Quoting Matt Farina <matt@mattfarina.com>:

Why not YAML?

One reason is readability.

I find this just as readable as

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>

this with advantage that I know when the data ends for user and the advantage that PHP can parse it without extra modules.

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

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