diff --git a/annotations/pom.xml b/annotations/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e2ccad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/annotations/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>sdlang</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.singingbush</groupId>
+        <version>2.1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <artifactId>sdl-annotations</artifactId>
+
+
+</project>
diff --git a/annotations/src/main/java/com/singingbush/sdl/annotations/Attribute.java b/annotations/src/main/java/com/singingbush/sdl/annotations/Attribute.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51a8d87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/annotations/src/main/java/com/singingbush/sdl/annotations/Attribute.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package com.singingbush.sdl.annotations;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+@Target({ ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.PARAMETER })
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+public @interface Attribute {
+
+    String value() default "";
+
+    String namespace() default "";
+
+    boolean required() default false;
+
+    String defaultValue() default "";
+}
diff --git a/annotations/src/main/java/com/singingbush/sdl/annotations/Tag.java b/annotations/src/main/java/com/singingbush/sdl/annotations/Tag.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9e86ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/annotations/src/main/java/com/singingbush/sdl/annotations/Tag.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package com.singingbush.sdl.annotations;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+@Target({ElementType.TYPE})
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+public @interface Tag {
+
+    String value() default "";
+
+    String namespace() default "";
+}
diff --git a/annotations/src/main/java/com/singingbush/sdl/annotations/Value.java b/annotations/src/main/java/com/singingbush/sdl/annotations/Value.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..027286f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/annotations/src/main/java/com/singingbush/sdl/annotations/Value.java
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package com.singingbush.sdl.annotations;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+@Target({ ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.PARAMETER })
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+public @interface Value {
+}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1d69e7f..27327cc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,17 @@
 
     <groupId>com.singingbush</groupId>
     <artifactId>sdlang</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.0</version>
+    <version>2.1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>SDLang</name>
     <description>Support for SDLang (Simple Declarative Language)</description>
     <url>https://github.com/sdlang-dev/SDL</url>
     <inceptionYear>2011</inceptionYear>
 
+    <modules>
+        <module>annotations</module>
+    </modules>
+
     <licenses>
         <license>
             <name>GNU Lesser General Public License, Version 2.1</name>
@@ -92,6 +97,14 @@
             <version>${junit.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.singingbush</groupId>
+            <artifactId>sdl-annotations</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <optional>true</optional>
+        </dependency>
+
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>