La maggior parte dei software memorizza le informazioni in XML in questo modo:
<book>
<title>Generic Examples, the Internet, and You</title>
<length pages="43" />
<authors>
<person>Yolanda Squatpump</person>
<collective>
Anonymous 1
Anonymous 2
<et.al />
</collective>
</authors>
</book>
Mentre il .plist
s di Apple sarebbe simile a:
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>book</string>
<key>title</key>
<string>Generic Examples, the Internet, and You</string>
<key>length</key>
<dict>
<key>pages</key>
<integer>43</integer>
</dict>
<key>authors</key>
<dict>
<key>person</key>
<string>Yolanda Squatpump</string>
<key>collective</key>
<array>
<string>Anonymous 1</string>
<string>Anonymous 2</string>
</array>
</dict>
</dict>
</plist>