Re: [xri] Removing priority attribute from XRD altogether

[Gabe Wachob <gwachob@wachob.com>]

Wow.

This feels like deja vu, only the consensus on this list is 180
degrees different.

I'm all for relying on ordering, always have been. Any There was
significant opposition

+1e6 to dropping the priority attribute.

   -Gabe (yes, I'm still a TC member for the time being)

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 10:25 AM, <njones@ouno.com> wrote:
> +1 On dropping the priority attribute.
>
> On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:07:26 -0700, Eran Hammer-Lahav <eran@hueniverse.com>
> wrote:
>> 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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