diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
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+{
+    "name": "nathansalter/verona",
+    "autoload": {
+        "psr-4": {
+            "Verona\\": "src/"
+        }
+    },
+    "require-dev": {
+        "phpunit/phpunit": "5.0"
+    } 
+}
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diff --git a/src/Item/ItemFactoryInterface.php b/src/Item/ItemFactoryInterface.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace Verona\Item;
+
+use Verona\Value\ItemValue;
+
+interface ItemFactoryInterface
+{
+	
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @param string $name
+	 * @return ItemValue
+	 */
+	public function getItem(string $name) : ItemValue;
+	
+}
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diff --git a/src/Value/DateValue.php b/src/Value/DateValue.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace Verona\Value;
+
+class DateValue extends \DateTime {
+
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @param mixed $value
+	 */
+	public function __construct($value)
+	{
+		parent::__construct($value);
+		$this-setTime(0, 0, 0);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @param \DateTime $dateTime
+	 * @return DateValue
+	 */
+	public static function createFromDateTime(\DateTime $dateTime) : self
+	{
+		return new self($dateTime->format('Y-m-d'));
+	}
+
+}
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diff --git a/src/Value/ItemValue.php b/src/Value/ItemValue.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace Verona\Value;
+
+class ItemValue
+{
+	
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @var array
+	 */
+	protected $definitions;
+	
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @var array
+	 */
+	protected $attributes;
+	
+	public function __construct()
+	{
+		$this->definitions = [];
+		$this->attributes = [];
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Should be in the format name => type
+	 * Allowable types are either the main scalar/complex types
+	 * or any fully qualified class name
+	 * 
+	 * @param array $definition
+	 * @return $this
+	 */
+	public function defineItem(array $definitions) : self
+	{
+		$this->definitions = $definitions;
+		
+		return $this;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @param string $key
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public function hasDefinition(string $key) : bool
+	{
+		return array_key_exists($key, $this->definitions);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @param string $key
+	 * @param mixed $value
+	 * @throws \InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public function isDefinitionType(string $key, $value) : bool
+	{
+		if(! $this->hasDefinition($key)) {
+			throw new \InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('%s(%s,...) is not a value in this 
+					item!', __METHOD__, $key));
+		}
+		if(gettype($value) != 'object') {
+			return $this->definitions[$key] == gettype($value);
+		}
+		return $this->definitions[$key] == get_class($value);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @param string $key
+	 * @param mixed $value
+	 * @return $this
+	 */
+	public function set(string $key, $value) : self
+	{
+		if(! count($this->definitions)) {
+			throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf('%s() must not be called before
+					the item is defined', __METHOD__));
+		}
+		
+		if(! $this->isDefinitionType($key, $value)) {
+			throw new \InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('%s() was provided the
+					wrong type', __METHOD__));
+		}
+		
+		$this->attributes[$key] = $value;
+		return $this;
+		
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @param string $key
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public function has(string $key) : bool
+	{
+		return in_array($key, $this->attributes);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @param string $key
+	 * @throws \RuntimeException
+	 * @return mixed
+	 */
+	public function get(string $key)
+	{
+		if(! $this->has($key)) {
+			throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf('%s(%s) Check to make sure that this
+					key is set', __METHOD__, $key));
+		}
+		
+		return $this->attributes[$key];
+	}
+	
+}
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diff --git a/src/Value/ListValue.php b/src/Value/ListValue.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace Verona\Value;
+
+/**
+ * Simple value to allow more explicit handling of arrays
+ * 
+ * @author nathan
+ *
+ */
+class ListValue implements \IteratorAggregate, \Countable 
+{
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @var array
+	 */
+	protected $list;
+	
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @param mixed ...$values
+	 */
+	public function __construct(...$values) {
+		$this->list = [];
+		if(count($values) > 0) {
+			$this->add(...$values);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @param mixed ...$values
+	 * @return $this
+	 */
+	public function add(...$values) : self 
+	{
+		foreach($values as $val) {
+			$this->list[] = $val;
+		}
+		return $this;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	public function getAll() : array
+	{
+		return array_values($this->list);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
+	 * @see IteratorAggregate::getIterator()
+	 */
+	public function getIterator()
+	{
+		return new \ArrayIterator($this->getAll());
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
+	 * @see Countable::count()
+	 */
+	public function count()
+	{
+		return count($this->list);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Returns true if this value contains the supplied value
+	 * 
+	 * @param mixed $needle
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public function contains($needle) : bool
+	{
+		return in_array($value, $this->getAll());
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sort the list
+	 * 
+	 * @param callable|null $callable
+	 * @return $this
+	 */
+	public function sort(callable $callable = null) : self
+	{
+		if(! $callable) {
+			sort($this->list);
+		} else {
+			usort($this->list);
+		}
+		return $this;
+	}
+	
+}
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diff --git a/src/Value/SetValue.php b/src/Value/SetValue.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace Verona\Value;
+
+/**
+ * This is a very similar value to the list value but can only have one of each value
+ * in it at a time
+ * 
+ * @author Nathan Salter
+ *
+ */
+class SetValue extends ListValue
+{
+	
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
+	 * @see \Verona\Value\ListValue::add()
+	 */
+	public function add(...$values) : self
+	{
+		foreach($values as $value) {
+			if(! in_array($value, $this->getAll())) {
+				parent::add($value);
+			}
+		}
+		return $this;
+	}
+	
+}
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