The short XML format provides the same functionality as the full format but with less transfer overhead (there is no reduction in the processing overhead of extracting the point data, see the Array and CSV formats for more concise options).

The general format is as follows:

<G>

   <L>

      <P x="" y="" userdata="" />

   </L>

</G>

The <G> tag relates to the <graph> tag in the full format, the <L> tag relates to the <plot> tag and <P> is equivalent to <point>.

Support for pie charts is provided in the same manner as with the full format, i.e.

   <P x="" label="" />