The following example shows the construction of a CoreMedia XML file:

<coremedia>
  <document name="MyDocument" id="1" type="Text" 
   path="/News/Financial/">
    <version number="1">
      <string name="Headline" value="New market on downward 
       trend"/>
      <text name="Text">
        <div>
          <p>Nemax closed with losses.</p>
        </div>
      </text>
      <linklist name="Images"><link idref="pic1"/></linklist>
      <action name="approve"/>
    </version>
  </document>

  <document name="NemaxChart" id="pic1" type="Image" 
  path="/News/Financial/Charts">
    <version number="1">
      <blob name="original" mimetype="image/jpeg" 
      href="nemaxchart.jpg"/>
    </version>
  </document>
</coremedia>

CoreMedia XML files essentially match the CoreMedia DTD but the importer does not support the full extent of the DTD. There are both limitations and expansions.

The root element is <coremedia>. As child elements, multiple <document> elements can arise. Each <document> element describes a document. The <document> elements contain in turn one or more <version> elements. The <version> elements contain child elements which can be divided into two groups: field elements and action elements. They describe the content and status of the document. Section 4.1.4, “Field Elements” describes the field elements and Section 4.1.5, “Action Elements” the action elements in detail.