Date:         Tue, 9 Jul 2002 16:48:33 +0100
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From:         Mike Taylor <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: sort parameter
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> Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 12:33:25 -0400
> From: "LeVan,Ralph" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Yes, XPath style tagpaths is what I meant, but I'm still willing to
> go with Alan's minimal proposal.

I know the XPath approach seems to be dying a quiet death, but I'd
like to offer one more stake to drive through its heart: isn't it the
case that this only works if you know the schema of all the record
that you're going to be sorting?  And worse, if all the records have
the _same_ schema?  Matthew's example (MODS and DC, I think it was)
suggests that this isn't the case.

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