diff --git a/include/parsing.h b/include/parsing.h
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+//=-------------------------------------------------------------------------=//
+//  XML parsing module                                                       //
+//                                                                           //
+//  Copyright © 2021 The Gem-graph Project                                   //
+//                                                                           //
+//  This file is part of gem-graph.                                          //
+//                                                                           //
+//  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify     //
+//  it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as           //
+//  published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the       //
+//  License, or (at your option) any later version.                          //
+//                                                                           //
+//  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,          //
+//  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of           //
+//  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the            //
+//  GNU Affero General Public License for more details.                      //
+//                                                                           //
+//  You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License //
+//  along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.   //
+//=-------------------------------------------------------------------------=//
+
+#pragma once
+#ifndef BASE_H
+    #include "../include/base.h"
+#endif
+
+/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+int ParseModelXML(Model_t*);
+
+/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
diff --git a/src/parsing.c b/src/parsing.c
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+//=-------------------------------------------------------------------------=//
+//  XML parsing module                                                       //
+//                                                                           //
+//  Copyright © 2021 The Gem-graph Project                                   //
+//                                                                           //
+//  This file is part of gem-graph.                                          //
+//                                                                           //
+//  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify     //
+//  it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as           //
+//  published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the       //
+//  License, or (at your option) any later version.                          //
+//                                                                           //
+//  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,          //
+//  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of           //
+//  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the            //
+//  GNU Affero General Public License for more details.                      //
+//                                                                           //
+//  You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License //
+//  along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.   //
+//=-------------------------------------------------------------------------=//
+
+#include "../include/base.h"
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <libxml2/libxml/xmlmemory.h>
+#include <libxml2/libxml/parser.h>
+
+/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+static int parseIdentityXML(Model_t*, xmlDocPtr, xmlNodePtr);
+    static int parseIdentityNameXML(Model_t*, xmlDocPtr, xmlNodePtr);
+
+// Table of all parsers
+struct parserTableXML_t {
+    const xmlChar *tag;
+    int (*execute) (Model_t*, xmlDocPtr, xmlNodePtr);
+} typedef ParserTableXML_t;
+
+static ParserTableXML_t toplevelParserTableXML[] =
+{
+    {(const xmlChar *)"identity", parseIdentityXML},
+};
+
+static ParserTableXML_t identityParserTableXML[] =
+{
+    {(const xmlChar *)"name", parseIdentityChildren},
+    {(const xmlChar *)"author", parseIdentityChildren},
+    {(const xmlChar *)"author_id", parseIdentityChildren},
+    {(const xmlChar *)"date", parseIdentityChildren},
+    {(const xmlChar *)"version", parseIdentityChildren},
+};
+
+/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+static int parseIdentityNameXML (Model_t *model, xmlDocPtr doc,
+                             xmlNodePtr currentNode)
+{
+	xmlChar *key;
+	key = xmlNodeListGetString(doc, currentNode->xmlChildrenNode, 1);
+	printLog("key: %s\n", key);
+	xmlFree(key);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int parseIdentityXML (Model_t *model, xmlDocPtr doc,
+                             xmlNodePtr currentNode)
+{
+	xmlChar *key;
+	currentNode = currentNode->xmlChildrenNode;
+	while (currentNode != NULL) {
+	    for (int i = 0; i < LEN(identityParserTableXML); i++) {
+            if ((!xmlStrcmp(currentNode->name,
+                            identityParserTableXML[i].tag))) {
+                identityParserTableXML[i].execute(model,
+                                                  doc,
+                                                  currentNode);
+            }
+        }
+	currentNode = currentNode->next;
+	}
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int ParseModelXML(Model_t *model)
+{
+    printLog("Parsing model %s\n", model->name);
+    xmlDocPtr xmlDocument;
+    xmlNodePtr currentNode;
+
+    xmlDocument = xmlParseFile(model->filename);
+
+    if (xmlDocument == NULL) {
+        printLog("Can't parse model file at '%s'.\n", model->filename);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    currentNode = xmlDocGetRootElement(xmlDocument);
+
+    if (currentNode == NULL) {
+        printLog("Invalid model file at '%s', document empty !\n",
+                 model->filename);
+        xmlFreeDoc(xmlDocument);
+        return -2;
+    }
+
+    if (xmlStrcmp(currentNode->name, (const xmlChar *) "gem-graph-model")) {
+        printLog("Invalid model file at '%s', "
+                 "root node is not <gem-graph-model> !\n",
+                 model->filename);
+        xmlFreeDoc(xmlDocument);
+        return -3;
+    }
+
+    currentNode = currentNode->xmlChildrenNode;
+    while (currentNode != NULL) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < LEN(toplevelParserTableXML); i++) {
+            if ((!xmlStrcmp(currentNode->name,
+                            toplevelParserTableXML[i].tag))) {
+                toplevelParserTableXML[i].execute(model,
+                                                  xmlDocument,
+                                                  currentNode);
+            }
+        }
+
+    currentNode = currentNode->next;
+    }
+
+    xmlFreeDoc(xmlDocument);
+
+    // Interpret what needs to be
+    //model->date = strtol(date, NULL, 0);
+
+    // validate when we're finished
+    // model->validated = true;
+    return 0;
+}