diff --git a/contact/__init__.py b/contact/__init__.py
index 026f644..33c188a 100644
--- a/contact/__init__.py
+++ b/contact/__init__.py
@@ -18,20 +18,59 @@
 
 """
 A set of simple application classes for contact management to be used
-as an example for the cybertools.reporter package.
+as an example for some of the cybertools packages.
 
 $Id$
 """
 
 from zope.component import adapts
 from zope.interface import implements
+from cybertools.contact.interfaces import IPerson
+from datetime import date
 
 
 class Person(object):
+
+    implements(IPerson)
     
     def __init__(self, firstName, lastName, birthDate):
         self.firstName = firstName
         self.lastName = lastName
         self.birthDate = birthDate
+        self.moreFirstNames = []
+        self.personalAddress = 'mrs' # or 'mr', 'ms', None (unknown)
+        self.academicTitle = None
+        self.communicationInfos = []
+        self.addresses = {}         # keys: 'standard', ...?
+        self.affiliations = {}      # keys: 'employed', ...?
+
+    @property
+    def age(self):
+        return (date.today() - self.birthDate).days/365.25
+
+
+class Address(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, title, lines, street, zipcode, city, country):
+        self.title = title
+        self.lines = lines      # a sequence of address lines
+        self.street = street
+        self.zipcode = zipcode
+        self.city = city
+        self.country = country  # 'de', 'at', 'us', ...
+
+
+class Institution(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, title):
+        self.title = title
+        self.addresses = {}
+
+
+class CommunicationInfo(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, commType, qualifier, address):
+        self.commType = commType    # e.g. 'email', 'phone', ...
+        self.qualifier = qualifier  # e.g. 'private', or institution
+        self.address = address      # the real address or number
 
-        
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/contact/interfaces.py b/contact/interfaces.py
index 12f21d2..62daf2b 100644
--- a/contact/interfaces.py
+++ b/contact/interfaces.py
@@ -23,4 +23,10 @@ as an example for some of the cybertools packages.
 $Id$
 """
 
-from zope.interface import Interface
+from zope.interface import Interface, Attribute
+
+class IPerson(Interface):
+    """ Just a person...
+    """
+
+    age = Attribute('A float representing the age in years. Read-only.')
diff --git a/reporter/README.txt b/reporter/README.txt
index ba9e910..ea5d659 100644
--- a/reporter/README.txt
+++ b/reporter/README.txt
@@ -20,18 +20,20 @@ then provide a listing of persons...
   >>> from cybertools.reporter.example.interfaces import IContactsDataSource
   >>> from cybertools.reporter.example.contact import Contacts
 
-  >>> import time
-  >>> format = '%Y-%m-%d'
+  >>> from datetime import date
   >>> pdata = ((u'John', u'Smith', '1956-08-01'),
   ...          (u'David', u'Waters', '1972-12-24'),
   ...          (u'Carla', u'Myers', '1981-10-11'))
-  >>> persons = DataSource([Person(f, s, time.strptime(b, format))
+  >>> persons = DataSource([Person(f, s, date(*[int(d) for d in b.split('-')]))
   ...                         for f, s, b in pdata])
   >>> directlyProvides(persons, IContactsDataSource)
 
   >>> ztapi.provideAdapter(IContactsDataSource, IResultSet, Contacts)
   >>> rset = IResultSet(persons)
 
+  >>> len(rset)
+  3
+
 For the browser presentation we can also use a browser view providing
 the result set with extended attributes:
 
diff --git a/reporter/example/contact.py b/reporter/example/contact.py
index bcba199..963c8fe 100644
--- a/reporter/example/contact.py
+++ b/reporter/example/contact.py
@@ -23,12 +23,52 @@ cybertools.contact package
 $Id$
 """
 
+# TODO: move the generic stuff to cybertools.reporter.result
+
 from zope.component import adapts
 from zope.interface import implements
-from cybertools.reporter.interfaces import IResultSet
+from cybertools.reporter.interfaces import IResultSet, IRow, ICell
 from cybertools.reporter.example.interfaces import IContactsDataSource
 
 
+class Cell(object):
+
+    implements(ICell)
+
+    def __init__(self, field, value, row):
+        self.field = field
+        self.value = value
+        self.row = row
+
+    @property
+    def text(self):
+        return value
+
+    @property
+    def token(self):
+        return value
+
+    def sortKey(self):
+        return value
+
+
+class Row(object):
+
+    implements(IRow)
+
+    def __init__(self, context, resultSet):
+        self.context = context  # a single object (in this case)
+        self.resultSet = resultSet
+
+    @property
+    def cells(self):
+        schema = self.resultSet.schema
+        if schema is None:
+            return {}
+        return dict([(f.__name__, getattr(self.context, f.__name__))
+                        for f in schema.fields])
+
+
 class Contacts(object):
 
     implements(IResultSet)
@@ -37,4 +77,14 @@ class Contacts(object):
     def __init__(self, context):
         self.context = context
 
-        
\ No newline at end of file
+    _schema = None
+    def setSchema(self, schema): self._schema = schema
+    def getSchema(self): return self._schema
+    schema = property(getSchema, setSchema)
+
+    @property
+    def rows(self):
+        return [Row(o, self) for o in iter(self.context)]
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        return len(self.rows)
diff --git a/typology/README.txt b/typology/README.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19c44aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/typology/README.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+Quickstart Instructions
+=======================
+
+  ($Id$)
+
+  >>> from zope.app import zapi
+  >>> from zope.app.testing import ztapi
+  >>> from zope.interface import directlyProvides
+
+A Basic API for Dynamic Typing
+==============================
+
+  >>> from cybertools.typology.interfaces import IType, ITypeManager
+
+Let's start with the Person class from the cybertools.contact package -
+we will then apply dynamic typing to Person objects:
+
+  >>> from cybertools.contact.interfaces import IPerson
+  >>> from cybertools.contact import Person
+
+  >>> from datetime import date
+  >>> pdata = ((u'John', u'Smith', '1956-08-01'),
+  ...          (u'David', u'Waters', '1972-12-24'),
+  ...          (u'Carla', u'Myers', '1999-10-11'))
+  >>> persons = [Person(f, s, date(*[int(d) for d in b.split('-')]))
+  ...                         for f, s, b in pdata]
+
+Now we want to express that any person younger than 18 years is a
+child, and from 18 years on a person is an adult. (Note that this test
+will only work until November 2017 ;-))
+
+The example package gives us a class for this type that we use as an
+adapter to IPerson:
+
+  >>> from cybertools.typology.example.person import BasicAgeGroup
+  >>> ztapi.provideAdapter(IPerson, IType, BasicAgeGroup)
+  >>> john_type = IType(persons[0])
+  >>> david_type = IType(persons[1])
+  >>> carla_type = IType(persons[2])
+
+We can now look what the type is telling us about the persons:
+
+  >>> john_type.title
+  u'Adult'
+  >>> john_type.token
+  'contact.person.agetype.adult'
+  >>> david_type.token
+  'contact.person.agetype.adult'
+  >>> carla_type.token
+  'contact.person.agetype.child'
+
+Usually types are equal if they have the same token:
+
+  >>> john_type == david_type
+  True
+  >>> john_type == carla_type
+  False
diff --git a/typology/__init__.py b/typology/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4bc90fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/typology/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+"""
+$Id$
+"""
+
diff --git a/typology/browser/__init__.py b/typology/browser/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4bc90fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/typology/browser/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+"""
+$Id$
+"""
+
diff --git a/typology/configure.zcml b/typology/configure.zcml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db5642b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/typology/configure.zcml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<!-- $Id$ -->
+
+<configure
+   xmlns="http://namespaces.zope.org/zope"
+   xmlns:browser="http://namespaces.zope.org/browser"
+   i18n_domain="zope">
+
+</configure>
diff --git a/typology/cybertools.typology-configure.zcml b/typology/cybertools.typology-configure.zcml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..baaf9be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/typology/cybertools.typology-configure.zcml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<include package="cybertools.typology" />
diff --git a/typology/example/__init__.py b/typology/example/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4bc90fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/typology/example/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+"""
+$Id$
+"""
+
diff --git a/typology/example/person.py b/typology/example/person.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b96c409
--- /dev/null
+++ b/typology/example/person.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#
+#  Copyright (c) 2006 Helmut Merz helmutm@cy55.de
+#
+#  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  This program 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 General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+#  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+#
+
+"""
+Example classes for the cybertools.reporter package. These use the
+cybertools.contact package
+
+$Id$
+"""
+
+# TODO: move generic stuff to type.Type class
+
+from zope.component import adapts
+from zope.interface import implements
+from cybertools.contact.interfaces import IPerson
+from cybertools.typology.interfaces import IType
+
+class BasicAgeGroup(object):
+
+    implements(IType)
+    adapts(IPerson)
+
+    def __init__(self, context):
+        self.context = context
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        return self.token == other.token
+
+    # IType attributes
+
+    @property
+    def title(self):
+        return self.isChild() and u'Child' or u'Adult'
+
+    @property
+    def token(self): return 'contact.person.agetype.' + str(self.title.lower())
+
+    @property
+    def tokenForSearch(self): return self.token
+
+    # helper methods
+
+    def isChild(self):
+        return self.context.age < 18.0
+
diff --git a/typology/interfaces.py b/typology/interfaces.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2fe8b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/typology/interfaces.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#
+#  Copyright (c) 2006 Helmut Merz helmutm@cy55.de
+#
+#  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  This program 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 General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+#  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+#
+
+"""
+interface definitions for the typology package.
+
+$Id$
+"""
+
+from zope.app.container.interfaces import IContainer
+from zope import schema
+from zope.configuration.fields import GlobalObject
+from zope.interface import Interface, Attribute
+
+
+class IType(Interface):
+    """ Associated with an object (typically as an adapter) giving
+        information about the object's type.
+    """
+
+    title = schema.TextLine(title=u'Title',
+                description=u'A readable representation',
+                required=True)
+    token = schema.ASCIILine(title=u'Token',
+                description=u'A representation used for identifying a type '
+                              'temporarily, e.g. on forms',
+                required=True)
+    tokenForSearch = schema.ASCIILine(title=u'Token for Search',
+                description=u'A fairly unique token that may be used '
+                             'e.g. for identifying types via a catalog index')
+    interfaceToProvide = GlobalObject(title=u'Interface to Provide',
+                description=u'An (optional) interface that objects of this '
+                             'type will provide')
+    factory = GlobalObject(title=u'Factory',
+                description=u'A factory (or class) that may be used for '
+                             'creating an object of this type')
+    defaultContainer = schema.Object(IContainer,
+                title=u'Default Container',
+                description=u'Where objects of this type will be created in '
+                             'when no explicit container is given')
+    typeProvider = schema.Object(Interface,
+                title=u'Type Provider',
+                description=u'A usually long-living object that corresponds '
+                             'to the type. Note that this object need not '
+                             'provide the IType interface itself')
+
+
+class ITypeManager(Interface):
+    """ A utility or utility-like object (e.g. a container) that may
+        manage (store, retrieve, assign) types.
+    """
diff --git a/typology/tests.py b/typology/tests.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..df3faca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/typology/tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# $Id$
+
+import unittest
+from zope.testing.doctestunit import DocFileSuite
+from zope.app.testing import ztapi
+from zope.interface.verify import verifyClass
+from zope.interface import implements
+from zope.app import zapi
+
+from cybertools.typology.interfaces import IType, ITypeManager
+
+
+class TestTypology(unittest.TestCase):
+    "Basic tests for the typology package."
+
+    def testInterfaces(self):
+        pass
+
+
+def test_suite():
+    return unittest.TestSuite((
+                unittest.makeSuite(TestTypology),
+                DocFileSuite('README.txt'),
+            ))
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main(defaultTest='test_suite')