Does XML care about the order of elements?

Question

XML confuses me sometimes, but I\'m trying to get this figured out. What the vendor is telling me doesn\'t make sense but again, XML and I don\'t get along :)

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Answer 1

An XML schema may or may not enforce element order. It depends on the schema in question. In the most general sense, XML element order does not matter, unless otherwise specified by the appropriate schema.