diff --git a/lib/domain/libimagcontact/src/contact.rs b/lib/domain/libimagcontact/src/contact.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d2cc3059
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/domain/libimagcontact/src/contact.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+//
+// imag - the personal information management suite for the commandline
+// Copyright (C) 2015, 2016 Matthias Beyer <mail@beyermatthias.de> and contributors
+//
+// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version
+// 2.1 of the License.
+//
+// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+// Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+//
+
+use vobject::Component;
+
+use libimagstore::store::Entry;
+use libimagentryref::reference::Ref;
+
+use error::Result;
+
+/// Trait to be implemented on ::libimagstore::store::Entry
+///
+/// Based on the functionality from libimagentryref, for fetching the Ical data from disk
+pub trait Contact : Ref {
+
+    // getting data
+
+    fn get_contact_data(&self) -> Result<ContactData>;
+
+    // More convenience functionality may follow
+
+}
+
+impl Contact for Entry {
+    fn get_contact_data(&self) -> Result<ContactData> {
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct ContactData {
+    components: Vec<Component>,
+}
+
diff --git a/lib/domain/libimagcontact/src/error.rs b/lib/domain/libimagcontact/src/error.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eea164e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/domain/libimagcontact/src/error.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+//
+// imag - the personal information management suite for the commandline
+// Copyright (C) 2015, 2016 Matthias Beyer <mail@beyermatthias.de> and contributors
+//
+// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version
+// 2.1 of the License.
+//
+// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+// Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+//
+
+error_chain! {
+    types {
+        ContactError, ContactErrorKind, ResultExt, Result;
+    }
+
+    links {
+        StoreError(::libimagstore::error::StoreError, ::libimagstore::error::StoreErrorKind);
+    }
+
+    foreign_links {
+        Io(::std::io::Error);
+        TomlQueryError(::toml_query::error::Error);
+    }
+
+    errors {
+
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/lib/domain/libimagcontact/src/lib.rs b/lib/domain/libimagcontact/src/lib.rs
index 566a7df5..56cad7f7 100644
--- a/lib/domain/libimagcontact/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/domain/libimagcontact/src/lib.rs
@@ -45,3 +45,7 @@ extern crate libimagentryref;
 
 module_entry_path_mod!("contact");
 
+pub mod contact;
+pub mod error;
+pub mod store;
+
diff --git a/lib/domain/libimagcontact/src/store.rs b/lib/domain/libimagcontact/src/store.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4b780525
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/domain/libimagcontact/src/store.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+//
+// imag - the personal information management suite for the commandline
+// Copyright (C) 2015, 2016 Matthias Beyer <mail@beyermatthias.de> and contributors
+//
+// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version
+// 2.1 of the License.
+//
+// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+// Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+//
+
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+use libimagstore::store::Store;
+use libimagstore::store::FileLockEntry;
+
+use error::Result;
+
+pub trait ContactStore<'a> {
+
+    // creating
+
+    fn create_from_path(&'a self, p: &PathBuf) -> Result<FileLockEntry<'a>>;
+
+    // getting
+
+    fn search_contact(&'a self /* later more params */) -> Result<FileLockEntry<'a>>;
+}
+
+impl<'a> ContactStore<'a> for Store {
+
+    fn create_from_path(&'a self, p: &PathBuf) -> Result<FileLockEntry<'a>> {
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
+
+    fn search_contact(&'a self /* later more params */) -> Result<FileLockEntry<'a>> {
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
+
+}