CDM is very flexible, here’s a simple document to get you started.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <CDM language="nb" version ="2.0.2" profile ="" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://utdanning.no/schemas/CDM/2.0.2/CDM.xsd" > <properties><!-- document metadata --></properties> <orgUnit><!-- organization 1 --> <orgUnitID>example.com</orgUnitID> <orgUnitName><text>Example Organization</text></orgUnitName> <program> <programName><text>Education program 1</text></programName> <programDescription>Program description.</programDescription> </program> <!-- program_2... program_N: --> <course> <courseName><text>Course 1</text></courseName> <courseDescription>Course description.</courseDescription> </course> <!-- course_2... course_N: --> </orgUnit> </CDM>
A similar extremely basic CDM document is served live at
As demonstrated above, the validity of your CDM documents can be checked using W3C’s excellent live Validator for XML Schema at