UaNodeSet XML order of References list|OPC UA Standard|Forum|OPC Foundation

Hello,

my application will parse an UaNodeSet file (XML) and somehow I need the order of the UAVariables for an UAObject (in this case: MDIS interlocks for an UAObject).

Can I assume that the order of “Reference”-elements within a “References” node is ordered in the XML file?

The schema (https://github.com/OPCFoundati…..t.xsd#L268) says “<xs:sequence>” for the list of “Reference”-elements, but I assume this does not say anything about the order for multiple elements with name “Reference”.

Example:

<UAObject …>

  …

  <References>

    <Reference ReferenceType=”HasInterlock”>ns=1;i=1</a>

    <Reference ReferenceType=”HasInterlock”>ns=1;i=2</a>

  </References>

</UaObject>

Can I assume the order of References in the UaObject is “ns=1;i=1”, “ns1;i=2”? Or can “Reference”-elements be in arbitrary order?