diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index d46644fcf..d4a71f8c5 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 # -- Project information ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
 project = "sdmx"
-copyright = "2014–2024 sdmx1 developers"
+copyright = "2014–%Y sdmx1 developers"
+author = "sdmx1 developers"
 
 
 # -- General configuration -------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew.rst b/doc/whatsnew.rst
index 5db8e6996..53c06c7e9 100644
--- a/doc/whatsnew.rst
+++ b/doc/whatsnew.rst
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ Next release
   Previously such invalid references caused a :class:`KeyError`.
   Prompted by an example in :ref:`INSEE <INSEE>`.
 - Update the base URL of the :ref:`WB <WB>` source to use HTTPS instead of plain HTTP (:pull:`207`).
+- Bugfix for writing :class:`.NameableArtefact` to SDMX-ML (:pull:`211`; thanks :gh-user:`3nz01` for :issue:`210`).
+  Up to v2.19.1, the :xml:`<com:Annotations>` element was written *after* elements such as :xml:`<com:Name>`, which is opposite the order given in the XSD schemas for SDMX-ML.
+  :mod:`sdmx.reader.xml` tolerates non-standard element order, but some other implementations do not.
 
 v2.19.1 (2024-10-23)
 ====================
diff --git a/sdmx/format/xml/__init__.py b/sdmx/format/xml/__init__.py
index e69de29bb..cec6ec32a 100644
--- a/sdmx/format/xml/__init__.py
+++ b/sdmx/format/xml/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from .common import validate_xml
+
+__all__ = [
+    "validate_xml",
+]
diff --git a/sdmx/tests/writer/test_writer_xml.py b/sdmx/tests/writer/test_writer_xml.py
index db3371c05..c82ef6657 100644
--- a/sdmx/tests/writer/test_writer_xml.py
+++ b/sdmx/tests/writer/test_writer_xml.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import io
 import logging
+from datetime import datetime
 
 import pytest
 from lxml import etree
@@ -7,7 +8,8 @@
 import sdmx
 import sdmx.writer.xml
 from sdmx import message
-from sdmx.model import common
+from sdmx.format.xml import validate_xml
+from sdmx.model import common, v21
 from sdmx.model import v21 as m
 from sdmx.model.v21 import DataSet, DataStructureDefinition, Dimension, Key, Observation
 from sdmx.writer.xml import writer as XMLWriter
@@ -17,6 +19,18 @@
 # Fixtures
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def structure_message() -> message.StructureMessage:
+    """A StructureMessage that serializes to XSD-valid SDMX-XML."""
+    return message.StructureMessage(
+        header=message.Header(
+            id="N_A",
+            prepared=datetime.now(),
+            sender=common.Agency(id="N_A"),
+        )
+    )
+
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def dsd():
     dsd = DataStructureDefinition()
@@ -49,6 +63,42 @@ def dks(dsd):
 # Test specific methods associated with specific classes
 
 
+class TestNameableArtefact:
+    def test_xsd(self, structure_message):
+        """Annotations for a NameableArtefact are output in the correct order.
+
+        In https://github.com/khaeru/sdmx/issues/210 it was reported that
+        <com:Annotations> incorrectly appeared before <com:Name>.
+        """
+        # Common arguments
+        args = dict(
+            # Identifiable Artefact
+            id="FOO",
+            # Nameable Artefact
+            name="foo",
+            description="bar",
+            # VersionableArtefact
+            version="1",
+            # MaintainableArtefact
+            maintainer=common.Agency(id="N_A"),
+            is_external_reference=False,
+            is_final=True,
+        )
+        dsd = v21.DataStructureDefinition(**args)
+        na = v21.DataflowDefinition(
+            annotations=[common.Annotation(id="baz", text="qux")],  # Annotable Artefact
+            **args,  # Identifiable, Nameable, Versionable, Maintainable
+            structure=dsd,  # Dataflow-specific attributes
+        )
+        structure_message.dataflow[na.id] = na
+
+        # Write to SDMX-ML
+        buf = io.BytesIO(sdmx.to_xml(structure_message))
+
+        # Validate using XSD. Fails with v2.19.1.
+        assert validate_xml(buf), buf.getvalue().decode()
+
+
 def test_contact() -> None:
     c = m.Contact(
         name="John Smith",
diff --git a/sdmx/writer/xml.py b/sdmx/writer/xml.py
index 79559b2a9..36d4af211 100644
--- a/sdmx/writer/xml.py
+++ b/sdmx/writer/xml.py
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ def annotable(obj: common.AnnotableArtefact, *args, **kwargs) -> etree._Element:
     # Write Annotations
     e_anno = Element("com:Annotations", *[writer.recurse(a) for a in obj.annotations])
     if len(e_anno):
-        args = args + (e_anno,)
+        args = (e_anno,) + args
 
     try:
         return Element(tag, *args, **kwargs)