<Database>
        username        name
        password        secret
        host            someserver
        dbname          database
</Database>

HostRoot        /home/httpd/kinotrope
Templates       var/templates/
...

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$c = Kinotrope::Configuration->new();

$username = $c->conf('database/username');
%db_conf = $c->conf_hash('database'); # { username => 'name', password => ... }