* Class Library Documentation ** Summary While using inline XML tags to document classes is certainly convenient, properly verbose documentation quickly overwhelms the code, making the source quite difficult to read. Furthermore, multilingual documentation makes for significant additional text. With these considerations in mind, Mono will use external XML files for type documentation, rather than documenting the source inline. The XML file format used is inspired by the XML format used to document the ECMA APIs. Several tools will be created for managing, verifying, generating, and updating class library documentation, including: