XML itself doesn't no, humans may, and some crappy crummy tools sadly do as well[0].
Round-tripping ordering is also convenient for automated processing tools as well (e.g. add/remove parameters without introducing extraneous unnecessary changes)
[0] some also do care about namespace aliases/prefixes, which is a bit of a shock the first time they choke on your perfectly valid and namespaced XML.
Round-tripping ordering is also convenient for automated processing tools as well (e.g. add/remove parameters without introducing extraneous unnecessary changes)
[0] some also do care about namespace aliases/prefixes, which is a bit of a shock the first time they choke on your perfectly valid and namespaced XML.