When serializing a C# class using XmlSerializer, the attributes/elements representing the properties of the class will have the same names as they do in the source code.

I know you can override this by doing like so:

[XmlAttribute("num")]
public int NumberOfThingsThatAbcXyz { get; set; }

I'd like the generated XML for my classes to be as compact as possible, but obviously still capable of being automatically deserialized on the other side.

Is there a way to have these names minified as much as possible without having to manually think of and annotate everything with a short string? The resultant XML being easily human readable isn't a concern.