diff --git a/src/common/common.pro b/src/common/common.pro
index 5d5e43413..d392f6531 100644
--- a/src/common/common.pro
+++ b/src/common/common.pro
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ HEADERS += filterparameter.h \
 	mlparameter.h \
 	xmlfilterinfo.h \
 	mlexception.h \
-    ../../../vcglib/wrap/gl/trimesh.h
+    ../../../vcglib/wrap/gl/trimesh.h \
+    meshlabdocumentxml.h
 SOURCES += filterparameter.cpp \
     interfaces.cpp \
     filterscript.cpp \
@@ -82,4 +83,5 @@ SOURCES += filterparameter.cpp \
 	scriptinterface.cpp \
 	mlparameter.cpp \
 	xmlfilterinfo.cpp \
-    $$GLEWCODE
+    $$GLEWCODE \
+    meshlabdocumentxml.cpp
diff --git a/src/common/meshlabdocumentxml.cpp b/src/common/meshlabdocumentxml.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8eac39de1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/meshlabdocumentxml.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#include <QString>
+#include <QtGlobal>
+#include <QFileInfo>
+#include <QtXml>
+#include "meshmodel.h"
+#include "meshlabdocumentxml.h"
+
+bool MeshDocumentToXMLFile(MeshDocument &md, QString filename)
+{
+  QFile file(filename);
+    file.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly);
+    QTextStream qstream(&file);
+    QDomDocument doc = MeshDocumentToXML(md);
+    doc.save(qstream,1);
+    file.close();
+    return true;
+}
+
+QDomElement Matrix44fToXML(vcg::Matrix44f &m, QDomDocument &doc)
+{
+  QDomElement matrixElem = doc.createElement("MLMatrix44");
+  QString Row[4];
+  for(int i=0;i<4;++i)
+    Row[i] =QString("%1 %2 %3 %4\n").arg(m[i][0]).arg(m[i][1]).arg(m[i][2]).arg(m[i][3]);
+
+  matrixElem.setNodeValue(Row[0]+Row[1]+Row[2]+Row[3]);
+
+  return matrixElem;
+}
+
+bool MeshDocumentFromXML(MeshDocument &, QDomDocument &doc)
+{
+
+ return true;
+}
+
+QDomElement MeshModelToXML(MeshModel *mp, QDomDocument &doc)
+{
+  QDomElement meshElem = doc.createElement("MLMesh");
+  meshElem.setAttribute("name",mp->label());
+  meshElem.appendChild(Matrix44fToXML(mp->cm.Tr,doc));
+  return meshElem;
+}
+
+QDomDocument MeshDocumentToXML(MeshDocument &md)
+{
+  QDomDocument ddoc("MeshLabDocument");
+  QDomElement mgroot = ddoc.createElement("MeshGroup");
+
+  foreach(MeshModel *mmp, md.meshList)
+  {
+    QDomElement meshElem = MeshModelToXML(mmp, ddoc);
+    mgroot.appendChild(meshElem);
+  }
+  ddoc.appendChild(mgroot);
+
+//    tag.setAttribute(QString("name"),(*ii).first);
+//    RichParameterSet &par=(*ii).second;
+//    QList<RichParameter*>::iterator jj;
+//    RichParameterXMLVisitor v(doc);
+//    for(jj=par.paramList.begin();jj!=par.paramList.end();++jj)
+//    {
+//      (*jj)->accept(v);
+//      tag.appendChild(v.parElem);
+//    }
+//    root.appendChild(tag);
+//  }
+//
+    return ddoc;
+}
diff --git a/src/common/meshlabdocumentxml.h b/src/common/meshlabdocumentxml.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8626a3a4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/meshlabdocumentxml.h
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#ifndef __MESHLABDOC_XML_H
+#define __MESHLABDOC_XML_H
+
+QDomDocument MeshDocumentToXML(MeshDocument &md);
+bool MeshDocumentToXMLFile(MeshDocument &md, QString filename);
+
+#endif // __MESHLABDOC_XML_H