tweaking things for the tests. its coming together.

src/Magnum.Specs/Serialization/YamlSerializerObject_Specs.cs

@@ -34,7 +34,16 @@ public void Should_handle_nested_types()
 
 			string text = _serializer.Serialize(parentMessage);
 
-			text.ShouldEqual("{Body:{Boo:true,Dub:3.14159,Flt:1.234,Int:47,Long:8675309,Now:2010-03-01}}");
+			text.ShouldEqual(@"---
+Body:
+Boo:true
+Dub:3.14159
+Flt:1.234
+Int:47
+Long:8675309
+Now:2010-03-01
+
+...");
 		}
 
 		[Test, Explicit]
@@ -73,7 +82,9 @@ public void Should_property_handle_all_types()
 
 			string text = _serializer.Serialize(message);
 
-			text.ShouldEqual("{Id:" + message.Id.ToString("N") + "}");
+			text.ShouldEqual(@"---
+Id:" + message.Id.ToString("N") + @"
+...");
 		}
 
 		[Test]
@@ -91,7 +102,14 @@ public void Should_property_handle_multiple_types()
 
 			string text = _serializer.Serialize(message);
 
-			text.ShouldEqual("{Boo:true,Dub:3.14159,Flt:1.234,Int:47,Long:8675309,Now:2010-03-01}");
+			text.ShouldEqual(@"---
+Boo:true
+Dub:3.14159
+Flt:1.234
+Int:47
+Long:8675309
+Now:2010-03-01
+...");
 		}
 
 		private Serializer _serializer;

src/Magnum/Serialization/Yaml/YamlParser.cs

@@ -18,19 +18,19 @@ public class YamlParser
 	{
 		public const string DoubleQuoteString = "\"\"";
 		public const string EmptyMap = "{}";
-		public const char ItemSeparator = ',';
-		public const string ItemSeparatorString = ",";
+		public const char ItemSeparator = ','; //TODO: hmmm \r\n is on oddity
+		public const string ItemSeparatorString = "\r\n";
 		public const char ListEnd = ']';
 		public const string ListEndString = "]";
 		public const char ListStart = '[';
 		public const string ListStartString = "[";
-		public const char MapEnd = '}';
-		public const string MapEndString = "}";
 		public const string MapNullValue = "\"\"";
 		public const char MapSeparator = ':';
 		public const string MapSeparatorString = ":";
-		public const char MapStart = '{';
-		public const string MapStartString = "{";
+		public const char MapStart = ' ';//TODO: we don't have a start, just an indent increase
+		public const string MapStartString = "\r\n"; //TODO: chris
+		public const char MapEnd = ' '; //TODO: we don't have a stop just a dedent 
+		public const string MapEndString = "\r\n";
 		public const char Quote = '"';
 		public const string QuoteString = "\"";
 		public static readonly char[] EscapeChars = new[] {Quote, ItemSeparator, MapStart, MapEnd, ListStart, ListEnd};

src/Magnum/Serialization/Yaml/YamlSerializer.cs

@@ -21,8 +21,11 @@ static YamlSerializer()
 		public void Serialize<T>(T obj, TextWriter writer)
 		{
 			YamlTypeSerializer serializer = GetTypeSerializer(typeof(T));
-
+            //TODO: add start here
+            writer.Write("---");
 			serializer.Serialize(obj, writer.Write);
+            //TODO: add stop here
+            writer.Write("...");
 		}
 
 		public string Serialize<T>(T obj)