RE: [xml-dev] Re: xpath: which is right?

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RE: [xml-dev] Re: xpath: which is right?
> > itym XML::XPath is wrong then as it is the one which uses document 
> > order, as opposed to libxslt which uses reversed document order.
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> In both XPath 1.0 and 2.0, nodes on a reverse axis are *numbered* in reverse
> document order, but *delivered* in forwards document order.
>
> Michael Kay
>
> (slight caveat for 1.0: XPath doesn't define in what order the nodes are
> delivered, but XSLT does).

I've searched XSLT 1.0 specification for string 'deliver' and didn't
find any matches. How does the specification define the order of
delivery?

David