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>>>>> "GS" == Gottfried Szing <goofy@yasd.dhs.org> writes:

 GS> is there a possibility to use a XML format? e.g. to import XML
 GS> properties?

What you want is not really including properties but including
arbitrary XML (note that <path>...</path> is something quite different
from setting a property).

To do so, start your build file with

<!DOCTYPE project [
  <!ENTITY default SYSTEM "file:./config/subproject/default.xml">
]>

and include the text &default; somewhere on the same level as your
<target>s.

Stefan, 

who wishes the FAQ was up so that he could refer you to the details.