diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6b933edf30ac4063b9120df25893fb20440848fa..2094113529de67266925e82f42d5626b20d0ec89 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -87,12 +87,12 @@ submodel.submodel_element.add(property)
 
 Serialize the `Submodel` to XML:
 ```python
-import aas.adapter.xml.xml_serialization
+from aas.adapter.xml import write_aas_xml_file
 
 data: model.DictObjectStore[model.Identifiable] = model.DictObjectStore()
 data.add(submodel)
 with open('Simple_Submodel.xml', 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
-    aas.adapter.xml.xml_serialization.write_aas_xml_file(file=f, data=data)
+    write_aas_xml_file(file=f, data=data)
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/aas/adapter/__init__.py b/aas/adapter/__init__.py
index 6d19622cda1bba72ced87c201c40d447a4386f0c..0f42cc4aa56e48cc8a52af8917f7535e38e441d3 100644
--- a/aas/adapter/__init__.py
+++ b/aas/adapter/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 """
-This package contains different kind of adapter
+This package contains different kinds of adapters.
 
 json
-    This package offers an adapter for serialization and deserialization of PyAAS objects to/from JSON
+    This package offers an adapter for serialization and deserialization of PyAAS objects to/from JSON.
+xml
+    This package offers an adapter for serialization and deserialization of PyAAS objects to/from XML.
 """
diff --git a/aas/adapter/aasx.py b/aas/adapter/aasx.py
index 65f170e637a22d1b56ee9f5bcc425277fa2f5f16..52db992efd778d69f868e44f9db09c1fecce0f60 100644
--- a/aas/adapter/aasx.py
+++ b/aas/adapter/aasx.py
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ import re
 from typing import Dict, Tuple, IO, Union, List, Set, Optional
 
 from .. import model
-from .json.json_deserialization import read_json_aas_file
-from .json.json_serialization import write_aas_json_file
+from .json import read_aas_json_file, write_aas_json_file
 import pyecma376_2
 from ..util import traversal
 
@@ -212,7 +211,7 @@ class AASXReader:
                 or content_type == "" and extension == "json":
             logger.debug("Parsing AAS objects from JSON stream in OPC part {} ...".format(part_name))
             with self.reader.open_part(part_name) as p:
-                return read_json_aas_file(io.TextIOWrapper(p, encoding='utf-8-sig'))
+                return read_aas_json_file(io.TextIOWrapper(p, encoding='utf-8-sig'))
         else:
             logger.error("Could not determine part format of AASX part {} (Content Type: {}, extension: {}"
                          .format(part_name, content_type, extension))
diff --git a/aas/adapter/couchdb.py b/aas/adapter/couchdb.py
index 7380f66d8c23d4b210c2796bda174f926fbf2523..b52cc38b8266c2357e26e1b51d999ff858203469 100644
--- a/aas/adapter/couchdb.py
+++ b/aas/adapter/couchdb.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ import threading
 import logging
 
 from .. import model
-from .json import json_serialization, json_deserialization
+from .json import StrictAASFromJsonDecoder, AASToJsonEncoder
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ class CouchDBObjectStore(model.AbstractObjectStore):
         """
         logger.debug("Adding object %s to CouchDB database ...", repr(x))
         # Serialize data
-        data = json.dumps({'data': x}, cls=json_serialization.AASToJsonEncoder)
+        data = json.dumps({'data': x}, cls=AASToJsonEncoder)
 
         # Create and issue HTTP request (raises HTTPError on status != 200)
         request = urllib.request.Request(
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ class CouchDBObjectStore(model.AbstractObjectStore):
         logger.debug("Committing changes of object %s based on revision %s to CouchDB database ...",
                      repr(x), x.couchdb_revision)
         # Serialize data
-        data = json.dumps({'data': x, '_rev': x.couchdb_revision}, cls=json_serialization.AASToJsonEncoder)
+        data = json.dumps({'data': x, '_rev': x.couchdb_revision}, cls=AASToJsonEncoder)
 
         # Create and issue HTTP request (raises HTTPError on status != 200)
         request = urllib.request.Request(
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ class CouchDBSubmodel(model.Submodel, CouchDBIdentifiable):
     pass
 
 
-class CouchDBJSONDecoder(json_deserialization.StrictAASFromJsonDecoder):
+class CouchDBJSONDecoder(StrictAASFromJsonDecoder):
     """
     Special json.JSONDecoder class for deserializing AAS objects received from the CouchDB server
 
diff --git a/aas/adapter/json/__init__.py b/aas/adapter/json/__init__.py
index 596d1fe15cd723662a86bbb47aaec13054a97945..b84dee05597c4a27ebb92afd78077d11ff24d711 100644
--- a/aas/adapter/json/__init__.py
+++ b/aas/adapter/json/__init__.py
@@ -12,3 +12,6 @@ json_deserialization.py
     PyI40AAS object. A function `read_json_aas_file()` is provided to read all AAS objects within a JSON file and return
     them as PyI40AAS ObjectStore.
 """
+
+from .json_serialization import AASToJsonEncoder, write_aas_json_file, object_store_to_json
+from .json_deserialization import StrictAASFromJsonDecoder, AASFromJsonDecoder, read_aas_json_file
diff --git a/aas/adapter/json/json_deserialization.py b/aas/adapter/json/json_deserialization.py
index addd8741b2dd823438200b281a2d69ca76ab3964..2c29728a83144eb95e83adfda49bc8b46c8e4108 100644
--- a/aas/adapter/json/json_deserialization.py
+++ b/aas/adapter/json/json_deserialization.py
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ class StrictAASFromJsonDecoder(AASFromJsonDecoder):
     failsafe = False
 
 
-def read_json_aas_file(file: IO, failsafe: bool = True) -> model.DictObjectStore:
+def read_aas_json_file(file: IO, failsafe: bool = True) -> model.DictObjectStore:
     """
     Read an Asset Adminstration Shell JSON file according to 'Details of the Asset Administration Shell', chapter 5.5
 
diff --git a/aas/adapter/xml/__init__.py b/aas/adapter/xml/__init__.py
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..795a355a01c8a8f55867603e1a2702f919c2417e 100644
--- a/aas/adapter/xml/__init__.py
+++ b/aas/adapter/xml/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+"""
+This package contains functionality for serialization and deserialization of PyI40AAS objects into/from XML.
+
+xml_serialization:
+    The module offers a function to write an ObjectStore to a given file.
+
+xml_deserialization.py
+    The module offers a function to create an ObjectStore from a given xml document.
+"""
+
+from .xml_serialization import write_aas_xml_file
diff --git a/aas/compliance_tool/cli.py b/aas/compliance_tool/cli.py
index 87109fdf5c51db18985d617086b8c2c00b1ae97f..0ff65a040d2ede85712ce4d49a902dd01082ea9f 100644
--- a/aas/compliance_tool/cli.py
+++ b/aas/compliance_tool/cli.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import argparse
 import logging
 
 from aas.compliance_tool import compliance_check_json as compliance_tool_json
-from aas.adapter.json import json_serialization
+from aas.adapter.json import write_aas_json_file
 from aas.examples.data import create_example
 from aas.compliance_tool.state_manager import ComplianceToolStateManager, Status
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def main():
 
                 manager.add_step('Write data to file')
                 if args.json:
-                    json_serialization.write_aas_json_file(file=file, data=data)
+                    write_aas_json_file(file=file, data=data)
                     manager.set_step_status(Status.SUCCESS)
                 elif args.xml:
                     # Todo: if xml serialization is done add code here
diff --git a/aas/compliance_tool/compliance_check_json.py b/aas/compliance_tool/compliance_check_json.py
index 7d58092722274c63316867d001e4e53ccfa9e049..d2a83711d5bea76da810a4b97a2ca5f6144f4780 100644
--- a/aas/compliance_tool/compliance_check_json.py
+++ b/aas/compliance_tool/compliance_check_json.py
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ def check_deserialization(file_path: str, state_manager: ComplianceToolStateMana
             state_manager.add_step('Read {} file and check if it is conform to the json schema'.format(file_info))
         else:
             state_manager.add_step('Read file and check if it is conform to the json schema')
-        obj_store = json_deserialization.read_json_aas_file(file_to_be_checked, True)
+        obj_store = json_deserialization.read_aas_json_file(file_to_be_checked, True)
 
     state_manager.set_step_status_from_log()
 
diff --git a/aas/examples/tutorial_serialization_deserialization_json.py b/aas/examples/tutorial_serialization_deserialization_json.py
index 3416bedb70d5254fe6e2e1746e3704f396b75f1f..37c3be14cc966d1dc9561e17fd5a0ca009531bee 100755
--- a/aas/examples/tutorial_serialization_deserialization_json.py
+++ b/aas/examples/tutorial_serialization_deserialization_json.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import json
 
 # Import all PyI40AAS classes from model package
 from aas import model
-from aas.adapter.json import json_serialization, json_deserialization
+from aas.adapter.json import AASToJsonEncoder, read_aas_json_file, write_aas_json_file, object_store_to_json
 from aas.model import Asset, AssetAdministrationShell, Submodel
 
 # In this tutorial you get a step by step guide how to serialize objects of the meta model according to
@@ -58,13 +58,13 @@ aas = AssetAdministrationShell(
 # step 2: serialize an object to json and write it to file #
 ############################################################
 # step 2.1: serialize an object to json
-# json_serialization.AASToJsonEncoder is a custom JSONDecoder class for serializing Asset Administration Shell data
+# AASToJsonEncoder is a custom JSONDecoder class for serializing Asset Administration Shell data
 # into the official JSON format according to 'Details of the Asset Administration Shell', chapter 5.5
 # serialize an asset administration shell
-json_data_object = json.loads(json.dumps(aas, cls=json_serialization.AASToJsonEncoder))
+json_data_object = json.loads(json.dumps(aas, cls=AASToJsonEncoder))
 # serialize a property
 json_data_object = json.loads(json.dumps(submodel.submodel_element.get_referable('ExampleProperty'),
-                                         cls=json_serialization.AASToJsonEncoder))
+                                         cls=AASToJsonEncoder))
 # step 2.2: write json data to file
 # define a file stream, here an internal file stream is used. For an external file stream use
 # 'open('tutorial.json', 'w', encoding='utf-8')' for opening a json-File to write json data inside
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ obj_store: model.DictObjectStore[model.Identifiable] = model.DictObjectStore()
 obj_store.add(asset)
 obj_store.add(submodel)
 obj_store.add(aas)
-# serialize the store using the function 'object_store_to_json' of the 'json_serialization' module
-json_data_store = json_serialization.object_store_to_json(obj_store)
+# serialize the store using the function 'object_store_to_json' of the 'json' module
+json_data_store = object_store_to_json(obj_store)
 # step 2.2: write json data to file
 # define a file stream, here an internal file stream is used. For an external file stream use
 # 'open('tutorial.json', 'w', encoding='utf-8')' for opening a json-File to write json data inside
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ json.dump(json_data_store, file_store)
 
 # serialize an object store and write it to a file can be done in one step using the function 'write_aas_json_file'
 file_store_2 = io.StringIO()
-json_serialization.write_aas_json_file(file=file_store_2, data=obj_store)
+write_aas_json_file(file=file_store_2, data=obj_store)
 
 #################################################################################################
 # step 4: # read a json string from file and deserialize it into an object store of AAS objects #
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ json_serialization.write_aas_json_file(file=file_store_2, data=obj_store)
 # we have to set the file pointer to the beginning cause we are using the same file stream. Normally, you do not need
 # to do this.
 file_store_2.seek(0)
-json_object_store = json_deserialization.read_json_aas_file(file_store_2, failsafe=False)
+json_object_store = read_aas_json_file(file_store_2, failsafe=False)
 
 # take a submodel out of the object store, for more details look at 'tutorial_storage.py'
 tmp_submodel: Submodel = json_object_store.get_identifiable(  # type: ignore
diff --git a/test/adapter/json/test_json_deserialization.py b/test/adapter/json/test_json_deserialization.py
index 1de7c183af0132468a65f87603d3bd4824b00cbb..13caee01b5898d1d91d885794f854fd6ed8cd7f6 100644
--- a/test/adapter/json/test_json_deserialization.py
+++ b/test/adapter/json/test_json_deserialization.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import io
 import json
 import logging
 import unittest
-from aas.adapter.json import json_deserialization
+from aas.adapter.json import AASFromJsonDecoder, StrictAASFromJsonDecoder, read_aas_json_file
 from aas import model
 
 
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ class JsonDeserializationTest(unittest.TestCase):
                 "conceptDescriptions": []
             }"""
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(KeyError, r"submodels"):
-            json_deserialization.read_json_aas_file(io.StringIO(data), False)
+            read_aas_json_file(io.StringIO(data), False)
         with self.assertLogs(logging.getLogger(), level=logging.WARNING) as cm:
-            json_deserialization.read_json_aas_file(io.StringIO(data), True)
+            read_aas_json_file(io.StringIO(data), True)
         self.assertIn("submodels", cm.output[0])
 
     def test_file_format_wrong_list(self) -> None:
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ class JsonDeserializationTest(unittest.TestCase):
                 ]
             }"""
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(TypeError, r"submodels.*Asset"):
-            json_deserialization.read_json_aas_file(io.StringIO(data), False)
+            read_aas_json_file(io.StringIO(data), False)
         with self.assertLogs(logging.getLogger(), level=logging.WARNING) as cm:
-            json_deserialization.read_json_aas_file(io.StringIO(data), True)
+            read_aas_json_file(io.StringIO(data), True)
         self.assertIn("submodels", cm.output[0])
         self.assertIn("Asset", cm.output[0])
 
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ class JsonDeserializationTest(unittest.TestCase):
                 ]
             }"""
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(TypeError, r"submodels.*'foo'"):
-            json_deserialization.read_json_aas_file(io.StringIO(data), False)
+            read_aas_json_file(io.StringIO(data), False)
         with self.assertLogs(logging.getLogger(), level=logging.WARNING) as cm:
-            json_deserialization.read_json_aas_file(io.StringIO(data), True)
+            read_aas_json_file(io.StringIO(data), True)
         self.assertIn("submodels", cm.output[0])
         self.assertIn("'foo'", cm.output[0])
 
@@ -100,11 +100,11 @@ class JsonDeserializationTest(unittest.TestCase):
             ]"""
         # In strict mode, we should catch an exception
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(KeyError, r"identification"):
-            json.loads(data, cls=json_deserialization.StrictAASFromJsonDecoder)
+            json.loads(data, cls=StrictAASFromJsonDecoder)
 
         # In failsafe mode, we should get a log entry and the first Asset entry should be returned as untouched dict
         with self.assertLogs(logging.getLogger(), level=logging.WARNING) as cm:
-            parsed_data = json.loads(data, cls=json_deserialization.AASFromJsonDecoder)
+            parsed_data = json.loads(data, cls=AASFromJsonDecoder)
         self.assertIn("identification", cm.output[0])
         self.assertIsInstance(parsed_data, list)
         self.assertEqual(3, len(parsed_data))
@@ -143,13 +143,13 @@ class JsonDeserializationTest(unittest.TestCase):
         # The broken object should not raise an exception, but log a warning, even in strict mode.
         with self.assertLogs(logging.getLogger(), level=logging.WARNING) as cm:
             with self.assertRaisesRegex(TypeError, r"SubmodelElement.*Asset"):
-                json.loads(data, cls=json_deserialization.StrictAASFromJsonDecoder)
+                json.loads(data, cls=StrictAASFromJsonDecoder)
         self.assertIn("modelType", cm.output[0])
 
         # In failsafe mode, we should get a log entries for the broken object and the wrong type of the first two
         #   submodelElements
         with self.assertLogs(logging.getLogger(), level=logging.WARNING) as cm:
-            parsed_data = json.loads(data, cls=json_deserialization.AASFromJsonDecoder)
+            parsed_data = json.loads(data, cls=AASFromJsonDecoder)
         self.assertGreaterEqual(len(cm.output), 3)
         self.assertIn("SubmodelElement", cm.output[1])
         self.assertIn("SubmodelElement", cm.output[2])
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ class JsonDeserializationDerivingTest(unittest.TestCase):
                 super().__init__(**kwargs)
                 self.enhanced_attribute = "fancy!"
 
-        class EnhancedAASDecoder(json_deserialization.AASFromJsonDecoder):
+        class EnhancedAASDecoder(AASFromJsonDecoder):
             @classmethod
             def _construct_asset(cls, dct):
                 return super()._construct_asset(dct, object_class=EnhancedAsset)
diff --git a/test/adapter/json/test_json_serialization.py b/test/adapter/json/test_json_serialization.py
index 0a86fabf571251d4af5f3f9f9f17e2b93c51835d..112a2b6d80e7e98ba89afac3eb0b43517c3653f4 100644
--- a/test/adapter/json/test_json_serialization.py
+++ b/test/adapter/json/test_json_serialization.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import json
 import os
 
 from aas import model
-from aas.adapter.json import json_serialization
+from aas.adapter.json import AASToJsonEncoder, write_aas_json_file
 from jsonschema import validate  # type: ignore
 
 from aas.examples.data import example_aas_missing_attributes, example_submodel_template, \
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class JsonSerializationTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_serialize_object(self) -> None:
         test_object = model.Property("test_id_short", model.datatypes.String, category="PARAMETER",
                                      description={"en-us": "Germany", "de": "Deutschland"})
-        json_data = json.dumps(test_object, cls=json_serialization.AASToJsonEncoder)
+        json_data = json.dumps(test_object, cls=AASToJsonEncoder)
 
     def test_random_object_serialization(self) -> None:
         asset_key = (model.Key(model.KeyElements.ASSET, True, "asset", model.KeyType.CUSTOM),)
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class JsonSerializationTest(unittest.TestCase):
                 'submodels': [submodel],
                 'assets': [],
                 'conceptDescriptions': [],
-            }, cls=json_serialization.AASToJsonEncoder)
+            }, cls=AASToJsonEncoder)
         json_data_new = json.loads(json_data)
 
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class JsonSerializationSchemaTest(unittest.TestCase):
                 'submodels': [submodel],
                 'assets': [],
                 'conceptDescriptions': [],
-            }, cls=json_serialization.AASToJsonEncoder)
+            }, cls=AASToJsonEncoder)
         json_data_new = json.loads(json_data)
 
         # load schema
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class JsonSerializationSchemaTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_aas_example_serialization(self) -> None:
         data = example_aas.create_full_example()
         file = io.StringIO()
-        json_serialization.write_aas_json_file(file=file, data=data)
+        write_aas_json_file(file=file, data=data)
 
         with open(JSON_SCHEMA_FILE, 'r') as json_file:
             aas_json_schema = json.load(json_file)
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class JsonSerializationSchemaTest(unittest.TestCase):
         data: model.DictObjectStore[model.Identifiable] = model.DictObjectStore()
         data.add(example_submodel_template.create_example_submodel_template())
         file = io.StringIO()
-        json_serialization.write_aas_json_file(file=file, data=data)
+        write_aas_json_file(file=file, data=data)
 
         with open(JSON_SCHEMA_FILE, 'r') as json_file:
             aas_json_schema = json.load(json_file)
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class JsonSerializationSchemaTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_full_empty_example_serialization(self) -> None:
         data = example_aas_mandatory_attributes.create_full_example()
         file = io.StringIO()
-        json_serialization.write_aas_json_file(file=file, data=data)
+        write_aas_json_file(file=file, data=data)
 
         with open(JSON_SCHEMA_FILE, 'r') as json_file:
             aas_json_schema = json.load(json_file)
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class JsonSerializationSchemaTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_missing_serialization(self) -> None:
         data = example_aas_missing_attributes.create_full_example()
         file = io.StringIO()
-        json_serialization.write_aas_json_file(file=file, data=data)
+        write_aas_json_file(file=file, data=data)
 
         with open(JSON_SCHEMA_FILE, 'r') as json_file:
             aas_json_schema = json.load(json_file)
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class JsonSerializationSchemaTest(unittest.TestCase):
         data: model.DictObjectStore[model.Identifiable] = model.DictObjectStore()
         data.add(example_concept_description.create_iec61360_concept_description())
         file = io.StringIO()
-        json_serialization.write_aas_json_file(file=file, data=data)
+        write_aas_json_file(file=file, data=data)
 
         with open(JSON_SCHEMA_FILE, 'r') as json_file:
             aas_json_schema = json.load(json_file)
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class JsonSerializationSchemaTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_full_example_serialization(self) -> None:
         data = create_example()
         file = io.StringIO()
-        json_serialization.write_aas_json_file(file=file, data=data)
+        write_aas_json_file(file=file, data=data)
 
         with open(JSON_SCHEMA_FILE, 'r') as json_file:
             aas_json_schema = json.load(json_file)
diff --git a/test/adapter/json/test_json_serialization_deserialization.py b/test/adapter/json/test_json_serialization_deserialization.py
index cce19f4d53f6e914827148abb645f30f9b4aa08b..980348bbec979c9b7b1ac6ef9b5ccfd18d29a64c 100644
--- a/test/adapter/json/test_json_serialization_deserialization.py
+++ b/test/adapter/json/test_json_serialization_deserialization.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import os
 import unittest
 
 from aas import model
-from aas.adapter.json import json_serialization, json_deserialization
+from aas.adapter.json import AASToJsonEncoder, write_aas_json_file, read_aas_json_file
 
 from aas.examples.data import example_aas_missing_attributes, example_submodel_template, \
     example_aas_mandatory_attributes, example_aas, example_concept_description
@@ -41,22 +41,20 @@ class JsonSerializationDeserializationTest(unittest.TestCase):
                 'submodels': [submodel],
                 'assets': [],
                 'conceptDescriptions': [],
-            }, cls=json_serialization.AASToJsonEncoder)
+            }, cls=AASToJsonEncoder)
         json_data_new = json.loads(json_data)
 
-        # try deserializing the json string into a DictObjectStore of AAS objects with help of the json_deserialization
-        # module
-        json_object_store = json_deserialization.read_json_aas_file(io.StringIO(json_data), failsafe=False)
+        # try deserializing the json string into a DictObjectStore of AAS objects with help of the json module
+        json_object_store = read_aas_json_file(io.StringIO(json_data), failsafe=False)
 
     def test_example_serialization_deserialization(self) -> None:
         data = example_aas.create_full_example()
         file = io.StringIO()
-        json_serialization.write_aas_json_file(file=file, data=data)
+        write_aas_json_file(file=file, data=data)
 
-        # try deserializing the json string into a DictObjectStore of AAS objects with help of the json_deserialization
-        # module
+        # try deserializing the json string into a DictObjectStore of AAS objects with help of the json module
         file.seek(0)
-        json_object_store = json_deserialization.read_json_aas_file(file, failsafe=False)
+        json_object_store = read_aas_json_file(file, failsafe=False)
         checker = AASDataChecker(raise_immediately=True)
         example_aas.check_full_example(checker, json_object_store)
 
@@ -65,12 +63,11 @@ class JsonSerializationDeserializationTest2(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_example_mandatory_attributes_serialization_deserialization(self) -> None:
         data = example_aas_mandatory_attributes.create_full_example()
         file = io.StringIO()
-        json_serialization.write_aas_json_file(file=file, data=data)
+        write_aas_json_file(file=file, data=data)
 
-        # try deserializing the json string into a DictObjectStore of AAS objects with help of the json_deserialization
-        # module
+        # try deserializing the json string into a DictObjectStore of AAS objects with help of the json module
         file.seek(0)
-        json_object_store = json_deserialization.read_json_aas_file(file, failsafe=False)
+        json_object_store = read_aas_json_file(file, failsafe=False)
         checker = AASDataChecker(raise_immediately=True)
         example_aas_mandatory_attributes.check_full_example(checker, json_object_store)
 
@@ -79,11 +76,10 @@ class JsonSerializationDeserializationTest3(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_example_missing_attributes_serialization_deserialization(self) -> None:
         data = example_aas_missing_attributes.create_full_example()
         file = io.StringIO()
-        json_serialization.write_aas_json_file(file=file, data=data)
-        # try deserializing the json string into a DictObjectStore of AAS objects with help of the json_deserialization
-        # module
+        write_aas_json_file(file=file, data=data)
+        # try deserializing the json string into a DictObjectStore of AAS objects with help of the json module
         file.seek(0)
-        json_object_store = json_deserialization.read_json_aas_file(file, failsafe=False)
+        json_object_store = read_aas_json_file(file, failsafe=False)
         checker = AASDataChecker(raise_immediately=True)
         example_aas_missing_attributes.check_full_example(checker, json_object_store)
 
@@ -93,11 +89,10 @@ class JsonSerializationDeserializationTest4(unittest.TestCase):
         data: model.DictObjectStore[model.Identifiable] = model.DictObjectStore()
         data.add(example_submodel_template.create_example_submodel_template())
         file = io.StringIO()
-        json_serialization.write_aas_json_file(file=file, data=data)
-        # try deserializing the json string into a DictObjectStore of AAS objects with help of the json_deserialization
-        # module
+        write_aas_json_file(file=file, data=data)
+        # try deserializing the json string into a DictObjectStore of AAS objects with help of the json module
         file.seek(0)
-        json_object_store = json_deserialization.read_json_aas_file(file, failsafe=False)
+        json_object_store = read_aas_json_file(file, failsafe=False)
         checker = AASDataChecker(raise_immediately=True)
         example_submodel_template.check_full_example(checker, json_object_store)
 
@@ -107,10 +102,9 @@ class JsonSerializationDeserializationTest5(unittest.TestCase):
         data: model.DictObjectStore[model.Identifiable] = model.DictObjectStore()
         data.add(example_concept_description.create_iec61360_concept_description())
         file = io.StringIO()
-        json_serialization.write_aas_json_file(file=file, data=data)
-        # try deserializing the json string into a DictObjectStore of AAS objects with help of the json_deserialization
-        # module
+        write_aas_json_file(file=file, data=data)
+        # try deserializing the json string into a DictObjectStore of AAS objects with help of the json module
         file.seek(0)
-        json_object_store = json_deserialization.read_json_aas_file(file, failsafe=False)
+        json_object_store = read_aas_json_file(file, failsafe=False)
         checker = AASDataChecker(raise_immediately=True)
         example_concept_description.check_full_example(checker, json_object_store)
diff --git a/test/adapter/xml/test_xml_serialization.py b/test/adapter/xml/test_xml_serialization.py
index d9ad656fcb8fe6cd12b74a3f464993b66322c66c..8b0676b5b603483127af5336dc9e50fd73b8e388 100644
--- a/test/adapter/xml/test_xml_serialization.py
+++ b/test/adapter/xml/test_xml_serialization.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from lxml import etree  # type: ignore
 import os
 
 from aas import model
-from aas.adapter.xml import xml_serialization
+from aas.adapter.xml import write_aas_xml_file, xml_serialization
 
 from aas.examples.data import example_aas_missing_attributes, example_submodel_template, \
     example_aas_mandatory_attributes, example_aas, example_concept_description
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class XMLSerializationTest(unittest.TestCase):
         test_data.add(submodel)
 
         test_file = io.BytesIO()
-        xml_serialization.write_aas_xml_file(file=test_file, data=test_data)
+        write_aas_xml_file(file=test_file, data=test_data)
 
 
 @unittest.skipUnless(os.path.exists(XML_SCHEMA_FILE), "XML Schema not found for validation")
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class XMLSerializationSchemaTest(unittest.TestCase):
         test_data.add(submodel)
 
         test_file = io.BytesIO()
-        xml_serialization.write_aas_xml_file(file=test_file, data=test_data)
+        write_aas_xml_file(file=test_file, data=test_data)
 
         # load schema
         aas_schema = etree.XMLSchema(file=XML_SCHEMA_FILE)
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class XMLSerializationSchemaTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_full_example_serialization(self) -> None:
         data = example_aas.create_full_example()
         file = io.BytesIO()
-        xml_serialization.write_aas_xml_file(file=file, data=data)
+        write_aas_xml_file(file=file, data=data)
 
         # load schema
         aas_schema = etree.XMLSchema(file=XML_SCHEMA_FILE)
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class XMLSerializationSchemaTest(unittest.TestCase):
         data: model.DictObjectStore[model.Identifiable] = model.DictObjectStore()
         data.add(example_submodel_template.create_example_submodel_template())
         file = io.BytesIO()
-        xml_serialization.write_aas_xml_file(file=file, data=data)
+        write_aas_xml_file(file=file, data=data)
 
         # load schema
         aas_schema = etree.XMLSchema(file=XML_SCHEMA_FILE)
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class XMLSerializationSchemaTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_full_empty_example_serialization(self) -> None:
         data = example_aas_mandatory_attributes.create_full_example()
         file = io.BytesIO()
-        xml_serialization.write_aas_xml_file(file=file, data=data)
+        write_aas_xml_file(file=file, data=data)
 
         # load schema
         aas_schema = etree.XMLSchema(file=XML_SCHEMA_FILE)
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class XMLSerializationSchemaTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_missing_serialization(self) -> None:
         data = example_aas_missing_attributes.create_full_example()
         file = io.BytesIO()
-        xml_serialization.write_aas_xml_file(file=file, data=data)
+        write_aas_xml_file(file=file, data=data)
 
         # load schema
         aas_schema = etree.XMLSchema(file=XML_SCHEMA_FILE)
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class XMLSerializationSchemaTest(unittest.TestCase):
         data: model.DictObjectStore[model.Identifiable] = model.DictObjectStore()
         data.add(example_concept_description.create_iec61360_concept_description())
         file = io.BytesIO()
-        xml_serialization.write_aas_xml_file(file=file, data=data)
+        write_aas_xml_file(file=file, data=data)
 
         # load schema
         aas_schema = etree.XMLSchema(file=XML_SCHEMA_FILE)
diff --git a/test/compliance_tool/test_aas_compliance_tool.py b/test/compliance_tool/test_aas_compliance_tool.py
index f09b52613d3d9b0f4d05889c8a4cb8d56a74ca2f..9f059918a1a14871117e0745b93f4a0ddd349aab 100644
--- a/test/compliance_tool/test_aas_compliance_tool.py
+++ b/test/compliance_tool/test_aas_compliance_tool.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import unittest
 import aas.compliance_tool
 import tempfile
 
-from aas.adapter.json import json_deserialization
+from aas.adapter.json import read_aas_json_file
 from aas.examples.data import create_example
 from aas.examples.data._helper import AASDataChecker
 
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class ComplianceToolTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertIn('SUCCESS:      Write data to file', str(output.stdout))
 
         with open(filename, "r", encoding='utf-8-sig') as f:
-            json_object_store = json_deserialization.read_json_aas_file(f, failsafe=False)
+            json_object_store = read_aas_json_file(f, failsafe=False)
             data = create_example()
             checker = AASDataChecker(raise_immediately=True)
             checker.check_object_store(json_object_store, data)
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ class ComplianceToolTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertIn('SUCCESS:      Write data to file', str(output.stdout))
 
         with open(filename, "r", encoding='utf-8-sig') as f:
-            json_object_store = json_deserialization.read_json_aas_file(f, failsafe=False)
+            json_object_store = read_aas_json_file(f, failsafe=False)
             data = create_example()
             checker = AASDataChecker(raise_immediately=True)
             checker.check_object_store(json_object_store, data)