diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
index bf615c1..aef7c2b 100644
--- a/.classpath
+++ b/.classpath
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
+	<classpathentry kind="src" path="src/main/resources"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.m2e.MAVEN2_CLASSPATH_CONTAINER">
 		<attributes>
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/uk/org/iay/incommon/mda/beans.xml b/src/main/resources/uk/org/iay/incommon/mda/beans.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51b9699
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/uk/org/iay/incommon/mda/beans.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+    default-lazy-init="true"
+    xmlns:c="http://www.springframework.org/schema/c"
+    xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
+    xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="
+    http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
+    http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util.xsd">
+
+    <!--
+        Bean definitions for use to reference components in this library.
+
+        All defined bean names are prefixed with "inc.".
+    -->
+
+    <!--
+        Parent beans.
+    -->
+
+    <bean id="inc.component_parent" abstract="true"
+        init-method="initialize" destroy-method="destroy"/>
+
+    <bean id="inc.stage_parent" abstract="true" parent="inc.component_parent"/>
+
+    <!--
+        Component beans.
+    -->
+
+    <bean id="inc.InCommonEntityOrderingStrategy" abstract="true"
+        class="uk.org.iay.incommon.mda.dom.saml.InCommonEntityOrderingStrategy"/>
+
+</beans>