The Short Tag Format is nearly identical to the Long Tag Format, with the only difference being the table name (in the long tags example, Patient) not being prepended to each of the column names:
<Chameleon_Import><PatientUpdate><Patient><Title>JR</Title><GivenName>WILLIAM</GivenName><FamilyName>JONES</FamilyName><DOB>1950-10-10T00:00:00</DOB><Sex>M</Sex><Address1>123 EAST STREET</Address1><City>NY</City><HomePhone>(212)111-3333</HomePhone><MaritalStatus>S</MaritalStatus><AcctNumber>ACCT1</AcctNumber></Patient></PatientUpdate></Chameleon_Import>