diff --git a/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/portation/AbstractMarshal.java b/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/portation/AbstractMarshal.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 LibreCCM Foundation.
+ *
+ * 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; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * 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
+ */
+package org.libreccm.portation;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.csv.CsvMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.csv.CsvSchema;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Abstract class responsible for ex- and importing entity-objects to several
+ * file-formats. Every entity-class (e.g. DocRepo.File) needs to have its own
+ * extension of this class to override the abstract methods, making it
+ * possible to ex- or import that extending entity-class (e.g. DocRepo
+ * .FileMarshal).
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:tosmers@uni-bremen.de>Tobias Osmers</a>
+ * @version created the 2/10/16
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractMarshal<T> {
+
+    private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(AbstractMarshal.class);
+
+    private File file;
+
+    // CSV specifics
+    private CsvMapper mapper;
+    private CsvSchema schema;
+
+
+    public void init(final Format format, String filename) {
+        switch (format) {
+            case CSV:
+                file = new File(filename);
+                mapper = new CsvMapper();
+                schema = getCsvSchema();
+                schema = mapper.schemaFor(getClassT());
+                break;
+            default:
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* CSV Export/Import */
+
+    /**
+     * Main export method. Exports a list of same typed objects to CSV
+     * strings and writes them into the same file with a name specific to
+     * their class.
+     *
+     * TODO: throw exception for ui
+     * TODO: error message not with uuid
+     *
+     * @param exportObjects List of {@code T}-tpyed objects being exported to
+     *                      CSV
+     */
+    public void exportCSV(final List<T> exportObjects) {
+        exportObjects.forEach(t -> {
+            try {
+                mapper.writer(schema).writeValue(file, t);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                log.error(String.format("Error writing object with UUID " +
+                        "%d to CSV-file with the name %s.",
+                        1234, file.getName()));
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Main import method. Imports a list of string representing object of
+     * the same type ({@code T}) from a CSV-file and parses them into the
+     * corresponding objects.
+     *
+     * TODO: throw exception for ui
+     * TODO: error message not with uuid
+     *
+     * @return List of {@code T}-typed objects being imported from CSV
+     */
+    public List<T> importCSV() {
+        List<T> importObjects = new ArrayList<>();
+        try {
+            mapper.readerFor(getClassT()).with(schema).readValues(file)
+                        .forEachRemaining(t -> importObjects.add((T) t));
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            log.error(String.format("Error reading object with UUID %d from " +
+                    "CSV-file with the name %s.", 1234, file.getName()));
+        }
+        return importObjects;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Abstract method to get the class of the extending subclass fulfilling
+     * the generic type {@code T}.
+     *
+     * @return Class of the extending subclass.
+     */
+    protected abstract Class getClassT();
+
+    /**
+     * Abstract method to get the CSV schema needed for both ex- and
+     * importation specific to every extending subclass.
+     *
+     * @return The CSV schema specific to the implementing subclass
+     */
+    protected abstract CsvSchema getCsvSchema();
+
+
+    /* JSON Export/Import */
+}
diff --git a/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/portation/Format.java b/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/portation/Format.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 LibreCCM Foundation.
+ *
+ * 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; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * 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
+ */
+package org.libreccm.portation;
+
+/**
+ * @author <a href="mailto:tosmers@uni-bremen.de">Tobias Osmers</a>
+ * @version created the 03.02.2016
+ */
+public enum Format {
+    CSV
+}
diff --git a/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/portation/Marshal.java b/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/portation/Marshal.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 LibreCCM Foundation.
+ *
+ * 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; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * 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
+ */
+package org.libreccm.portation;
+
+import javax.enterprise.inject.Instance;
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:tosmers@uni-bremen.de">Tobias Osmers</a>
+ * @version created the 03.02.2016
+ */
+public class Marshal {
+
+    @Inject
+    private Instance<AbstractMarshal> abstractExporters;
+
+
+    public void exportObjects(List<Object> objects, Format format, String
+            filename) {
+        for (Object obj : objects) {
+//            abstractExporters.select(obj.getClass(), new AnnotationLiteral<>() {
+//            });
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void importObjects(List<String> filenames, Format format) {
+        for (String file : filenames) {
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ccm-docrepo/src/main/java/org/libreccm/docrepo/AbstractResourceMarshal.java b/ccm-docrepo/src/main/java/org/libreccm/docrepo/AbstractResourceMarshal.java
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+++ b/ccm-docrepo/src/main/java/org/libreccm/docrepo/AbstractResourceMarshal.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 LibreCCM Foundation.
+ *
+ * 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; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * 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
+ */
+package org.libreccm.docrepo;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.csv.CsvSchema;
+import org.libreccm.portation.AbstractMarshal;
+
+/**
+ * @author <a href="mailto:tosmers@uni-bremen.de>Tobias Osmers</a>
+ * @version created the 2/10/16
+ */
+public class AbstractResourceMarshal extends AbstractMarshal<AbstractResource> {
+    @Override
+    protected Class getClassT() {
+        return AbstractResource.class;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected CsvSchema getCsvSchema() {
+        return CsvSchema.builder()
+                .addColumn("object_ID", CsvSchema.ColumnType.NUMBER)
+                .addColumn("displayName")
+                .addColumn("permissions", CsvSchema.ColumnType.ARRAY)
+                .addColumn("categories", CsvSchema.ColumnType.ARRAY)
+                .addColumn("name")
+                .addColumn("description")
+                .addColumn("path")
+                .addColumn("mimeType")
+                .addColumn("size", CsvSchema.ColumnType.NUMBER)
+                .addColumn("creationDate", CsvSchema.ColumnType.NUMBER)
+                .addColumn("lastModifiedDate", CsvSchema.ColumnType.NUMBER)
+                .addColumn("creationIp")
+                .addColumn("lastModifiedIp")
+                .addColumn("creationUser")
+                .addColumn("lastModifiedUser")
+                .addColumn("parent")
+                .addColumn("repository")
+                .build();
+    }
+}