Sharing XML file between computers?

I've just set up all the computers in my house to put all new imports onto the same external hardrive, but i realised that this doesn't update all of the computers' itunes libraries, just the one that the songs were imported through.
I was trying to find away of constantly consolidating the libraries to the Hard Drive's music, but i then thought it might be easier if they were all effectively the same version of iTunes, ie. use the XML file. Is this possible?

Surely then, there must be one file that has all the data base information on it.
There's a binary file right next to the iTunes Library XML file called "iTunes Library". That's the database iTunes reads. If you look at it in the Finder, the "Kind" column even says it's an iTunes Database file.
I assume it's : iTunes Package Contents/Contents/Resources/English.Iprog/InfoPlist.strings
No, that's a list of strings the program uses that can be localized. You can look at it if you drag it onto the TextEdit program (but for goodness' sake, don't make any changes unless you really know what you're doing).
I'm not sure exactly what you're trying to accomplish. If it's to get multiple computers to look at the same iTunes Library, you're going to have problems if you have iTunes open on two or more computers at the same time. There's a reasonably good chance you'll eventually end up with two copies of iTunes trying to write to the preferences file at the same time, corrupting it.
You might be better off setting up one computer to be a kind of "server," sharing its library to the others via the network. It's not as slick, perhaps, but probably safer.
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