Hi Stan,
  in real world XML files, variety of data is possible
*with liklyhood of numbers also existing along with
alphabets*, so i think popular XSLT processors have to
implement with some way of providing sorted order to
such data. i feel that is why, true lexicographic
meaning is not possible with XSLT processors ..

Regards,
Mukul

--- Stan Devitt <jsdevitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Markus,
> 
> Actually,   I don't think we are that far apart.   I
> strongly agree with 
> you that the kind sort you mention is very
> important. I was definitely 
> not suggesting it be removed and I don't really care
> what the various 
> sorts are called.  (Also, I'm only guessing that
> true lexicographic 
> really was meant in the first place ...)
> 
> My biggest concern was over the "technical"
> contradiction between the 
> REC and the implementations and the evident
> difficulty in reaching a 
> concensus on that fact.
> 
> I was also somewhat surprised that people did not
> seem to have noticed  
> that  an implementor COULD have  remained
> technically true to the 
> lexicographic reference in the spec. and also
> addressed many  (50% ?,  
> 80%?,  more? )  cultural differences also as
> directed by the REC.  The 
> fact that multiple implementors chose to sacrifice
> the technical meaning 
> of  lexicographic to further the cultural directive
> just lends weight to 
> your argument of how important  the other kind sort
> is and I'm not 
> disagreeing with their decision.
> 
> Bottom line:   People should not be this confused by
> the REC. A REC of 
> this sort should definitely not
> use a technical word like lexicographic in a
> non-technical sense.  
> Either it did, or there is a contradiction.
> 
> We may still disagree on the importance of a true
> lexicographic sort, 
> but we can debate that elsewhere.
> Myself, I find it much more useful for my kind of
> data . :)
> 
> Stan Devitt
> 
> >  
> >
> 
> 
> 
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