protected function startNewElement($fileEl) {
		$this->currentElement = $this->document->createElement("file");

		// remove the "./" at the beginning ot the path in case of relative path
		if (substr($fileEl, 0, 2) === './') {
			$fileEl = substr($fileEl, 2);
		}
		$this->currentElement->setAttribute("name", $fileEl);
	}