Element sequence in XML (using CWM and XMI)

From: Nick <boyarsky_at_mail.lanit.ru>
Date: 6 Oct 2003 23:21:38 -0700
Message-ID: <39120408.0310062221.65306e1a@posting.google.com>

Hello,

How can I describe in XML file, using specifications CWM and XMI, column sequence in primary key, foreign key and unque constraint?

I see two variants:
1. Using the additional XML elements (or attributes) to describe a position of a column in a key.

For example:
<CWM:UniqueKey.feature>

<CWM:StructuralFeature xmi.idref="_column1_id" position="1"/>
<CWM:StructuralFeature xmi.idref="_column2_id" position="2"/>
</CWM:UniqueKey.feature>
or
<CWM:UniqueKey.feature>

<ExtElement position="1">

		<CWM:StructuralFeature xmi.idref="_column1_id"/>


	</ExtElement>

	<ExtElement position="2">

		<CWM:StructuralFeature xmi.idref="_column2_id"/>


	</ExtElement>

</CWM:UniqueKey.feature>

2. Using the order of elements in XML a file.

For example:
<CWM:UniqueKey.feature>

<CWM:StructuralFeature xmi.idref="_column1_id"/>
<CWM:StructuralFeature xmi.idref="_column2_id"/>
</CWM:UniqueKey.feature>

 Is there guarantee, that all xml parsers will recognize XML file in example 2 equally?
Does XML guarantee to keep order of XML elements of the same Element Type?

Thanks,

         Nick Received on Tue Oct 07 2003 - 01:21:38 CDT