does the order of the attributes in the root element matter?

[hilz]

Hi.
I have two xml files with the following roots:

<MyRootElement
xmlns="http://myURI"
xmlnsrefixA="http://URI_for_A"
xmlnsrefixB="http://URI_for_B"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://myURI http://myURI/mySchema.xsd"
prefixA:someAttribute="some value"
in another file, i have this:

<MyRootElement
xsi:schemaLocation="http://myURI http://myURI/mySchema.xsd"
prefixA:someAttribute="some value"
xmlns="http://myURI"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlnsrefixA="http://URI_for_A"
xmlnsrefixB="http://URI_for_B"

I know the first one is the correct one.
But my question is: is the second one wrong? does the order of the
attributes in the root element really matter?

Thanks

 

[Richard Tobin]

But my question is: is the second one wrong? does the order of the
attributes in the root element really matter?

No, the order of attributes is never important in XML.

-- Richard