RE: [xri] Removing priority attribute from XRD altogether

[Eran Hammer-Lahav <eran@hueniverse.com>]

If the XML experts on the list feel comfortable with the ability to preserve document ordering, I am very much in favor of dropping the priority attribute.

EHL

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Cantor [mailto:cantor.2@osu.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 6:30 PM
> To: 'Peter Davis'
> Cc: 'XRI TC'; 'DeWitt Clinton'
> Subject: RE: [xri] Removing priority attribute from XRD altogether
> 
> Peter Davis wrote on 2009-08-27:
> > My concern with this is that i fear that XRD instances which are
> > dynamically generated within an application are able to produce
> > service elements in the order they intend when serializing their
> > object into XML.  I do not have sufficient exposure to enough XML
> > libraries to know if this is truly an issue, however.
> 
> I mentioned on the call that the people who would have problems with
> order
> are those using dumb or broken data binding tools. There are specs that
> have
> made and continue to make such allowances, but I think this is a lot of
> effort for the rest of us to help people using broken tools.
> 
> (A similar argument exists regarding making allowances for people that
> insist on using non-XML tools to process XML.)
> 
> -- Scott
> 
> 
> 
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