diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48b8bf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+vendor/
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
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index 0000000..745b946
--- /dev/null
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+    "name": "authority",
+    "description": "An Authorization system for PHP",
+    "authors": [
+        {
+            "name": "Matthew Machuga",
+            "email": "machuga@gmail.com"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "Koen Schmeets",
+            "email": "hello@koenschmeets.nl"
+        }
+    ],
+    "require": {
+        "php": ">=5.3.0"
+    },
+    "require-dev": {
+        "mockery/mockery": "0.7.*"
+    },
+    "minimum-stability": "dev",
+    "autoload": {
+        "psr-0": {
+            "Authority": "src/"
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/phpunit.xml b/phpunit.xml
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index 0000000..f7dd28f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpunit.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<phpunit backupGlobals="false"
+         backupStaticAttributes="false"
+         bootstrap="vendor/autoload.php"
+         colors="true"
+         convertErrorsToExceptions="true"
+         convertNoticesToExceptions="true"
+         convertWarningsToExceptions="true"
+         processIsolation="false"
+         stopOnFailure="false"
+         syntaxCheck="false"
+>
+    <testsuites>
+		<testsuite name="tests">
+            <directory suffix=".php">./tests/</directory>
+		</testsuite>
+    </testsuites>
+</phpunit>
diff --git a/src/Authority/Rule.php b/src/Authority/Rule.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b1c148
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Authority/Rule.php
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+<?php
+namespace Authority;
+
+class Rule {
+
+    protected $action;
+    protected $behavior;
+
+    public function __construct($behavior, $action, $resource)
+    {
+        $this->behavior = $behavior;
+        $this->action = $action;
+        $this->setResource($resource);
+    }
+
+    public function matchesAction($action)
+    {
+        return $this->action === $action;
+    }
+
+    public function matchesResource($resource)
+    {
+        $resource = is_object($resource) ? get_class($resource) : $resource;
+        return $this->resource === $resource;
+    }
+
+    public function relevant($action, $resource)
+    {
+        return $this->matchesAction($action) && $this->matchesResource($resource);
+    }
+
+    public function setResource($resource)
+    {
+        $this->resource = is_object($resource) ? get_class($resource) : $resource;
+    }
+
+    public function getBehavior()
+    {
+        return $this->behavior;
+    }
+
+    public function getResource()
+    {
+        return $this->resource;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/tests/RuleTest.php b/tests/RuleTest.php
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index 0000000..f498bde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/RuleTest.php
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+<?php
+
+use Mockery as m;
+use Authority\Rule;
+
+class RuleTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_Testcase
+{
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+        $this->rule = new Rule(true, 'read', m::mock('Obj'));
+    }
+
+    public function testCanBeSetToAllowOrDeny()
+    {
+        $allowed_rule = new Rule(true, 'read', m::mock('Obj'));
+        $denied_rule = new Rule(false, 'write', m::mock('Obj'));
+        $this->assertTrue($allowed_rule->getBehavior());
+        $this->assertFalse($denied_rule->getBehavior());
+    }
+
+    public function testCanMatchAction()
+    {
+        $this->assertTrue($this->rule->matchesAction('read'));
+        $this->assertFalse($this->rule->matchesAction('write'));
+    }
+
+    public function testCanMatchResource()
+    {
+        $this->assertTrue($this->rule->matchesResource(m::mock('Obj')));
+        $this->assertTrue($this->rule->matchesResource('Mockery\\Mock'));
+        $this->assertFalse($this->rule->matchesResource('Duck'));
+    }
+
+    public function testCanDetermineRelevance()
+    {
+        $this->assertTrue($this->rule->relevant('read', 'Mockery\\Mock'));
+        $this->assertFalse($this->rule->relevant('write', 'Mockery\\Mock'));
+    }
+
+
+    public function testThis()
+    {
+        $this->assertTrue(true);
+    }
+}