odoo/bin/addons/base/maintenance/maintenance_view.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<openerp>
    <data>

        <record id="maintenance_contract_tree_view" model="ir.ui.view">
            <field name="name">maintenance.contract.tree</field>
            <field name="model">maintenance.contract</field>
            <field name="type">tree</field>
            <field name="arch" type="xml">
                <tree string="Maintenance Contract">
                    <field name="name"/>
                    <field name="date_start"/>
                    <field name="date_stop"/>
                </tree>
            </field>
        </record>

        <record id="maintenance_contract_form_view" model="ir.ui.view">
            <field name="name">maintenance.contract.form</field>
            <field name="model">maintenance.contract</field>
            <field name="type">form</field>
            <field name="arch" type="xml">
                <form string="Maintenance Contract">
                    <separator string="Information" colspan="4"/>
                    <field name="name" select="1"/>
                    <field name="password" password="True"/>
                    <field name="date_start" select="1"/>
                    <field name="date_stop" select="1"/>
                    <button name="_test_maintenance" string="Check Maintenance" type="object" colspan="2"/>
                    <separator string="Covered Modules" colspan="4"/>
                    <field name="modules" nolabel="1" colspan="4"/>
                </form>
            </field>
        </record>

        <record id="action_maintenance_contract_form" model="ir.actions.act_window">
            <field name="name">Your Maintenance Contracts</field>
            <field name="type">ir.actions.act_window</field>
            <field name="res_model">maintenance.contract</field>
            <field name="view_type">form</field>
            <field name="view_mode">tree,form</field>
        </record>
        <record id="action_maintenance_contract_form" model="ir.actions.act_window">
            <field name="name">Encode a New Maintenance Contract</field>
            <field name="type">ir.actions.act_window</field>
            <field name="res_model">maintenance.contract</field>
            <field name="view_type">form</field>
            <field name="view_mode">form,tree</field>
        </record>
        <menuitem
            string="Maintenance"
            id="maintenance"
            parent="base.menu_administration"/>

        <menuitem
            action="action_maintenance_contract_form"
            id="menu_maintenance_contract"
            parent="maintenance"/>

    </data>
</openerp>