What common place of serialization in .NET SDK

From: dr-Wicked (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/14/04 

Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 05:21:04 -0700

Hi All!

Now I get some problem in understanding serialization.
We have SerializableAttribute and NotSerializedAttribute. But where is common mechanism of serialization. I can’t catch it. Formatters closely linked to serialization, so MSDN describe only this part of process. Common serialization mechanism not described. Why System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer appear in CLR. Why XmlSerializer is not a formatter. Too many questions.

Does anybody know some resource that describe serialization in brief .

Thank you.
Dr-Wicked