3.org>
The XML Infoset does not prescribe an order for attributes on an element. Thus, the Data model cannot do this either. You may say: XML legacy is the reason. Best regards Michael > -----Original Message----- > From: public-qt-comments-request@w3.org [mailto:public-qt-comments- > request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Mukul Gandhi > Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 11:29 AM > To: public-qt-comments@w3.org > Subject: [DM]Relative order of Attribute Nodes > > > Hello, > In the "XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Data Model" > document at > http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-xpath-datamodel-20041029/ > , it is suggested (in section 2.4) that the relative > order of Attribute Nodes is stable but > implementation-dependent. This means, that the @*[n] > expression (where n is a +ve integer) may give > different results between different implementations. > > Would it not be appropriate to make "the relative > order of Attribute Nodes" consistent across > implementations. If it cannot be made consistent > across implementations, I am curious to know the > reason behind this.. > > Regards, > Mukul > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. > www.yahoo.com > >
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