diff --git a/xmlNotes/Aegean.xsd b/xmlNotes/Aegean.xsd
index 2809c81..3c875ab 100644
--- a/xmlNotes/Aegean.xsd
+++ b/xmlNotes/Aegean.xsd
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
-<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
+<xs:schema elementFormDefault="qualified" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
 
 <!-- Definition of simple elements -->
-<xs:element name="core" type="xs:string"/>
+<!--<xs:element name="core" type="xs:string"/>-->
 
 <!-- Definition of simple types-->
 
@@ -39,15 +39,18 @@
 <!-- Definition of attributes -->
 <xs:attribute name="version" type="xs:string"/>
 <xs:attribute name="name" type="xs:string"/>
-<xs:attribute name="width" type="xs:integer"/>
-<xs:attribute name="height" type="xs:integer"/>
-<xs:attribute name="phits" type="xs:integer"/>
-<xs:attribute name="bandwidth" type="xs:integer"/>
-<xs:attribute name="node_id" type="xs:string"/>
-<xs:attribute name="proc_id" type="xs:integer"/>
+<xs:attribute name="width" type="xs:positiveInteger"/>
+<xs:attribute name="height" type="xs:positiveInteger"/>
+<xs:attribute name="phits" type="xs:nonNegativeInteger"/>
+<xs:attribute name="bandwidth" type="xs:nonNegativeInteger"/>
+<xs:attribute name="id" type="xs:ID"/>
+<xs:attribute name="id_ref" type="xs:IDREF"/>
+<xs:attribute name="iptype" type="xs:ID"/>
+<xs:attribute name="iptype_ref" type="xs:IDREF"/>
+<xs:attribute name="core_id" type="address"/>
 <xs:attribute name="cached" type="xs:boolean"/>
-<xs:attribute name="routerDepth" type="xs:integer"/>
-<xs:attribute name="linkDepth" type="xs:integer"/>
+<xs:attribute name="routerDepth" type="xs:nonNegativeInteger"/>
+<xs:attribute name="linkDepth" type="xs:nonNegativeInteger"/>
 
 <xs:attribute name="entry_point" type="address"/>
 <xs:attribute name="start" type="address"/>
@@ -65,7 +68,7 @@
 
 <!-- Definition of complex elements -->
 
-	<!-- A process of the application -->
+	<!-- A memory region -->
 	<xs:element name="mem">
 		<xs:complexType mixed="true">
 			<xs:attribute ref="end" use="required"/>
@@ -74,30 +77,24 @@
 		</xs:complexType>
 	</xs:element>
 
-	<!-- An entry point for a processor -->
 
-	<!-- A process of the application -->
-	<xs:element name="process">
-		<xs:complexType>
-			<xs:attribute ref="proc_id" use="required"/>
-			<xs:attribute ref="node_id" use="required"/>
-		</xs:complexType>
-	</xs:element>
-
-	<!-- An entry point for a processor -->
+	<!-- An entry point for an ipcore -->
 	<xs:element name="entry">
 		<xs:complexType>
-			<xs:attribute ref="node_id" use="required"/>
-			<xs:attribute ref="entry_point" use="required"/>
+			<xs:attribute ref="id_ref" use="required"/>
+			<xs:attribute name="entity" type="xs:string" />
+			<xs:attribute name="parameters" type="xs:string" />
+			<xs:attribute name="srcfile" type="xs:anyURI" />
 		</xs:complexType>
 	</xs:element>
 
 	<!-- The nodes of the platform -->
 	<xs:element name="node">
 		<xs:complexType>
-			<xs:attribute ref="node_id" use="required"/>
+			<xs:attribute ref="id" use="required"/>
 			<xs:attribute ref="loc" use="required"/>
-			<xs:attribute ref="ntype" use="required"/>
+			<xs:attribute ref="iptype_ref" use="required"/>
+			<xs:attribute ref="core_id" use="optional"/>
 		</xs:complexType>
 	</xs:element>
 
@@ -108,7 +105,7 @@
 			<xs:attribute ref="dest" use="required"/>
 			<xs:attribute ref="linkDepth" use="required"/>
 		</xs:complexType>
-	</xs:element>	
+	</xs:element>
 
 	<xs:element name="channel">
 		<xs:complexType>
@@ -127,6 +124,43 @@
 		</xs:complexType>
 	</xs:element>
 
+	<xs:element name="patmos">
+		<xs:complexType>
+			<xs:all>
+				<xs:element name="MCache">
+					<xs:complexType>
+						<xs:attribute name="size" type="xs:nonNegativeInteger" use="required" />
+						<xs:attribute name="blocks" type="xs:nonNegativeInteger" use="required" />
+						<xs:attribute name="repl" type="xs:string" use="required" />
+					</xs:complexType>
+				</xs:element>
+				<xs:element name="DCache">
+					<xs:complexType>
+						<xs:attribute name="size" type="xs:nonNegativeInteger" use="required" />
+						<xs:attribute name="assoc" type="xs:nonNegativeInteger" use="required" />
+						<xs:attribute name="repl" type="xs:string" use="required" />
+					</xs:complexType>
+				</xs:element>
+				<xs:element name="SCache">
+					<xs:complexType>
+						<xs:attribute name="size" type="xs:nonNegativeInteger" use="required" />
+					</xs:complexType>
+				</xs:element>
+			</xs:all>
+		</xs:complexType>
+	</xs:element>
+
+	<xs:element name="ipcore">
+		<xs:complexType>
+			<xs:sequence>
+				<xs:element ref="patmos" maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" />
+			</xs:sequence>
+			<xs:attribute ref="iptype" use="required" />
+			<xs:attribute name="entity" type="xs:string" />
+			<xs:attribute name="srcfile" type="xs:anyURI" />
+		</xs:complexType>
+	</xs:element>
+
 	<xs:element name="topology">
 		<xs:complexType>
 			<xs:sequence>
@@ -147,10 +181,10 @@
 	</xs:element>
 
 	<!-- A description of the processes -->
-	<xs:element name="processes">
+	<xs:element name="ipcores">
 		<xs:complexType>
 			<xs:sequence>
-				<xs:element ref="process" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
+				<xs:element ref="ipcore" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
 			</xs:sequence>
 		</xs:complexType>
 	</xs:element>
@@ -175,13 +209,13 @@
 		</xs:complexType>
 	</xs:element>
 
-	<!-- A decription of the hardware platform. -->
+	<!-- A description of the hardware platform. -->
 	<xs:element name="platform">
 		<xs:complexType>
 			<xs:sequence>
-				<xs:element ref="nodes"/>
 				<xs:element ref="topology"/>
-				<xs:element ref="map"/>
+				<xs:element ref="nodes"/>
+				<xs:element ref="ipcores"/>
 			</xs:sequence>
 			<xs:attribute ref="name" use="required"/>
 			<xs:attribute ref="width" use="required"/>
@@ -193,33 +227,22 @@
 	<xs:element name="application">
 		<xs:complexType>
 			<xs:sequence>
-				<xs:element ref="processes"/>
 				<xs:element ref="entries"/>
 				<xs:element ref="communication"/>
+				<xs:element ref="map"/>
 			</xs:sequence>
 		</xs:complexType>
 	</xs:element>
 
-	<!-- A detaile description of the cores of the platform-->
-	<xs:element name="cores">
-		<xs:complexType>
-			<xs:sequence>
-				<xs:element ref="core"/>
-			</xs:sequence>
-		</xs:complexType>
-	</xs:element>
-
-
 	<!-- The top-level tag describing the full configuration-->
-	<xs:element name="configuration">
+	<xs:element name="aegean">
 		<xs:complexType>
 			<xs:sequence>
 				<xs:element ref="platform"/>
 				<xs:element ref="application"/>
-				<xs:element ref="cores"/>
 			</xs:sequence>
 			<xs:attribute ref="version" use="required"/>
 		</xs:complexType>
 	</xs:element>
 
-</xs:schema>
\ No newline at end of file
+</xs:schema>
diff --git a/xmlNotes/Config_format.xml b/xmlNotes/Config_format.xml
index d7532a1..88eca2c 100644
--- a/xmlNotes/Config_format.xml
+++ b/xmlNotes/Config_format.xml
@@ -1,34 +1,47 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<configuration version="1.1">
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+
+<aegean version="0.1">
 
 	<platform name="Agean" width="2" height="2">
-		<nodes>
-			<node node_id="id_t" loc="(0,0)" ntype="patmos"/>
-		</nodes>
+
 		<!-- <topology type="bitorus"/"mesh"/"custom" routerDepth="k" linkDepth="k"> -->
-		<topology ttype="bitorus" routerDepth="1" linkDepth="0">
+		<topology ttype="custom" routerDepth="1" linkDepth="0">
 			<link src="(0,0)" dest="(0,1)" linkDepth="0" />
 		</topology>
-		<map>
-			<mem start="0xfff000" end="0xffff00" cached="false" >Description of the given memory area.</mem>
-		</map>
+
+		<nodes>
+			<node id="pat0" loc="(0,0)" iptype_ref="patmos_xx" core_id="0x00" />
+			<node id="hw_acc0" loc="(0,1)" iptype_ref="hw_acc" />
+		</nodes>
+
+		<ipcores>
+			<ipcore iptype="patmos_xx">
+				<patmos>
+					<MCache size="1024" blocks="32" repl="FIFO" />
+					<DCache size="0" assoc="1" repl="LRU" />
+					<SCache size="1024" />
+				</patmos>
+			</ipcore>
+			<!-- entity (VHDL term) / module (Verilog term) / component (Chisel) -->
+			<ipcore iptype="hw_acc" entity="foo" srcfile="file:///test2.vhd" />
+		</ipcores>
+
 	</platform>
 
 	<application>
-		<processes>
-			<process proc_id="1" node_id="id_t"/>
-		</processes>
+
 		<entries>
-			<entry node_id="id_t" entry_point="0x000000"/>
+			<entry id_ref="pat0" entity="main" parameters="0 1" srcfile="file:///test2.c"/>
 		</entries>
+
 		<!-- <communication type="all2all"/"custom" phits="s"> -->
 		<communication ctype="all2all" phits="1">
 			<channel from="(0,1)" to="(1,2)" bandwidth="1" phits="1"/>
 		</communication>
+
+		<map>
+			<mem start="0xfff000" end="0xffff00" cached="false" >Description of the given memory area.</mem>
+		</map>
 	</application>
 
-	<cores>
-		<core>
-		</core>
-	</cores>
-</configuration>
+</aegean>
diff --git a/xmlNotes/xml_test.py b/xmlNotes/xml_test.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index def819a..98ae1f4
--- a/xmlNotes/xml_test.py
+++ b/xmlNotes/xml_test.py
@@ -3,28 +3,28 @@
 import sys
 from lxml import etree
 from io import StringIO
+from subprocess import call
 
-#f = open('../Poseidon/Config_format.xml')
-#root = etree.XML(f.read())
-#root = etree.parse("../Poseidon/Config_format.xml")
-print(sys.argv)
-root = etree.parse(sys.argv[1])
+def parseXML(filename):
+    tree = etree.parse(filename)
+    xmlschema_doc = etree.parse("Aegean.xsd")
+    xmlschema = etree.XMLSchema(xmlschema_doc)
+    xmlschema.assertValid(tree)
+    if xmlschema.validate(tree):
+        return tree
 
-for element in root.iter():
-	if (element.tag is etree.Comment) or (not element.text) or (not element.text.strip()):
-		print(element.tag)
-	else:
-		print("%s - %s" % (element.tag, element.text))
 
+#tree = parseXML(sys.argv[1])
+tree = parseXML("Config_format.xml")
+aegean = tree.getroot()
 
+platform = list(aegean)[0]
+application = list(aegean)[1]
 
-xmlschema_doc = etree.parse("Aegean.xsd")
-xmlschema = etree.XMLSchema(xmlschema_doc)
+for element in tree.iter():
+   if (element.tag is etree.Comment) or (not element.text) or (not element.text.strip()):
+       print(element.tag)
+   else:
+       print("%s - %s" % (element.tag, element.text))
 
-xmlschema.assertValid(root)
-
-#if xmlschema.validate(root):
-#	print("XML file validated.")
-#else:
-#	print("XML file invalid")
-#
+call(["ls","-l"])