[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] Canonical XML, signatures, and element ordering
I'd like to be able to compare two XML files to determine if they have equivalent content. The catch is, in some instances (but not all) the order of elements under a particular node is not relevant. It's my understanding that XML Signature will meet my needs just fine for instances where order is relevant, but not otherwise. Is that correct? Are there any suggestions on a good way to do this? The only thing that comes to my mind is to convert each XML document to its canonical form, then load it into a DOM tree and procedurally sort the elements under the relevant node. Would this approach work or are there "gotchas" I'm not considering? Is there a better way? Thanks for any tips on this.
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