diff --git a/sources/qetxml.cpp b/sources/qetxml.cpp
index 9ecc357da..d3de552fd 100644
--- a/sources/qetxml.cpp
+++ b/sources/qetxml.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
         along with QElectroTech.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
 #include "qetxml.h"
+#include "nameslist.h"
 #include <QPen>
+#include <QDir>
 
 /**
  * @brief QETXML::penToXml
@@ -75,3 +77,70 @@ QPen QETXML::penFromXml(const QDomElement &element)
 	pen.setWidthF(element.attribute("widthF", "1").toDouble());
     return pen;
 }
+
+/**
+ * @brief QETXML::fileSystemDirToXmlCollectionDir
+ * @param document : owner document of returned QDomElement, use to create the QDomElement.
+ * @param dir : file system direcory to convert to QDomElement directory
+ * @return A file system directory converted to a QDomElement directory ready to be inserted into a XmlElementCollection.
+ * If the QDomElement can't be created, return a null QDomElement.
+ */
+QDomElement QETXML::fileSystemDirToXmlCollectionDir(QDomDocument &document, const QDir &dir)
+{
+	if (!dir.exists()) return QDomElement();
+
+	QDomElement dir_element = document.createElement("category");
+	dir_element.setAttribute("name", dir.dirName());
+
+		//Get the traduction of this directory
+	QFile qet_dir(dir.filePath("qet_directory"));
+	if (qet_dir.exists() && qet_dir.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text))
+	{
+			//Get the content of the file
+		QDomDocument trad_document;
+		if (trad_document.setContent(&qet_dir))
+		{
+			QDomElement root = trad_document.documentElement();
+			if (root.tagName() == "qet-directory")
+			{
+				NamesList nl;
+				nl.fromXml(root);
+				dir_element.appendChild(nl.toXml(document));
+			}
+		}
+		qet_dir.close();
+	}
+
+	return dir_element;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief QETXML::fileSystemElementToXmlCollectionElement
+ * @param document : owner document of returned QDomElement, use to create the QDomElement.
+ * @param file : file system element file to convert to QDomElement;
+ * @return A file system element converted to a QDomElement ready to be inserted into a XmlElementCollection
+ * If the QDomElement can't be created, return a null QDomElement
+ */
+QDomElement QETXML::fileSystemElementToXmlCollectionElement(QDomDocument &document, QFile &file)
+{
+	if (file.exists() && file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text))
+	{
+		QDomDocument docu;
+		if (docu.setContent(&file))
+		{
+			QFileInfo fi(file);
+			QDomElement dom_element = document.createElement("element");
+			dom_element.setAttribute("name", fi.fileName());
+			dom_element.appendChild(docu.documentElement());
+			file.close();
+			return dom_element;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			file.close();
+			return QDomElement();
+		}
+	}
+	else
+		return QDomElement();
+}
diff --git a/sources/qetxml.h b/sources/qetxml.h
index 98ec6797d..ee075b416 100644
--- a/sources/qetxml.h
+++ b/sources/qetxml.h
@@ -18,9 +18,13 @@
 #ifndef QETXML_H
 #define QETXML_H
 
-#include <QDomDocument>
+#include <QDomElement>
 #include <QPen>
 
+class QDomDocument;
+class QDir;
+class QFile;
+
 /**
  *This namespace contain some function to use xml with QET.
  */
@@ -29,6 +33,9 @@ namespace QETXML
     QDomElement penToXml(QDomDocument &parent_document, QPen pen);
     QPen penFromXml (const QDomElement &element);
 
+	QDomElement fileSystemDirToXmlCollectionDir (QDomDocument &document, const QDir &dir);
+	QDomElement fileSystemElementToXmlCollectionElement (QDomDocument &document, QFile &file);
+
 }
 
 #endif // QETXML_H