Why not YAML?
One reason is readability.
Compare:
<user id="babooey" on="cpu1">
<firstname>Bob</firstname>
<lastname>Abooey</lastname>
<department>adv</department>
<cell>555-1212</cell>
<address password="xxxx">ahunter@example1.com</address>
<address password="xxxx">babooey@example2.com</address>
</user>
To:
babooey:
computer
: cpu1
firstname: Bob
lastname: Abooey
cell: 555-1212
addresses:
- address: babooey@example1.com
password: xxxx
- address: babooey@example2.com
password: xxxx
Matt
On Mon Oct 29 06:41 , Earnie Boyd
Quoting Olav Schettler <olav.schettler@contaire.de>:
>
> Please, have a look at it and tell me what you think.
Why not XML?
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