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Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2002 11:31:30 +0200
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"Grein, Christoph" wrote:
> ...
> So your proposal looks like (???)
> 
> <configuration>
>   <config_item name="Config_Item1">
>     <entry>
>       <Key> Key </Key>
>       <value> Value </value>
>     </entry>
>     <config_item name="Config_Item2">
>       <entry>
>         <key> Key </key>
>         <value> Value </value>
>       </entry>
>     </config_item>
>   </config_item>
> </configuration>

I would prefer nested configuraton sections, and simplify the notation
for key/value pairs:

<configuration>
  <section name="Section1">
    <section name="SubSectionA">
      <key name="Key1">Value1</key>
      <key name="Key2">Value2</key>
    </section>
    <key name="KeyX">ValueX</key>
  </section>
</configuration>

This is roughly equivalent to the convention notation:

[Section1.SubSectionA]
Key1=Value1
Key2=Value2

[Section1]
KayX=ValueX

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