That’s not at all strange – the type is variable and can be specified by user. Not to mention you can have more than one home or work number. You sure can seria

That’s not at all strange – the type is variable and can be specified by user. Not to mention you can have more than one home or work number. You sure can serialize your data to your keys, but then that would be rather strange. Anyway just imagine there’s an extra field, problem solved: <phoneNo type="home" priority="1">…</phoneNo>