Order of input/output/.../iteration-source/viewport-source/xpath-context

/ "Innovimax SARL" <innovimax@gmail.com> was heard to say:
| On 5/24/07, Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> wrote:
|> / Innovimax SARL <innovimax@gmail.com> was heard to say:
[...]
|> Since we agreed that input/output/option/parameter/journal order wouldn't
|> matter, I think this is ok. I think the spec is wrong :-)
|
| I don't remember this decision....anyway, I think p:iteration-source,
| should be the first element if present

From http://www.w3.org/TR/xproc/#components

  Editorial Note

  In previous drafts, inputs, outputs, options, and parameters
  occurred in a fixed order. In this draft, they may appear in any
  order (but before the contained steps). Is that an improvement?

If we're going to allow input and output in any order, forcing
iteration-source (or viewport-source or xpath-context) to be first
seems wrong. They are, after all, just a funny spelling of "input" :-)

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

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