Re: [xml-dev] Is order in XML guaranteed?

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Elliotte Harold <>
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"Chen, Andrew ." <>
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2004-11-16T21:02:21Z
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Re: [xml-dev] Is order in XML guaranteed?
Chen, Andrew . wrote:

 >
  question is: does the XML spec, or parser spec guarantee these 2 items
> to be stored/retrieved in order ?
> 

Element order is significant in XML. A conformant XML parser faithfully 
reports all elements in the order they appear. What happens after that 
point is up to the client application.


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Elliotte Rusty Harold  
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