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Hi, I was wondering if there is anywhere in the litterature, or even in a standard, a definition of the order in an XML document? My problem is simple: if I compare 2 elements A and B the results can be [1] A and B are not in the same document [2] A is before B [3] B is before A [4] A and B are equal [5] A is within B [6] B is within A I see two options for a comparison function between A and B (similar to Perl's cmp function): option 1 option 2 [1] A and B are not in undef undef the same document [2] A is before B -1 -1 [3] B is before A 1 1 [4] A and B are equal 0 0 [5] A is within B 0 1 (B starts before A) [6] B is within A 0 -1 (A starts before B) I could not find much about that problem, but maybe I did not look in the right place. Any pointers (or thoughts)? Thank you Michel Rodriguez Senior Programmer-Analyst, Electronic Services IEEE Standards Activities m.v.rodriguez@i... http://www.xmltwig.cx *************************************************************************** This is xml-dev, the mailing list for XML developers. To unsubscribe, mailto:majordomo@x...&BODY=unsubscribe%20xml-dev List archives are available at http://xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ ***************************************************************************
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