RE: [xml-dev] Can we treat XML elements and attributes as sets

Which would I think imply that maintaining
> and not maintaining order are both important in XML?
> Do I make any sense? 

Yes, sets (unordered) and sequences (ordered) are both important in XML,
which is why both are used, and I think you will find that the specs are
very careful to use "set" to mean an unordered collection and "sequence" (or
"list") to mean one with intrinsic order.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/