# Xdmf format
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/xdmf-format/3558
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [February 12, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/xdmf-format/3558 "2020-02-12T16:57:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@eelcovanvliet](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/eelcovanvliet)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/xdmf-format/3558/1 "2020-02-12T16:57:17Z")
Hi all,
I’m trying to open eturret.xmf which refers to eturret.h5 file. However, Paraview (5.6.2) crashes and I’m not sure where to find any error output.
I created the xmf file myself; my guess is that there is something wrong with it. I’ve been trying to follow along the lines of this [link](https://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Data_formats#Reading_a_time_varying_Raw_file_into_Paraview%7C). About the h5 I’m fairly confident. It should display a mesh with attributes ‘displacement’ and ‘deformation’ containing 3 timesteps.
question 1: It’s there any wrong with the xdmf formatting?
question 2: Is there a way to find error output after Paraview crashes?
Any additional info required, let me know. Thanks!
[eturret.h5](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/short-url/T3lhafmA8MG3NOPRcJuHlLSDaV.h5) (459.9 KB) [eturret.xmf](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/short-url/lYDYwlLSHyM3LkWNF44rY8rQQnd.xmf) (1.2 KB)
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2020, 1:58am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/xdmf-format/3558/2 "2020-02-13T01:58:44Z")
> It’s there any wrong with the xdmf formatting?
You can validate your .xmf using this .dtd file :
[https://gitlab.kitware.com/xdmf/xdmf/blob/master/Xdmf.dtd](https://gitlab.kitware.com/xdmf/xdmf/blob/master/Xdmf.dtd)
> Is there a way to find error output after Paraview crashes?
Run ParaView from a terminal