diff --git a/sources/qetxml.cpp b/sources/qetxml.cpp
index 58e8255c3..42df0846d 100644
--- a/sources/qetxml.cpp
+++ b/sources/qetxml.cpp
@@ -581,3 +581,299 @@ QVector<QDomElement> QETXML::findInDomElement(const QDomElement &dom_elmt, const
 	}
 	return(return_list);
 }
+
+namespace QETXML {
+
+PropertyFlags debugReadXml(PropertyFlags flag, const QDomElement &e, const QString& attribute_name, const QString& attr, const QString& type)
+{
+    if (flag == QETXML::PropertyFlags::NoValidConversion)
+        qDebug() << "\t\t\t" << "Tagname: " << e.tagName() << ". " << "No valid Conversion: " << attribute_name << ". type: " << type << ". value: " << attr;
+
+    return flag;
+}
+
+QDomElement createXmlProperty(const QString& name, const QString value) {
+    QDomDocument doc;
+    QDomElement p = doc.createElement("property");
+    p.setAttribute("name", name);
+    p.setAttribute("type", stringS);
+    p.setAttribute("value", value);
+    return p;
+}
+
+QDomElement createXmlProperty(const QString& name, const char* value) {
+    QDomDocument doc;
+    QDomElement p = doc.createElement("property");
+    p.setAttribute("name", name);
+    p.setAttribute("type", stringS);
+    p.setAttribute("value", value);
+    return p;
+}
+
+/*!
+ * \brief propertyInteger
+ * Reads an interger from the XML element.
+ * \param e DomElement which contains the property attribute
+ * \param attribute_name Name of the attribute
+ * \param entier Return value if success
+ * \return True if reading an integer was successful, else False. If the attribute was not found,
+ *		  \p entier is not valid and the return value is False
+ */
+QDomElement createXmlProperty(const QString& name, const int value) {
+    QDomDocument doc;
+    QDomElement p = doc.createElement("property");
+    p.setAttribute("name", name);
+    p.setAttribute("type", integerS);
+    p.setAttribute("value", QString::number(value));
+    return p;
+}
+
+QDomElement createXmlProperty(const QString& name, const double value) {
+    QDomDocument doc;
+    QDomElement p = doc.createElement("property");
+    p.setAttribute("name", name);
+    p.setAttribute("type", doubleS);
+    p.setAttribute("value", QString::number(value));
+    return p;
+}
+
+QDomElement createXmlProperty(const QString& name, const bool value) {
+    QDomDocument doc;
+    QDomElement p = doc.createElement("property");
+    p.setAttribute("name", name);
+    p.setAttribute("type", boolS);
+    p.setAttribute("value", QString::number(value));
+    return p;
+}
+
+QDomElement createXmlProperty(const QString& name, const QUuid value) {
+    QDomDocument doc;
+    QDomElement p = doc.createElement("property");
+    p.setAttribute("name", name);
+    p.setAttribute("type", uuidS);
+    p.setAttribute("value", value.toString());
+    return p;
+}
+
+QDomElement createXmlProperty(const QString& name, const QColor value) {
+    QDomDocument doc;
+    QDomElement p = doc.createElement("property");
+    p.setAttribute("name", name);
+    p.setAttribute("type", colorS);
+    p.setAttribute("value", value.name());
+    return p;
+}
+
+/*!
+ * \brief PropertiesInterface::propertyInteger
+ * Reads an interger from the XML element.
+ * \param e DomElement which contains the property attribute
+ * \param attribute_name Name of the attribute
+ * \param entier Return value if success
+ * \return True if reading an integer was successful, else False. If the attribute was not found,
+ *		  \p entier is not valid and the return value is False
+ */
+PropertyFlags propertyInteger(const QDomElement &e, const QString& attribute_name, int* entier) {
+
+    QString attr;
+
+    if (!attribute(e, attribute_name, integerS, &attr)) {
+        return PropertyFlags::NotFound;
+    }
+
+    return debugReadXml(propertyInteger(attr, entier), e, attribute_name, attr, integerS);
+}
+
+PropertyFlags propertyInteger(const QString& value, int* entier) {
+    // verifie la validite de l'attribut
+    bool ok;
+    int tmp = value.toInt(&ok);
+    if (!ok) {
+        return QETXML::PropertyFlags::NoValidConversion;
+    }
+
+    if (entier != nullptr)
+        *entier = tmp;
+
+    return PropertyFlags::Success;
+}
+
+PropertyFlags propertyDouble(const QDomElement &e, const QString& attribute_name, double* reel) {
+
+    QString attr;
+
+    if (!attribute(e, attribute_name, doubleS, &attr)) {
+        return PropertyFlags::NotFound;
+    }
+
+    return debugReadXml(propertyDouble(attr, reel), e, attribute_name, attr, doubleS);
+}
+
+PropertyFlags propertyDouble(const QString& value, double* reel)
+{
+    // verifie la validite de l'attribut
+    bool ok;
+    double tmp = value.toDouble(&ok);
+    if (!ok) {
+        return QETXML::PropertyFlags::NoValidConversion;
+    }
+
+    if (reel != nullptr)
+        *reel = tmp;
+
+    return PropertyFlags::Success;
+}
+
+PropertyFlags propertyBool(const QDomElement &e, const QString& attribute_name, bool* boolean) {
+
+    QString attr;
+
+    if (!attribute(e, attribute_name, boolS, &attr)) {
+        return PropertyFlags::NotFound;
+    }
+
+    return debugReadXml(propertyBool(attr, boolean), e, attribute_name, attr, boolS);
+}
+
+PropertyFlags propertyBool(const QString& value, bool* boolean)
+{
+    // verifie la validite de l'attribut
+    bool ok;
+    bool tmp = value.toInt(&ok);
+    if (!ok) {
+        if (value == "true" || value == "1")
+            tmp = true;
+        else if (value == "false" || value == "0")
+            tmp = false;
+        else {
+            return QETXML::PropertyFlags::NoValidConversion;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (boolean != nullptr)
+        *boolean = tmp;
+
+    return PropertyFlags::Success;
+}
+
+PropertyFlags propertyColor(const QDomElement &e, const QString& attribute_name, QColor* color) {
+
+    QString attr;
+
+    if (!attribute(e, attribute_name, colorS, &attr)) {
+        return PropertyFlags::NotFound;
+    }
+
+    return debugReadXml(propertyColor(attr, color), e, attribute_name, attr, colorS);
+}
+
+PropertyFlags propertyColor(const QString& value, QColor* color)
+{
+    // verifie la validite de l'attribut
+    QColor tmp = QColor(value);
+    if (!tmp.isValid()) {
+        return QETXML::PropertyFlags::NoValidConversion;
+    }
+
+    if (color != nullptr)
+        *color = tmp;
+
+    return PropertyFlags::Success;
+}
+
+PropertyFlags propertyUuid(const QDomElement &e, const QString& attribute_name, QUuid* uuid) {
+    QString attr;
+
+    if (!attribute(e, attribute_name, uuidS, &attr)) {
+        return PropertyFlags::NotFound;
+    }
+
+    return debugReadXml(propertyUuid(attr, uuid), e, attribute_name, attr, uuidS);
+}
+
+PropertyFlags propertyUuid(const QString& value, QUuid* uuid)
+{
+    if (QUuid(value).isNull()){
+        return QETXML::PropertyFlags::NoValidConversion;
+    }
+
+
+    if (uuid != nullptr)
+        *uuid = QUuid(value);
+
+    return PropertyFlags::Success;
+}
+
+PropertyFlags propertyString(const QDomElement& e, const QString& attribute_name, QString* string) {
+
+    QString attr;
+    if (!attribute(e, attribute_name, stringS, &attr)) {
+        return PropertyFlags::NotFound;
+    }
+
+    // verifie la validite de l'attribut
+    if (string != nullptr)
+        *string = attr;
+
+    return PropertyFlags::Success;
+}
+
+QDomElement property(const QDomElement& e, const QString& name) {
+    for (int i=0; i < e.childNodes().count(); i++) {
+        QDomElement child = e.childNodes().at(i).toElement();
+        if (!validXmlProperty(child))
+            continue; // there might also non property childs
+
+        if (child.attribute("name") == name)
+            return child;
+    }
+    return QDomElement();
+}
+
+/*!
+ * \brief PropertiesInterface::attribute
+ * Returns the property with the name \p attribute_name and type \p type
+ * \param e Xml element which contains the property
+ * \param attribute_name
+ * \param type Type of the property
+ * \param attr
+ * \return
+ */
+bool attribute(const QDomElement& e, const QString& attribute_name, const QString& type, QString* attr) {
+    QDomElement p = property(e, attribute_name);
+    if (p.isNull()) {
+        // check if legacy property is available,
+        // where the property is inside the element as attribute
+        if (!e.hasAttribute(attribute_name)) {
+            qDebug() << "\t\t\t" << "Tagname: " << e.tagName() << ". " << "Property " << attribute_name << "is not available";
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        *attr = e.attribute(attribute_name);
+
+    } else {
+        if (p.attribute("type") != type) {
+            qDebug() << "\t\t\t" << "Tagname: " << e.tagName() << ", Property: " << attribute_name << "(" << p.attribute("type") << ") has not type: " << type;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        *attr = p.attribute("value");
+
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool validXmlProperty(const QDomElement& e) {
+    if (!e.hasAttribute("name"))
+        return false;
+
+    if (!e.hasAttribute("type"))
+        return false;
+
+    if (!e.hasAttribute("value"))
+        return false;
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/sources/qetxml.h b/sources/qetxml.h
index 0c4ae7e95..6c84c74e9 100644
--- a/sources/qetxml.h
+++ b/sources/qetxml.h
@@ -89,6 +89,54 @@ namespace QETXML
 
 	QVector<QDomElement> findInDomElement(const QDomElement &dom_elmt,
 										  const QString &tag_name);
+
+    const QString integerS = "int";
+    const QString doubleS = "double";
+    const QString boolS = "bool";
+    const QString stringS = "string";
+    const QString uuidS = "uuid";
+    const QString colorS = "color";
+
+    enum PropertyFlags {
+        Success = 0,
+        NotFound = 1,
+        NoValidConversion = 2,
+        // = 4
+    };
+
+    /*!
+     * Use this functions to add properties to the xml document
+     */
+    QDomElement createXmlProperty(const QString& name, const QString value);
+    QDomElement createXmlProperty(const QString& name, const char* value);
+    QDomElement createXmlProperty(const QString& name, const int value);
+    QDomElement createXmlProperty(const QString& name, const double value);
+    QDomElement createXmlProperty(const QString& name, const bool value);
+    QDomElement createXmlProperty(const QString& name, const QUuid value);
+    QDomElement createXmlProperty(const QString& name, const QColor value);
+
+    PropertyFlags propertyInteger(const QString& value, int* entry = nullptr);
+    PropertyFlags propertyInteger(const QDomElement &e, const QString& attribute_name, int *entier = nullptr);
+    PropertyFlags propertyDouble(const QString& value, double* entry = nullptr);
+    PropertyFlags propertyDouble(const QDomElement &e, const QString& attribute_name, double *reel = nullptr);
+    PropertyFlags propertyString(const QDomElement& e, const QString& attribute_name, QString* string = nullptr);
+    PropertyFlags propertyBool(const QString& value, bool* entry = nullptr);
+    PropertyFlags propertyBool(const QDomElement &e, const QString& attribute_name, bool* boolean = nullptr);
+    PropertyFlags propertyUuid(const QString& value, QUuid* entry = nullptr);
+    PropertyFlags propertyUuid(const QDomElement &e, const QString& attribute_name, QUuid* uuid = nullptr);
+    PropertyFlags propertyColor(const QString& value, QColor* entry = nullptr);
+    PropertyFlags propertyColor(const QDomElement &e, const QString& attribute_name, QColor* color = nullptr);
+
+    QDomElement property(const QDomElement& e, const QString& name);
+    bool attribute(const QDomElement& e, const QString& attribute_name, const QString& type, QString* attr);
+
+    /*!
+     * \brief PropertiesInterface::validXmlProperty
+     * Check if the Xml element contains the needed fields
+     * \param e Xml Property
+     * \return True if name, type, value attribute are available, else false
+     */
+    bool validXmlProperty(const QDomElement& e);
 }
 
 #endif // QETXML_H