Hi Greg, I like this (great) idea, also the part for inclusion of data inside components, could be very useful.
As you said we need a simple (and if possible without typing too much chars :-) ) way to specify the Serializer (short class name, or full class name ?) to use ... maybe only when the default is not able to handle the include. Or defining a "shortcut" for Serializers inside the xml file, and refer to them were needed ... Bye