Is there a tutorial anywhere that covers the archive directory layouts supported by the three major mod managers (NMM/WryeBash/MO), including support for optional sub-components?

I know WB will detect top-level directories that contain mod directories (i.e. 00Core/Data , 01Option/Data , ...), and I know that NMM has some kind of XML wizard business (is that even documented anywhere or does everyone just have to learn by example?), but I'm not sure if there's a way to make one archive that will be correctly handled by all mod managers.

Any advice?