partner-contact/partner_academic_title/views/partner_academic_title_view.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<openerp>
    <data>
        <record id="view_academic_title_form" model="ir.ui.view">
            <field name="name">partner.academic.title.form</field>
            <field name="model">partner.academic.title</field>
            <field name="arch" type="xml">
                <form>
                    <sheet>
                        <group>
                            <field name="name" />
                            <field name="sequence" />
                            <field name="active" />
                        </group>
                    </sheet>
                </form>
           </field>
        </record>

        <record id="view_academic_title_tree" model="ir.ui.view">
            <field name="name">partner.academic.title.tree</field>
            <field name="model">partner.academic.title</field>
            <field name="arch" type="xml">
                <tree editable="bottom">
                    <field name="sequence"/>
                    <field name="name" />
                </tree>
           </field>
        </record>
        <record id="open_academic_title" model="ir.actions.act_window">
            <field name="name">Academic Titles</field>
            <field name="res_model">partner.academic.title</field>
            <field name="view_type">form</field>
            <field name="view_mode">tree,form</field>
        </record>
        <menuitem id="menu_academic_title" name="Academic Titles" parent="base.menu_config_address_book" groups="base.group_system" action="open_academic_title" sequence="4"/>
    </data>
</openerp>