diff --git a/morphir-ir/shared/src/main/scala/zio/morphir/ir/Name.scala b/morphir-ir/shared/src/main/scala/zio/morphir/ir/Name.scala
index e288153f..0541bf3c 100644
--- a/morphir-ir/shared/src/main/scala/zio/morphir/ir/Name.scala
+++ b/morphir-ir/shared/src/main/scala/zio/morphir/ir/Name.scala
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ final case class Name private (toList: List[String]) extends AnyVal { self =>
   def mkString(f: String => String)(sep: String): String =
     toList.map(f).mkString(sep)
 
+  def toUpperCase: String = mkString(part => part.toUpperCase)("")
+
   def toLowerCase: String =
     mkString(part => part.toLowerCase)("")
 
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@ final case class Name private (toList: List[String]) extends AnyVal { self =>
       .mkString("")
 
 }
+
 object Name {
 
   val empty: Name = Name(Nil)
diff --git a/morphir-ir/shared/src/main/scala/zio/morphir/ir/Path.scala b/morphir-ir/shared/src/main/scala/zio/morphir/ir/Path.scala
index 4a5b2a9a..8b05f84b 100644
--- a/morphir-ir/shared/src/main/scala/zio/morphir/ir/Path.scala
+++ b/morphir-ir/shared/src/main/scala/zio/morphir/ir/Path.scala
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package zio.morphir.ir
 import zio.Chunk
 import zio.morphir.ir.PackageModule.PackageAndModulePath
 
+import scala.annotation.tailrec
+
 final case class Path(segments: Chunk[Name]) { self =>
 
   /** Constructs a new path by combining this path with the given name. */
@@ -18,8 +20,43 @@ final case class Path(segments: Chunk[Name]) { self =>
   def isEmpty: Boolean               = segments.isEmpty
   def zip(other: Path): (Path, Path) = (self, other)
 
+  def toList: List[Name] = segments.toList
+
+  def toString(f: Name => String, separator: String): String =
+    segments.map(f).mkString(separator)
+
+  /** Checks if this path is a prefix of provided path */
+  def isPrefixOf(path: Path): Boolean = Path.isPrefixOf(self, path)
 }
 
 object Path {
   val empty: Path = Path(Chunk.empty)
+
+  private def wrap(value: List[Name]): Path = Path(Chunk.fromIterable(value))
+
+  def fromString(str: String): Path = {
+    val separatorRegex = """[^\w\s]+""".r
+    wrap(separatorRegex.split(str).map(Name.fromString).toList)
+  }
+
+  def toString(f: Name => String, separator: String, path: Path): String =
+    path.toString(f, separator)
+
+  @inline def fromList(names: List[Name]): Path = wrap(names)
+
+  @inline def toList(path: Path): List[Name] = path.segments.toList
+
+  /** Checks if the first provided path is a prefix of the second path */
+  @tailrec
+  def isPrefixOf(prefix: Path, path: Path): Boolean = (prefix.toList, path.toList) match {
+    case (Nil, _) => true
+    case (_, Nil) => false
+    case (prefixHead :: prefixTail, pathHead :: pathTail) =>
+      if (prefixHead == pathHead)
+        isPrefixOf(
+          Path.fromList(prefixTail),
+          Path.fromList(pathTail)
+        )
+      else false
+  }
 }
diff --git a/morphir-ir/shared/src/main/scala/zio/morphir/ir/QName.scala b/morphir-ir/shared/src/main/scala/zio/morphir/ir/QName.scala
index 2486e072..c3412658 100644
--- a/morphir-ir/shared/src/main/scala/zio/morphir/ir/QName.scala
+++ b/morphir-ir/shared/src/main/scala/zio/morphir/ir/QName.scala
@@ -4,13 +4,26 @@ final case class QName(modulePath: Path, localName: Name) {
   @inline def toTuple: (Path, Name) = (modulePath, localName)
 
   override def toString: String =
-    if (modulePath.isEmpty) localName.toString
-    else modulePath.toString + "." + localName.toString
+    modulePath.toString(Name.toTitleCase, ".") + ":" + localName.toCamelCase
+
 }
 
 object QName {
+  def toTuple(qName: QName): (Path, Name)   = qName.toTuple
   def fromTuple(tuple: (Path, Name)): QName = QName(tuple._1, tuple._2)
 
+  def fromName(modulePath: Path, localName: Name): QName = QName(modulePath, localName)
+
   def getLocalName(qname: QName): Name  = qname.localName
   def getModulePath(qname: QName): Path = qname.modulePath
+
+  def toString(qName: QName): String = qName.toString
+
+  def fromString(str: String): Option[QName] = {
+    str.split(":") match {
+      case Array(packageNameString, localNameString) =>
+        Some(QName(Path.fromString(packageNameString), Name.fromString(localNameString)))
+      case _ => None
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/morphir-ir/shared/src/test/scala/zio/morphir/ir/NameSpec.scala b/morphir-ir/shared/src/test/scala/zio/morphir/ir/NameSpec.scala
index 0897803f..5d38521e 100644
--- a/morphir-ir/shared/src/test/scala/zio/morphir/ir/NameSpec.scala
+++ b/morphir-ir/shared/src/test/scala/zio/morphir/ir/NameSpec.scala
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package zio.morphir.ir
 
 import zio.morphir.ir.testing.MorphirBaseSpec
 import zio.test.*
+
 object NameSpec extends MorphirBaseSpec {
   def spec = suite("Name")(
     suite("Create a Name from a string and check that:")(
diff --git a/morphir-ir/shared/src/test/scala/zio/morphir/ir/PathSpec.scala b/morphir-ir/shared/src/test/scala/zio/morphir/ir/PathSpec.scala
index d0701831..53bfa66b 100644
--- a/morphir-ir/shared/src/test/scala/zio/morphir/ir/PathSpec.scala
+++ b/morphir-ir/shared/src/test/scala/zio/morphir/ir/PathSpec.scala
@@ -6,11 +6,74 @@ import testing.MorphirBaseSpec
 
 object PathSpec extends MorphirBaseSpec {
   def spec = suite("Path")(
-    test("It can be constructed from names")(
-      assertTrue(
-        Name("Org") / Name("Finos") == Path(Chunk(Name("Org"), Name("Finos"))),
-        Name("Alpha") / Name("Beta") / Name("Gamma") == Path(Chunk(Name("Alpha"), Name("Beta"), Name("Gamma")))
+    suite("Creating a Path from a String")(
+      test("It can be constructed from a simple string") {
+        assertTrue(Path.fromString("Person") == Path(Chunk(Name.fromString("person"))))
+      },
+      test("It can be constructed when given a dotted string") {
+        assertTrue(
+          Path.fromString("blog.Author") == Path(
+            Chunk(Name.fromList(List("blog")), Name.fromList(List("author")))
+          )
+        )
+      }
+    ),
+    suite("Transforming a Path into a String")(
+      test("Paths with period and TitleCase") {
+        val input = Path(
+          Chunk(
+            Name("foo", "bar"),
+            Name("baz")
+          )
+        )
+        assertTrue(Path.toString(Name.toTitleCase, ".", input) == "FooBar.Baz")
+      },
+      test("Paths with slash and Snake_Case") {
+        val input = Path(
+          Chunk(
+            Name("foo", "bar"),
+            Name("baz")
+          )
+        )
+        assertTrue(Path.toString(Name.toSnakeCase, "/", input) == "foo_bar/baz")
+      }
+    ),
+    suite("Transforming a Path into list of Names")(
+      test("It can be constructed using toList") {
+        assertTrue(
+          Path.toList(Path(Chunk(Name("Com", "Example"), Name("Hello", "World"))))
+            == List(Name("Com", "Example"), Name("Hello", "World"))
+        )
+      }
+    ),
+    suite("Creating a Path from a Name")(
+      test("It can be constructed from names")(
+        assertTrue(
+          Name("Org") / Name("Finos") == Path(Chunk(Name("Org"), Name("Finos"))),
+          Name("Alpha") / Name("Beta") / Name("Gamma") == Path(Chunk(Name("Alpha"), Name("Beta"), Name("Gamma")))
+        )
       )
+    ),
+    suite("Checking if one Path is a prefix of another should:")(
+      test("""Return true: Given path is "foo/bar" and prefix is "foo" """) {
+        val sut    = Path.fromString("foo/bar")
+        val prefix = Path.fromString("foo")
+        val x      = Path.isPrefixOf(prefix = prefix, path = sut)
+        assertTrue(x)
+      },
+      test("""Return false: Given path is "foo/foo" and prefix is "bar" """) {
+        val sut    = Path.fromString("foo/foo")
+        val prefix = Path.fromString("bar")
+
+        val x = Path.isPrefixOf(prefix = prefix, path = sut)
+        assertTrue(!x)
+      },
+      test("""Return true: Given equal paths""") {
+        val sut    = Path.fromString("foo/bar/baz")
+        val prefix = sut
+        val x      = Path.isPrefixOf(prefix = prefix, path = sut)
+        assertTrue(x)
+      }
     )
   )
 }
diff --git a/morphir-ir/shared/src/test/scala/zio/morphir/ir/QNameSpec.scala b/morphir-ir/shared/src/test/scala/zio/morphir/ir/QNameSpec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..48dd0ea5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/morphir-ir/shared/src/test/scala/zio/morphir/ir/QNameSpec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package zio.morphir.ir
+
+import zio.test.*
+import zio.morphir.ir.testing.MorphirBaseSpec
+
+object QNameSpec extends MorphirBaseSpec {
+  def spec = suite("QName")(
+    suite("Creating a tuple from QName")(
+      test("toTuple should provide the Path and Name as a tuple") {
+        val path     = Path.fromString("ice.cream")
+        val name     = Name.fromString("float")
+        val expected = (path, name)
+        assertTrue(QName(path, name).toTuple == expected)
+      }
+    ),
+    suite("Creating a QName")(
+      test("Creating a QName with a tuple") {
+        val path = Path.fromString("friday")
+        val name = Name.fromString("night")
+        assertTrue(QName.fromTuple((path, name)) == QName(path, name))
+      },
+      test("Creating a QName from a name") {
+        val path = Path.fromString("blog.Author")
+        val name = Name.fromString("book")
+        assertTrue(QName.fromName(path, name) == QName(path, name))
+      }
+    ),
+    suite("Fetching values from QName")(
+      test("localName and path") {
+        val path = Path.fromString("path")
+        val name = Name.fromString("name")
+        assertTrue(QName.getLocalName(QName(path, name)) == name)
+        assertTrue(QName.getModulePath(QName(path, name)) == path)
+      }
+    ),
+    suite("QName and Strings")(
+      test("Create String from QName") {
+        val path = Path.fromString("front.page")
+        val name = Name.fromString("dictionary words")
+        assertTrue(QName(path, name).toString == "Front.Page:dictionaryWords")
+      },
+      test("Create QName from String") {
+        val str = "Proper.Path:name"
+        assertTrue(QName.fromString(str) == Some(QName(Path.fromString("Proper.Path"), Name.fromString("name"))))
+
+        val str2 = "invalidpathname"
+        assertTrue(QName.fromString(str2) == None)
+      }
+    )
+  )
+}