Hi, i updated the pool source to cover consistent XML saving and loading. Get it from the pd cvs after tomorrow morning CET. At the moment loading a directory, e.g.
<dir> <key>mydir</key> <value><key>a</key><data>hula</data></value> </dir> relies on the key being defined prior to the value items. That doesn't seem to be good practice, but it's no problem when the XML files are written by pool only. Apart from that the parser is not very robust - e.g. can't handle XML comments. Please check the format and the loading/saving consistency.
best greetings, Thomas