diff --git a/app/models/platform.rb b/app/models/platform.rb
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+++ b/app/models/platform.rb
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+class Platform < ActiveRecord::Base
+  validate :name, :presence => true, :uniqueness => true
+  validate :unixname, :presence => true, :uniqueness => true
+  before_validation :generate_unixname
+  validate :validate_unixname
+
+  has_many :projects
+  has_one :parent, :class_name => 'Platform', :foreign_key => 'parent_platform_id'
+
+  protected
+
+    def generate_unixname
+      #TODO: Implement unixname generation 
+    end
+
+    def validate_unixname
+      #TODO: Implement unixname validation
+    end
+end
diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e01184770
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+++ b/app/models/project.rb
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+class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
+  validate :name, :uniqueness => true, :presence => true
+  validate :unixname, :uniqueness => true, :presence => true
+  before_validation :generate_unixname
+  validate :validate_unixname
+
+  belongs_to :platform
+
+  protected
+
+    def generate_unixname
+      #TODO: Implement unixname generation 
+    end
+
+    def validate_unixname
+      #TODO: Implement unixname validation
+    end
+
+end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20110309173339_create_platforms.rb b/db/migrate/20110309173339_create_platforms.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..787f4a9ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20110309173339_create_platforms.rb
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+class CreatePlatforms < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def self.up
+    create_table :platforms do |t|
+      t.string :name
+      t.string :unixname
+      t.integer :parent_platform_id
+
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+  end
+
+  def self.down
+    drop_table :platforms
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20110309173421_create_projects.rb b/db/migrate/20110309173421_create_projects.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06eb3a62d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20110309173421_create_projects.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+class CreateProjects < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def self.up
+    create_table :projects do |t|
+      t.string :name
+      t.string :unixname
+      t.integer :platform_id
+
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+  end
+
+  def self.down
+    drop_table :projects
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/models/platform_spec.rb b/spec/models/platform_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..52468b7ae
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+++ b/spec/models/platform_spec.rb
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+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe Platform do
+  pending "add some examples to (or delete) #{__FILE__}"
+end
diff --git a/spec/models/project_spec.rb b/spec/models/project_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9bda4d927
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/models/project_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe Project do
+  pending "add some examples to (or delete) #{__FILE__}"
+end