diff --git a/projects/DAPIO/interoperability/xcmp/xcmp_adapter.py b/projects/DAPIO/interoperability/xcmp/xcmp_adapter.py
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+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+
+class XCMPAdapter:
+    def __init__(self, namespace: str):
+        self.namespace = namespace
+
+    def convert_to_xcmp(self, data: dict) -> ET.Element:
+        root = ET.Element("XCMP", xmlns=self.namespace)
+        for key, value in data.items():
+            element = ET.SubElement(root, key)
+            element.text = str(value)
+        return root
+
+    def convert_from_xcmp(self, xcmp: ET.Element) -> dict:
+        data = {}
+        for element in xcmp.iter():
+            if element.text:
+                data[element.tag] = element.text
+        return data