An MDF has a fixed structure as outlined below.

Header

The file starts with a header. This tells the software reading the MDF what XML version and encoding to expect, sets the MDF version number and gives some information about the author(s).

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- Version 0.0.1C -->
<!-- 2005-08-01  Ake Hedman, eurosource -->
<!-- 2014-12-14  David Steeman, www.steeman.be -->

Module information

Next are two tags that span the whole rest of the MDF, and which mean that the rest of the file will be describing a VSCP module. These tags are closed at the very end of the file.

<vscp>
<module>

General tags

Within the module tags, first the module name, model, description and a URL pointing to more information are defined. This can be any text describing the module.

<name>Mespelare VSCP Module v6</name>
 	<model>hardware v6, firmware v1.1.0</model>
<description lang="en">With this VSCP module it is possible to read 7 buttons; control 7 outputs and 7 LEDs; and read/write I²C and 1-wire buses.</description>
  	<infourl>http://www.vscp.org/</infourl>

The <buffersize< tag describes the maximum package size a node can receive, in this example 8 bytes.

The <manufacturer< tags holds information about the manufacturer of the module. Not all tags need to be filled in.

<manufacturer>	
	<name>David</name>
	<address>
		<street>-</street>
		<city>Mespelare</city>
		<postcode>9200</postcode>
		<country>Belgium</country>
	</address>
	<telephone>									
		<number>-</number>
		<description lang="en">-</description>
	</telephone>
	<email>david@steeman.be</email>
	<email>-</email>
	<email>-</email>	
	<web>www.steeman.be</web>					
</manufacturer>  

The next tag, <boot<, describes the algorithm for the boot loader and its settings.

<boot>
	<algorithm>1</algorithm>
	<blocksize>8</blocksize>
	<blockcount>4096</blockcount>
</boot>