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Re: [xml-dev] The order of attributes

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To: Xasima Xirohata <xasima@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [xml-dev] The order of attributes
From: ian.graham@utoronto.ca
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 11:55:17 -0500
Cc: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
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Quoting Xasima Xirohata <xasima@gmail.com>:

> Hi, everybody.
> 
> I wonder why the order of attributes doesn't matter in the XML 1.0.  spec.

This characteristic of attributes is inherited by necessity from SGML:  XML 1.0
was derived (if that is the right word) from SGML, such that XML 1.0 data could
be correctly processed by SGML processors. 

So to find a written reason for this language design choice, you'd need to look
back to the roots of SGML.

Ian

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