Hello,

I’m working on a schema where you can have N number of XML fragments of the same record R. Each fragment represents an instance of the same record R at different periods in time. The thought is that people could compare the fragments to see what has changed in the record.

These fragments have repeating elements, and I worry that parsers / writers may rewrite the fragments such that the order of their sub elements may change, making comparison difficult. Is this a valid concern, and what can I do about it?

Thanks,

John Dziurlaj

Elections Consultant

Hilton Roscoe LLC
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