diff --git a/code/OpenGEXImporter.cpp b/code/OpenGEXImporter.cpp
index 0b940d39e..9c953b035 100644
--- a/code/OpenGEXImporter.cpp
+++ b/code/OpenGEXImporter.cpp
@@ -164,7 +164,9 @@ USE_ODDLPARSER_NS
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 OpenGEXImporter::OpenGEXImporter() 
-: m_ctx( NULL )
+: m_meshCache()
+, m_mesh2refMap()
+, m_ctx( NULL )
 , m_currentNode( NULL ) {
     // empty
 }
@@ -205,6 +207,8 @@ void OpenGEXImporter::InternReadFile( const std::string &filename, aiScene *pSce
         m_ctx = myParser.getContext();
         handleNodes( m_ctx->m_root, pScene );
     }
+
+    resolveReferences();
 }
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -238,6 +242,9 @@ void OpenGEXImporter::handleNodes( DDLNode *node, aiScene *pScene ) {
                 break;
 
             case Grammar::ObjectRefToken:
+                handleObjectRefNode( *it, pScene );
+                break;
+
             case Grammar::MaterialRefToken:
             case Grammar::MetricKeyToken:
             case Grammar::GeometryNodeToken:
@@ -245,6 +252,9 @@ void OpenGEXImporter::handleNodes( DDLNode *node, aiScene *pScene ) {
                 break;
 
             case Grammar::GeometryObjectToken:
+                handleGeometryObject( *it, pScene );
+                break;
+
             case Grammar::TransformToken:
             case Grammar::MeshToken:
             case Grammar::VertexArrayToken:
@@ -295,7 +305,7 @@ void OpenGEXImporter::handleMetricNode( DDLNode *node, aiScene *pScene ) {
 }
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void OpenGEXImporter::handleNameNode( ODDLParser::DDLNode *node, aiScene *pScene ) {
+void OpenGEXImporter::handleNameNode( DDLNode *node, aiScene *pScene ) {
     if( NULL == m_currentNode ) {
         throw DeadlyImportError( "No parent node for name." );
         return;
@@ -313,11 +323,42 @@ void OpenGEXImporter::handleNameNode( ODDLParser::DDLNode *node, aiScene *pScene
 }
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void OpenGEXImporter::handleGeometryNode( ODDLParser::DDLNode *node, aiScene *pScene ) {
+void OpenGEXImporter::handleObjectRefNode( DDLNode *node, aiScene *pScene ) {
+    if( NULL == m_currentNode ) {
+        throw DeadlyImportError( "No parent node for name." );
+        return;
+    }
+
+    Reference *ref = node->getReferences();
+    if( NULL != ref ) {
+        for( size_t i = 0; i < ref->m_numRefs; i++ )  {
+            Name *currentName( ref->m_referencedName[ i ] );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+void OpenGEXImporter::handleGeometryNode( DDLNode *node, aiScene *pScene ) {
     m_currentNode = new aiNode;
     handleNodes( node, pScene );
 }
 
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+void OpenGEXImporter::handleGeometryObject( DDLNode *node, aiScene *pScene ) {
+    aiMesh *currentMesh( new aiMesh );
+    const size_t idx( m_meshCache.size() );
+    m_meshCache.push_back( currentMesh );
+
+    // store name to reference relation
+    m_mesh2refMap[ node->getName() ] = idx;
+
+}
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+void OpenGEXImporter::resolveReferences() {
+
+}
+
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 } // Namespace OpenGEX
diff --git a/code/OpenGEXImporter.h b/code/OpenGEXImporter.h
index 2bea23b45..105716f3c 100644
--- a/code/OpenGEXImporter.h
+++ b/code/OpenGEXImporter.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 #include "BaseImporter.h"
 
+#include <vector>
 
 namespace ODDLParser {
     class DDLNode;
@@ -100,9 +101,14 @@ protected:
     void handleNodes( ODDLParser::DDLNode *node, aiScene *pScene );
     void handleMetricNode( ODDLParser::DDLNode *node, aiScene *pScene );
     void handleNameNode( ODDLParser::DDLNode *node, aiScene *pScene );
+    void handleObjectRefNode( ODDLParser::DDLNode *node, aiScene *pScene );
     void handleGeometryNode( ODDLParser::DDLNode *node, aiScene *pScene );
+    void handleGeometryObject( ODDLParser::DDLNode *node, aiScene *pScene );
+    void resolveReferences();
 
 private:
+    std::vector<aiMesh*> m_meshCache;
+    std::map<std::string, size_t> m_mesh2refMap;
     ODDLParser::Context *m_ctx;
     MetricInfo m_metrics[ MetricInfo::Max ];
     aiNode *m_currentNode;
diff --git a/contrib/openddlparser/code/OpenDDLParser.cpp b/contrib/openddlparser/code/OpenDDLParser.cpp
index 46eb50fd8..99274f412 100644
--- a/contrib/openddlparser/code/OpenDDLParser.cpp
+++ b/contrib/openddlparser/code/OpenDDLParser.cpp
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ namespace Grammar {
 } // Namespace Grammar
 
 
-static void logInvalidTokenError( char *in, char *exp, OpenDDLParser::logCallback callback ) {
+static void logInvalidTokenError( char *in, const std::string &exp, OpenDDLParser::logCallback callback ) {
     std::stringstream stream;
     stream << "Invalid token " << *in << ", " << exp << " expected." << std::endl;
     callback( ddl_error_msg, stream.str() );
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ char *OpenDDLParser::parseStructure( char *in, char *end ) {
     }
     else {
         in++;
-        logInvalidTokenError( in, "{", m_logCallback );
+        logInvalidTokenError( in, std::string( Grammar::OpenBracketToken ), m_logCallback );
         error = true;
         return in;
     }
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ char *OpenDDLParser::parseStructureBody( char *in, char *end, bool &error ) {
 
         in = getNextToken( in, end );
         if( *in != '}' ) {
-            logInvalidTokenError( in, "}", m_logCallback );
+            logInvalidTokenError( in, std::string( Grammar::CloseBracketToken ), m_logCallback );
         } else {
             //in++;
         }
diff --git a/contrib/openddlparser/include/openddlparser/OpenDDLCommon.h b/contrib/openddlparser/include/openddlparser/OpenDDLCommon.h
index c7fd844a2..4a1ff2749 100644
--- a/contrib/openddlparser/include/openddlparser/OpenDDLCommon.h
+++ b/contrib/openddlparser/include/openddlparser/OpenDDLCommon.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 #   ifdef OPENDDLPARSER_BUILD
 #       define DLL_ODDLPARSER_EXPORT TAG_DLL_EXPORT
 #   else
-#        define DLL_ODDLPARSER_EXPORT TAG_DLL_IMPORT
+#       define DLL_ODDLPARSER_EXPORT TAG_DLL_IMPORT
 #   endif // OPENDDLPARSER_BUILD
 #   pragma warning( disable : 4251 )
 #else
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ BEGIN_ODDLPARSER_NS
 #   define ddl_nullptr nullptr
 #else
 #   define ddl_nullptr NULL
-#endif
+#endif // OPENDDL_NO_USE_CPP11
 
 class DDLNode;
 class Value;
diff --git a/contrib/openddlparser/include/openddlparser/OpenDDLParserUtils.h b/contrib/openddlparser/include/openddlparser/OpenDDLParserUtils.h
index b1b4f6cde..eb900309c 100644
--- a/contrib/openddlparser/include/openddlparser/OpenDDLParserUtils.h
+++ b/contrib/openddlparser/include/openddlparser/OpenDDLParserUtils.h
@@ -202,7 +202,9 @@ bool isReference( T *in, T *end ) {
     if( *in == 'r' ) {
         if( *(in+1) == 'e' ) {
             if( *(in+2) == 'f' ) {
-                return true;
+                if( ( in + 2 ) != end ) {
+                    return true;
+                }
             }
         }
     }