I'd like to look in the game XML files for information on various things, but I cannot find them for the life of me. Are they being kept hidden/disabled on purpose for the beta? If so that, fine, I suppose, though a little odd. However if not then something that really needs to be done is to bring them to a more clear place. One of the important things in a highly moddable game is easy access to the mod resources. Perhaps I'm being really dense, but in Civ 4 it is real easy to find, just go to the game directory and find "assets" and there's "XML".

The more clear and direct the access, the better. People shouldn't have to search for the modifiable data.