Yes. This equality is stated in the DFDL spec section 14.4. IBM DFDL does not support dfdl:floating yet. Regards Steve Hanson Architect, Data Format Description Language (DFDL) Co-Chair, OGF DFDL Working Group IBM SWG, Hursley, UK smh@uk.ibm.com tel:+44-1962-815848 From: "Garriss Jr., James P." <jgarriss@mitre.org> To: "dfdl-wg@ogf.org" <dfdl-wg@ogf.org>, Date: 13/03/2013 19:16 Subject: [DFDL-WG] unordered vs floating - identical? Sent by: dfdl-wg-bounces@ogf.org Are these functionally the same? #1 Sequence sequenceKind=unordered Element name=a Element name=b Element name=c /Sequence #2 Sequence sequenceKind=ordered Element name=a floating=yes Element name=b floating=yes Element name=c floating=yes /Sequence -- dfdl-wg mailing list dfdl-wg@ogf.org https://www.ogf.org/mailman/listinfo/dfdl-wg Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU