XML XML XML XML. We're talking config files here. There is no "angle bracket tax" if you're not serializing objects in a performance-intense situation.
Config files must be human readable and human understandable, in addition to machine readable. XML is a good compromise between the two.
If your shop has people that are afraid of that new-fangled XML technology, I feel bad for you.
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