+1 On dropping the priority attribute.
On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:07:26 -0700, Eran Hammer-Lahav <>
wrote:
> If the XML experts on the list feel comfortable with the ability to
> preserve document ordering, I am very much in favor of dropping the
> priority attribute.
>
> EHL
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Scott Cantor [mailto:]
>> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 6:30 PM
>> To: 'Peter Davis'
>> Cc: 'XRI TC'; 'DeWitt Clinton'
>> Subject: RE: [xri] Removing priority attribute from XRD altogether
>>
>> Peter Davis wrote on 2009-08-27:
>> > My concern with this is that i fear that XRD instances which are
>> > dynamically generated within an application are able to produce
>> > service elements in the order they intend when serializing their
>> > object into XML. I do not have sufficient exposure to enough XML
>> > libraries to know if this is truly an issue, however.
>>
>> I mentioned on the call that the people who would have problems with
>> order
>> are those using dumb or broken data binding tools. There are specs that
>> have
>> made and continue to make such allowances, but I think this is a lot of
>> effort for the rest of us to help people using broken tools.
>>
>> (A similar argument exists regarding making allowances for people that
>> insist on using non-XML tools to process XML.)
>>
>> -- Scott
>>
>>
>>
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