diff --git a/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/commands/edit/CreateProjectCommand.java b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/commands/edit/CreateProjectCommand.java
index 06ffb6fa1..07d334f34 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/commands/edit/CreateProjectCommand.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/commands/edit/CreateProjectCommand.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import com.metaweb.gridworks.commands.Command;
 import com.metaweb.gridworks.importers.ExcelImporter;
 import com.metaweb.gridworks.importers.Importer;
 import com.metaweb.gridworks.importers.TsvCsvImporter;
+import com.metaweb.gridworks.importers.XmlImporter;
 import com.metaweb.gridworks.model.Project;
 import com.metaweb.gridworks.util.ParsingUtilities;
 import com.oreilly.servlet.multipart.FilePart;
@@ -301,6 +302,11 @@ public class CreateProjectCommand extends Command {
                 return new ExcelImporter(false); 
             } else if (fileName.endsWith(".xlsx")) {
                 return new ExcelImporter(true); 
+            } else if (
+                    fileName.endsWith(".xml") ||
+                    fileName.endsWith(".rss")
+                ) {
+                return new XmlImporter(); 
             }
         }
         
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/importers/XmlImportUtilities.java b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/importers/XmlImportUtilities.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3bc6b190a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/importers/XmlImportUtilities.java
@@ -0,0 +1,395 @@
+package com.metaweb.gridworks.importers;
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+
+import javax.xml.stream.XMLInputFactory;
+import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamConstants;
+import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException;
+import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamReader;
+
+import com.metaweb.gridworks.model.Cell;
+import com.metaweb.gridworks.model.Project;
+import com.metaweb.gridworks.model.Row;
+import com.metaweb.gridworks.model.Column;
+
+public class XmlImportUtilities {
+    static protected class RecordElementCandidate {
+        String[] path;
+        int count;
+    }
+    
+    static public class ImportColumnGroup {
+        public String name = "";
+        
+        public Map<String, ImportColumnGroup> subgroups = new HashMap<String, ImportColumnGroup>();
+        public Map<String, ImportColumn> columns = new HashMap<String, ImportColumn>();
+    }
+    
+    static public class ImportColumn {
+        public int cellIndex;
+        public String name;
+    }
+    
+    static public class ImportRecord {
+        List<List<Cell>> rows = new LinkedList<List<Cell>>();
+        List<Integer> columnEmptyRowIndices = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+    }
+    
+    static public String[] detectRecordElement(InputStream inputStream) {
+        List<RecordElementCandidate> candidates = new ArrayList<RecordElementCandidate>();
+        
+        try {
+            XMLStreamReader parser = XMLInputFactory.newInstance().createXMLStreamReader(inputStream);
+            
+            while (parser.hasNext()) {
+                int eventType = parser.next();
+                if (eventType == XMLStreamConstants.START_ELEMENT) {
+                    RecordElementCandidate candidate = 
+                        detectRecordElement(
+                            parser, 
+                            new String[] { parser.getLocalName() });
+                    
+                    if (candidate != null) {
+                        candidates.add(candidate);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            // silent
+            // e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+        
+        if (candidates.size() > 0) {
+            sortRecordElementCandidates(candidates);
+            
+            return candidates.get(0).path;
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+    
+    static protected RecordElementCandidate detectRecordElement(XMLStreamReader parser, String[] path) {
+        List<RecordElementCandidate> candidateList = new ArrayList<RecordElementCandidate>();
+        
+        Map<String, Integer> candidates = new HashMap<String, Integer>();
+        
+        try {
+            while (parser.hasNext()) {
+                int eventType = parser.next();
+                if (eventType == XMLStreamConstants.END_ELEMENT) {
+                    break;
+                } else if (eventType == XMLStreamConstants.START_ELEMENT) {
+                    String tagName = parser.getLocalName();
+                    
+                    candidates.put(tagName, candidates.containsKey(tagName) ? candidates.get(tagName) + 1 : 1);
+                    
+                    String[] path2 = new String[path.length + 1];
+                    System.arraycopy(path, 0, path2, 0, path.length);
+                    path2[path.length] = tagName;
+                    
+                    RecordElementCandidate c = detectRecordElement(parser, path2);
+                    if (c != null) {
+                        candidateList.add(c);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            // silent
+            // e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+        
+        if (candidates.size() > 0) {
+            List<RecordElementCandidate> ourCandidateList = new ArrayList<RecordElementCandidate>(candidates.size());
+            for (Entry<String, Integer> entry : candidates.entrySet()) {
+                int count = entry.getValue();
+                if (count > 1) {
+                    String[] path2 = new String[path.length + 1];
+                    System.arraycopy(path, 0, path2, 0, path.length);
+                    path2[path.length] = entry.getKey();
+                    
+                    RecordElementCandidate candidate = new RecordElementCandidate();
+                    candidate.path = path2;
+                    candidate.count = count;
+                    ourCandidateList.add(candidate);
+                }
+            }
+            
+            if (ourCandidateList.size() > 0) {
+                sortRecordElementCandidates(ourCandidateList);
+                
+                RecordElementCandidate ourCandidate = ourCandidateList.get(0);
+                if (ourCandidate.count > 10) {
+                    return ourCandidate;
+                }
+                
+                candidateList.add(ourCandidate);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        if (candidateList.size() > 0) {
+            sortRecordElementCandidates(candidateList);
+            
+            return candidateList.get(0);
+        }
+        
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    static public void sortRecordElementCandidates(List<RecordElementCandidate> list) {
+        Collections.sort(list, new Comparator<RecordElementCandidate>() {
+            public int compare(RecordElementCandidate o1, RecordElementCandidate o2) {
+                return o2.count - o1.count;
+            }
+        });
+    }
+    
+    static public void importXml(
+        InputStream inputStream, 
+        Project project, 
+        String[] recordPath,
+        ImportColumnGroup rootColumnGroup
+    ) {
+        try {
+            XMLStreamReader parser = XMLInputFactory.newInstance().createXMLStreamReader(inputStream);
+            
+            while (parser.hasNext()) {
+                int eventType = parser.next();
+                if (eventType == XMLStreamConstants.START_ELEMENT) {
+                    findRecord(project, parser, recordPath, 0, rootColumnGroup);
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            // silent
+        }
+    }
+    
+    static public void createColumnsFromImport(
+        Project project, 
+        ImportColumnGroup columnGroup
+    ) {
+        for (ImportColumn c : columnGroup.columns.values()) {
+            Column column = new com.metaweb.gridworks.model.Column(c.cellIndex, c.name);
+            project.columnModel.columns.add(column);
+        }
+        
+        for (ImportColumnGroup g : columnGroup.subgroups.values()) {
+            createColumnsFromImport(project, g);
+        }
+    }
+    
+    static protected void findRecord(
+        Project project, 
+        XMLStreamReader parser,
+        String[] recordPath,
+        int pathIndex,
+        ImportColumnGroup rootColumnGroup
+    ) throws XMLStreamException {
+        String tagName = parser.getLocalName();
+        if (tagName.equals(recordPath[pathIndex])) {
+            if (pathIndex < recordPath.length - 1) {
+                while (parser.hasNext()) {
+                    int eventType = parser.next();
+                    if (eventType == XMLStreamConstants.START_ELEMENT) {
+                        findRecord(project, parser, recordPath, pathIndex + 1, rootColumnGroup);
+                    } else if (eventType == XMLStreamConstants.END_ELEMENT) {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            } else {
+                processRecord(project, parser, rootColumnGroup);
+            }
+        } else {
+            skip(parser);
+        }
+    }
+    
+    static protected void skip(XMLStreamReader parser) throws XMLStreamException {
+        while (parser.hasNext()) {
+            int eventType = parser.next();
+            if (eventType == XMLStreamConstants.START_ELEMENT) {
+                skip(parser);
+            } else if (eventType == XMLStreamConstants.END_ELEMENT) {
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
+    static protected void processRecord(
+        Project project, 
+        XMLStreamReader parser,
+        ImportColumnGroup rootColumnGroup
+    ) throws XMLStreamException {
+        ImportRecord record = new ImportRecord();
+        
+        processSubRecord(project, parser, rootColumnGroup, record);
+        
+        for (List<Cell> row : record.rows) {
+            Row realRow = new Row(row.size());
+            
+            for (int c = 0; c < row.size(); c++) {
+                Cell cell = row.get(c);
+                if (cell != null) {
+                    realRow.setCell(c, cell);
+                }
+            }
+            
+            project.rows.add(realRow);
+        }
+    }
+    
+    static protected void processSubRecord(
+        Project project, 
+        XMLStreamReader parser,
+        ImportColumnGroup columnGroup,
+        ImportRecord record
+    ) throws XMLStreamException {
+        int commonStartingRowIndex = 0;
+        for (ImportColumn column : columnGroup.columns.values()) {
+            if (column.cellIndex < record.columnEmptyRowIndices.size()) {
+                commonStartingRowIndex = Math.max(
+                        commonStartingRowIndex, 
+                        record.columnEmptyRowIndices.get(column.cellIndex));
+            }
+        }
+        
+        while (parser.hasNext()) {
+            int eventType = parser.next();
+            if (eventType == XMLStreamConstants.START_ELEMENT) {
+                int attributeCount = parser.getAttributeCount();
+                for (int i = 0; i < attributeCount; i++) {
+                    addCell(
+                        project, 
+                        columnGroup, 
+                        record, 
+                        parser.getAttributeLocalName(i),
+                        parser.getAttributeValue(i),
+                        commonStartingRowIndex
+                    );
+                }
+                
+                processSubRecord(
+                    project,
+                    parser,
+                    getColumnGroup(project, columnGroup, parser.getLocalName()),
+                    record
+                );
+            } else if (eventType == XMLStreamConstants.CDATA || 
+                        eventType == XMLStreamConstants.CHARACTERS) {
+                addCell(
+                    project, 
+                    columnGroup, 
+                    record, 
+                    null,
+                    parser.getText(),
+                    commonStartingRowIndex
+                );
+            } else if (eventType == XMLStreamConstants.END_ELEMENT) {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
+    static protected void addCell(
+        Project project,
+        ImportColumnGroup columnGroup,
+        ImportRecord record,
+        String columnLocalName,
+        Serializable value,
+        int commonStaringRowIndex
+    ) {
+        if (value == null || (value instanceof String && ((String) value).isEmpty())) {
+            return;
+        }
+        
+        ImportColumn column = getColumn(project, columnGroup, columnLocalName);
+        int cellIndex = column.cellIndex;
+        
+        while (cellIndex >= record.columnEmptyRowIndices.size()) {
+            record.columnEmptyRowIndices.add(commonStaringRowIndex);
+        }
+        int rowIndex = record.columnEmptyRowIndices.get(cellIndex);
+        
+        while (rowIndex >= record.rows.size()) {
+            record.rows.add(new ArrayList<Cell>());
+        }
+        List<Cell> row = record.rows.get(rowIndex);
+        
+        while (cellIndex >= row.size()) {
+            row.add(null);
+        }
+        
+        row.set(cellIndex, new Cell(value, null));
+        
+        record.columnEmptyRowIndices.set(cellIndex, rowIndex + 1);
+    }
+    
+    static protected ImportColumn getColumn(
+        Project project,
+        ImportColumnGroup columnGroup,
+        String localName
+    ) {
+        if (columnGroup.columns.containsKey(localName)) {
+            return columnGroup.columns.get(localName);
+        }
+        
+        ImportColumn column = createColumn(project, columnGroup, localName);
+        columnGroup.columns.put(localName, column);
+        
+        return column;
+    }
+    
+    static protected ImportColumn createColumn(
+        Project project,
+        ImportColumnGroup columnGroup,
+        String localName
+    ) {
+        ImportColumn newColumn = new ImportColumn();
+        
+        newColumn.name = 
+            columnGroup.name.length() == 0 ? 
+            (localName == null ? "Text" : localName) : 
+            (localName == null ? columnGroup.name : (columnGroup.name + " - " + localName));
+            
+        newColumn.cellIndex = project.columnModel.allocateNewCellIndex();
+        
+        return newColumn;
+    }
+
+    static protected ImportColumnGroup getColumnGroup(
+        Project project,
+        ImportColumnGroup columnGroup,
+        String localName
+    ) {
+        if (columnGroup.subgroups.containsKey(localName)) {
+            return columnGroup.subgroups.get(localName);
+        }
+        
+        ImportColumnGroup subgroup = createColumnGroup(project, columnGroup, localName);
+        columnGroup.subgroups.put(localName, subgroup);
+        
+        return subgroup;
+    }
+    
+    static protected ImportColumnGroup createColumnGroup(
+        Project project,
+        ImportColumnGroup columnGroup,
+        String localName
+    ) {
+        ImportColumnGroup newGroup = new ImportColumnGroup();
+        
+        newGroup.name = 
+            columnGroup.name.length() == 0 ? 
+            (localName == null ? "Text" : localName) : 
+            (localName == null ? columnGroup.name : (columnGroup.name + " - " + localName));
+        
+        return newGroup;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/importers/XmlImporter.java b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/importers/XmlImporter.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a4690ecf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/importers/XmlImporter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package com.metaweb.gridworks.importers;
+
+import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.InputStream; 
+import java.io.Reader;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang.NotImplementedException;
+
+import com.metaweb.gridworks.importers.XmlImportUtilities.ImportColumnGroup;
+import com.metaweb.gridworks.model.Project;
+
+public class XmlImporter implements Importer {
+
+    public boolean takesReader() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public void read(Reader reader, Project project, Properties options, int skip, int limit)
+            throws Exception {
+        
+        throw new NotImplementedException();
+    }
+
+    public void read(InputStream inputStream, Project project,
+            Properties options, int skip, int limit) throws Exception {
+        
+        BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(inputStream);
+        
+        String[] recordPath = null;
+        {
+            byte[] buffer = new byte[64 * 1024];
+            
+            bis.mark(buffer.length);
+            int c = bis.read(buffer);
+            bis.reset();
+            
+            recordPath = XmlImportUtilities.detectRecordElement(
+                    new ByteArrayInputStream(buffer, 0, c));
+        }
+        
+        ImportColumnGroup rootColumnGroup = new ImportColumnGroup();
+        
+        XmlImportUtilities.importXml(bis, project, recordPath, rootColumnGroup);
+        XmlImportUtilities.createColumnsFromImport(project, rootColumnGroup);
+    }
+    
+}