diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+++ b/Makefile
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+build:
+	pipreqs ./ --force
+
+test:
+	pip3 install -r dev_env/requirements.txt
+	pytest --pylint --mypy --doctest-modules
+
+format:
+	isort -y
+	black icarebot
+
+dep:
+	pip3 install -r requirements.txt
diff --git a/__init__.py b/__init__.py
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diff --git a/base/__init__.py b/base/__init__.py
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+++ b/base/__init__.py
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+from base.base_reader import *
+from base.base_parser import *
+
diff --git a/base/base_parser.py b/base/base_parser.py
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+++ b/base/base_parser.py
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+import logging
+import json
+
+
+class Parser:
+
+    ALLOW_EXTENSION = 'json'
+
+    def __init__(self, proto_path: str):
+        self.logger: logging.Logger = logging.getLogger(self.__class__.__name__)
+        self.proto: dict = self._load_proto(proto_path)
+
+    def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def _load_proto(self, proto_file_path: str):
+        self._is_json(proto_file_path)
+        with open(proto_file_path) as f:
+            proto = json.load(f)
+
+        return proto
+
+    def _is_json(self, path: str) -> None:
+        extension: str = path.split(".")[-1].lower()
+        if extension != "json":
+            self.logger.debug("Debug: proto file is not json")
+            raise RuntimeError("file is not json")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    proto_path = "../config/proto.json"
+    parser = Parser(proto_path)
+    _proto = parser.proto
+    print(_proto)
+    print(type(_proto))
+    print(_proto.keys())
diff --git a/base/base_reader.py b/base/base_reader.py
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+++ b/base/base_reader.py
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+import logging
+
+
+
+class Reader:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.logger: logging.Logger = logging.getLogger(self.__class__.__name__)
+
+    def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def _is_validated_file(self, filename: str) -> bool:
+        raise NotImplementedError
diff --git a/config/proto.json b/config/proto.json
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+++ b/config/proto.json
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+{
+  "image_path": "",
+  "image_size": [{"width": ""},
+                 {"height": ""},
+                 {"channel": ""}],
+  "object": [{"class": ""},
+             {"boundary_box": [{"xmin": ""},
+                               {"ymin": ""},
+                               {"xmax": ""},
+                               {"ymax": ""}
+                              ]
+             }
+            ]
+}
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diff --git a/config/xml.json b/config/xml.json
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+++ b/config/xml.json
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+{
+  "image_path": [{"hierarchy": ["annotation", "path"]},
+                 {"options": ["single"]},
+                 {"contents": []}],
+
+  "image_size": [ {"hierarchy": ["annotation", "size"]},
+                  {"options": ["multi"]},
+
+                  {"contents" : [
+                                  {"width":   [{"hierarchy": ["width"]},
+                                               {"options": ["single"]},
+                                               {"contents": []}]},
+
+                                  {"height":  [{"hierarchy": ["height"]},
+                                               {"options": ["single"]},
+                                               {"contents": []}]},
+
+                                  {"channel": [{"hierarchy": ["depth"]},
+                                               {"options": ["single"]},
+                                               {"contents": []}]}
+                                ]
+                  }
+                ],
+
+  "object":     [ {"hierarchy": ["annotation", "object"]},
+                  {"options": ["multi", "recursive"]},
+                  {"contents": [
+                                  {"class": [{"hierarchy": ["name"]},
+                                             {"options": ["single"]},
+                                             {"contents": []}]},
+                                  {"boundary_box": [{"hierarchy": ["bndbox"]},
+                                                    {"options": ["multi"]},
+                                                    {"contents": [
+                                                                    {"xmin": [{"hierarchy": ["xmin"]},
+                                                                              {"options": ["single"]},
+                                                                              {"contents": []}]},
+                                                                    {"ymin": [{"hierarchy": ["ymin"]},
+                                                                              {"options": ["single"]},
+                                                                              {"contents": []}]},
+                                                                    {"xmax": [{"hierarchy": ["xmax"]},
+                                                                              {"options": ["single"]},
+                                                                              {"contents": []}]},
+                                                                    {"ymax": [{"hierarchy": ["ymax"]},
+                                                                              {"options": ["single"]},
+                                                                              {"contents": []}]}
+                                                                  ]
+                                                    }]
+                                  }
+                  ]}
+                ]
+}
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diff --git a/utils/__init__.py b/utils/__init__.py
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+++ b/utils/__init__.py
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+from utils.reader import *
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diff --git a/utils/reader.py b/utils/reader.py
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+++ b/utils/reader.py
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+import xml.etree.ElementTree as Et
+from xml.etree.ElementTree import ElementTree
+
+from base import base_reader
+
+
+class XmlReader(base_reader.Reader):
+
+    ALLOW_EXTENSION = "xml"
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        super(XmlReader, self).__init__()
+
+    def __call__(self, xml_path: str) -> None or ElementTree:
+        if not self._is_validated_file(xml_path):
+            return None
+
+        return self._load_xml(xml_path)
+
+    def _is_validated_file(self, filename: str) -> bool:
+        file_extension: str = filename.split(".")[-1].lower()
+
+        if file_extension == XmlReader.ALLOW_EXTENSION:
+            return True
+
+        self.logger.warning("Warning: extension of file not supported. " + \
+                            "this file skip. "
+                            "Supported file extension following : " + \
+                            "`{}`".format(XmlReader.ALLOW_EXTENSION))
+        return False
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _load_xml(filepath: str) -> ElementTree:
+        with open(filepath) as xml:
+            tree: ElementTree = Et.parse(xml)
+
+        return tree
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    xml_file_path = "../example/voc/label/000001.xml"
+    wrong_file_path = "../example/voc/label/000001.jpeg"
+
+    xml_reader = XmlReader()
+    xml_tree = xml_reader(xml_file_path)
+    print(xml_tree)
+
+    result = xml_reader(wrong_file_path)
+    print(result)
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