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diff --git a/src/core/resource/Resource.hpp b/src/core/resource/Resource.hpp
index 9df851d..1934029 100644
--- a/src/core/resource/Resource.hpp
+++ b/src/core/resource/Resource.hpp
@@ -22,15 +22,159 @@
  * Contains the Resource class, representing an external resource as well as
  * further types used for describing resources.
  *
+ * @author Benjamin Paaßen (bpassen@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de)
  */
 
 #ifndef _OUSIA_RESOURCE_HPP_
 #define _OUSIA_RESOURCE_HPP_
 
+#include <map>
+#include <memory>
+#include <string>
+
 namespace ousia {
 
+// Forward declaration
+class ResourceLocator;
+
+/**
+ * This enum contains all possible types of includable resources in Ousía.
+ */
+enum class ResourceType {
+	/**
+     * Unknown type.
+     */
+	UNKNOWN,
+
+	/**
+     * The resource contains a domain description.
+     */
+	DOMAIN_DESC,
+
+	/**
+     * The resource contains a typesystem description.
+     */
+	TYPESYSTEM,
+
+	/**
+     * The resource contains a simple document.
+     */
+	DOCUMENT,
 
+	/**
+     * The resource contains style attributes.
+     */
+	ATTRIBUTES,
+
+	/**
+     * The resource is a stylesheet.
+     */
+	STYLESHEET,
+
+	/**
+     * The resource contains script (note that the actual scripting language is
+     * not specified by the resource type).
+     */
+	SCRIPT,
+
+	/**
+     * Generic data, such as e.g. images.
+     */
+	DATA
+};
+
+/**
+ * A Location contains the location of a Resource, e.g. a file path
+ * on a hard drive. Note that the 'found' flag might be set to false
+ * indicating that a resource was not found.
+ */
+class Resource {
+private:
+	/**
+	 * Specifies whether the resource points at a valid location or not.
+	 */
+	bool valid;
 
+	/**
+	 * Reference pointing at the location
+	 */
+	ResourceLocator const *locator;
+
+	/**
+	 * Requested type of the resource.
+	 */
+	ResourceType type;
+
+	/**
+	 * This is a fully qualified/canonical path to the resource found or
+	 * in an undefined state (possibly empty) if the 'valid' flag is set
+	 * to 'false'.
+	 */
+	std::string location;
+
+public:
+	/**
+	 * Default constructor of the Resource class, represents an invalid
+	 * resource.
+	 */
+	Resource();
+
+	/**
+	 * Constructor of the Resource class.
+	 *
+	 * @param valid specifies whether the Resource is valid or not.
+	 * @param locator specifies the resource locator that was used to locate the
+	 * resource.
+	 */
+	Resource(bool valid, const ResourceLocator &locator,
+	         ResourceType type, const std::string &location);
+
+	/**
+	 * This calls the 'stream' method of the underlying ResourceLocator that
+	 * found this location and returns a stream containing the data of the
+	 * Resource at this location.
+	 *
+	 * @return a stream containing the data of the Resource at this
+	 *         location. This has to be a unique_pointer because the current
+	 *         C++11 compiler does not yet support move semantics for
+	 *         streams.
+	 */
+	std::unique_ptr<std::istream> stream() const;
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns whether this resource is valid or not.
+	 *
+	 * @return true if the resource is valid, false otherwise.
+	 */
+	bool isValid() const { return valid; }
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns a reference pointing at the locator that was used to locate this
+	 * resource.
+	 *
+	 * @return the locator used for locating this resource.
+	 */
+	const ResourceLocator &getLocator() const { return *locator; }
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the type of the resource that was requested when the resource was
+	 * located.
+	 *
+	 * @return the type of the resource.
+	 */
+	ResourceType getType() const { return type; }
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns a canonical location that can be used in a hash map to identify
+	 * a resource.
+	 */
+	const std::string &getLocation() const { return location; }
+};
+
+/**
+ * Invalid resource instance.
+ */
+extern const Resource NullResource;
 }
 
 #endif /* _OUSIA_RESOURCE_HPP_ */