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The simplest method for converting the IParsable<t> into a string using the DataContract model is to use the DataContractSerializer class.

First, create an instance of the DataContractSerializer class and specify the type that implements IParsable<t> as its generic parameter.

Next, create an instance of the MemoryStream class and use it to serialize the object to a string by calling the WriteObject method of the DataContractSerializer class.

Finally, convert the MemoryStream object to a string using the Encoding.UTF8.GetString method.

Here is an example code snippet:

using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.Text;

public static string Serialize<T>(IParsable<T> obj)
{
    var serializer = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(T));
    var stream = new MemoryStream();
    serializer.WriteObject(stream, obj);
    return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(stream.ToArray());
}