I would like to see an XML based configuration format for the static configuration files. This can be done through the ARA realtime subsystem - without support for the dynamic objects, only static configurations. This would just be a wrapper around the current configuration files, but could optionally add some error-checking with XML schemas.
Example:
<device type=”peer” name=”ollesphone”><secret>terces</secret><host type=”dynamic”/><codecs><disallow>all</disallow><allow>gsm</allow><allow>ulaw</allow></codecs> </device>
