Quote Originally Posted by dglienna
It's stored in a common format which makes it easy to transport. I don't think readablilty is a concern. I'm just saying that you would probably parse it before you try to read it, and do the formatting in there, rather than embed it in the xml code. XML could be parsed even if it was all on one line, as the tags are used to separate parts of the text.
Have you ever opened a VB .frm file in notepad? It is has a higharchial (sp?) structure. It is readable for the most part.

I see no reason not to make it readable (indented) unless you are dealing with a HUGE file and you are worries about the spaces/tabs taking up extra space.