Hey all, actually, after reading the web a bit, i tend to prefer the following format...

<pool> <value><key>1</key><data>60</data></value> <value><key>2</key><data>51</data></value> <dir> <key>bla</key> <value><key>2</key><data>66</data></value> <value><key>1</key></value> </dir> </pool>

<key> is mandatory, but <data> is not.

The main reason is that a key can be any PD atom (except symbols with spaces) in pool, and XML attributes must not contain certain characters (like ' or " , probably others). The format looks a bit more general and robust to me than the one with the attributes. It also _looks_ more transformation-friendly....

greetings, Thomas

So my vote is for your description as shown below.

<pool> <value key="1">60</value> <value key="2">51</value> <dir key="bla"> <value key="2">66</value> <value key="1">44</value> </dir> </pool>

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