[XML-SIG] comparing xml documents

[Paul Prescod]

Mark McEahern wrote:
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>...
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> Of course, this example assumes that the order of siblings is irrelevant for
> comparison purposes--are there apps that are dependent on the order of
> sibling nodes?  

YES! A ton!

<chapter><title>...</title>
...
</chapter>
<chapter><title>...</titel>
...
</chapter>

Every XHTML web page in the world depends on order.

SOAP messages often use ordering to differentiate parameters.
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