Sorting Criteria used for XML Sibling Elements

The definition of well-formedness as per the XML 1.0 specifications states that attributes are unordered, but it does not guarantee the order of elements.

The order of XML elements is important especially when you have sibling XML elements (or elements with child elements).

To overcome the risk of improperly ordered elements when importing and exporting XML packages, XML elements are ordered by element name and primary attribute.

The table below lists the criteria used for sorting XML elements that are siblings:

XML element path	Criteria
/EmailTemplates/EmailTemplate	TemplateName
/CustomActions/CustomAction	Name
/OptionSets/OptionSet	Name
/OptionSets/OptionSet/OptionSetItems/OptionSetItem	Name
/EntityStatuses/EntityStatus	Name
/Actions/Action	Name
/ActionGroups/ActionGroup/Actions/Action	Name
/ActionGroups/ActionGroup	Name#EntityName#EntityFormName
/EntityMenuSections/EntityMenuSection	Label
/DataImportTemplates/DataImport	Name#EntityName
/DataImportTemplates/DataImport/DataImportAttributes/DataImportAttribute	ColumnName#AttributeName
/SystemPramaters/SystemParameter	Name
/Entities/Entity	Name
/Forms/EntityForm and all other places where EntityForm appears in a list	Name#EntityName
/Forms/EntityForm/Sections/EntityFormSection	Name
/Forms/EntityForm/HeaderItems/EntityFormHeaderItem	Label
/Forms/EntityForm/FooterItems/EntityFormFooterItem	Label
/Forms/EntityForm/FilteredFields/EntityFormFilteredField	AttributeToFilter#AttributeToFilterBy#AttributeToFilterReference
/Forms/EntityForm/OptionFields/EntityFormOptionField	AttributeName
/Views/EntityView and all other places where EntityView appears in a list	Name#EntityName
/Views/EntityView/EntityViewColumns/EntityViewColumn	Label
/Attributes/Attribute and all other places where Attribute appears in a list	Name#EntityName
/Charts/Chart	Name
/Dashboards/Dashboard	Name
/Reports/Report	Name
/Reports/Report/ReportItems/ReportItem	Name
/Reports/Report/ReportItems/ReportParameter	Name
/Workflows/Workflow	Name
/WorkflowLibraries/WorkflowLibrary	Name
/Workflows/Workflow/Libraries/WorkflowLibrary	Name
/DocumentReports/DocumentReport	Name
/BusinessWorkflows/BusinessWorkflow	Name
/BusinessWorkflows/BusinessWorkflow/Statuses/Status	Name
/BusinessWorkflows/BusinessWorkflow/Rules/Rule	Name
/Relationships/Relationship	Name#ReferencedEntityName#ReferencedAttributeName #ReferencingEntityName#ReferencingAttributeName #RelationshipType#RelationshipConstraint
/Entities/Entity/Relationships/Relationship	Name#ReferencedEntityName#ReferencedAttributeName #ReferencingEntityName#ReferencingAttributeName #RelationshipType#RelationshipConstraint
/CoreSettings/CoreSetting	Name
/ClientScriptLibraries/ClientScriptLibrary	Name
/HtmlWidgets/HtmlWidget	Name