diff --git a/contrib/openddlparser/code/OpenDDLCommon.cpp b/contrib/openddlparser/code/OpenDDLCommon.cpp
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/contrib/openddlparser/code/OpenDDLCommon.cpp
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+/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2014-2015 Kim Kulling
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
+the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
+subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
+FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
+COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
+IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+#include <openddlparser/OpenDDLCommon.h>
+#include <openddlparser/DDLNode.h>
+
+BEGIN_ODDLPARSER_NS
+
+Text::Text( const char *buffer, size_t numChars )
+: m_capacity( 0 )
+, m_len( 0 )
+, m_buffer( ddl_nullptr ) {
+    set( buffer, numChars );
+}
+
+Text::~Text() {
+    clear();
+}
+
+void Text::clear() {
+    delete[] m_buffer;
+    m_buffer = ddl_nullptr;
+    m_capacity = 0;
+    m_len = 0;
+}
+
+void Text::set( const char *buffer, size_t numChars ) {
+    clear();
+    if( numChars > 0 ) {
+        m_len = numChars;
+        m_capacity = m_len + 1;
+        m_buffer = new char[ m_capacity ];
+        strncpy( m_buffer, buffer, numChars );
+        m_buffer[ numChars ] = '\0';
+    }
+}
+
+bool Text::operator == ( const std::string &name ) const {
+    if( m_len != name.size() ) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    const int res( strncmp( m_buffer, name.c_str(), name.size() ) );
+
+    return ( 0 == res );
+}
+
+bool Text::operator == ( const Text &rhs ) const {
+    if( m_len != rhs.m_len ) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    const int res( strncmp( m_buffer, rhs.m_buffer, m_len ) );
+
+    return ( 0 == res );
+}
+
+Identifier::Identifier( const char buffer[], size_t len )
+: m_text( buffer, len ) {
+    // empty
+}
+
+Identifier::Identifier( const char buffer[] )
+: m_text( buffer, strlen( buffer ) ) {
+    // empty
+}
+
+Identifier::~Identifier() {
+    // empty
+}
+
+bool Identifier::operator == ( const Identifier &rhs ) const {
+    return m_text == rhs.m_text;
+}
+
+Name::Name( NameType type, Identifier *id )
+: m_type( type )
+, m_id( id ) {
+    // empty
+}
+
+Name::~Name() {
+    m_id = ddl_nullptr;
+}
+
+Reference::Reference()
+: m_numRefs( 0 )
+, m_referencedName( ddl_nullptr ) {
+    // empty
+}
+
+Reference::Reference( size_t numrefs, Name **names )
+: m_numRefs( numrefs )
+, m_referencedName( ddl_nullptr ) {
+    m_referencedName = new Name *[ numrefs ];
+    for( size_t i = 0; i < numrefs; i++ ) {
+        Name *name = new Name( names[ i ]->m_type, names[ i ]->m_id );
+        m_referencedName[ i ] = name;
+    }
+}
+
+Reference::~Reference() {
+    for( size_t i = 0; i < m_numRefs; i++ ) {
+        delete m_referencedName[ i ];
+    }
+    m_numRefs = 0;
+    m_referencedName = ddl_nullptr;
+}
+
+Property::Property( Identifier *id )
+: m_key( id )
+, m_value( ddl_nullptr )
+, m_ref( ddl_nullptr )
+, m_next( ddl_nullptr ) {
+    // empty
+}
+
+Property::~Property() {
+    m_key = ddl_nullptr;
+    m_value = ddl_nullptr;
+    m_ref = ddl_nullptr;;
+    m_next = ddl_nullptr;;
+}
+
+DataArrayList::DataArrayList()
+: m_numItems( 0 )
+, m_dataList( ddl_nullptr )
+, m_next( ddl_nullptr ) {
+    // empty
+}
+
+DataArrayList::~DataArrayList() {
+    // empty
+}
+
+Context::Context()
+: m_root( ddl_nullptr ) {
+    // empty
+}
+
+Context::~Context() {
+    m_root = ddl_nullptr;
+}
+
+void Context::clear() {
+    delete m_root;
+    m_root = ddl_nullptr;
+}
+
+END_ODDLPARSER_NS
diff --git a/contrib/openddlparser/code/OpenDDLExport.cpp b/contrib/openddlparser/code/OpenDDLExport.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a010ea59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/openddlparser/code/OpenDDLExport.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2014-2015 Kim Kulling
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
+the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
+subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
+FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
+COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
+IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+#include <openddlparser/OpenDDLExport.h>
+#include <openddlparser/DDLNode.h>
+
+BEGIN_ODDLPARSER_NS
+
+struct DDLNodeIterator {
+    const DDLNode::DllNodeList &m_childs;
+    size_t m_idx;
+    DDLNodeIterator( const DDLNode::DllNodeList &childs ) 
+        : m_childs( childs )
+        , m_idx( 0 ) {
+
+    }
+
+    bool getNext( DDLNode **node ) {
+        if( m_childs.size() > (m_idx+1) ) {
+            m_idx++;
+            *node = m_childs[ m_idx ];
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+};
+
+OpenDDLExport::OpenDDLExport() 
+:m_file( nullptr ) {
+
+}
+
+OpenDDLExport::~OpenDDLExport() {
+    if( nullptr != m_file ) {
+        ::fclose( m_file );
+        m_file = nullptr;
+    }
+}
+
+bool OpenDDLExport::exportContext( Context *ctx, const std::string &filename ) {
+    if( filename.empty() ) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if( ddl_nullptr == ctx ) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    DDLNode *root( ctx->m_root );
+    if( nullptr == root ) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    return handleNode( root );
+}
+
+bool OpenDDLExport::handleNode( DDLNode *node ) {
+    if( ddl_nullptr == node ) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    const DDLNode::DllNodeList &childs = node->getChildNodeList();
+    if( childs.empty() ) {
+        return true;
+    }
+    DDLNode *current( ddl_nullptr );
+    DDLNodeIterator it( childs );
+    bool success( true );
+    while( it.getNext( &current ) ) {
+        if( ddl_nullptr != current ) {
+            success |= writeNode( current );
+            if( !handleNode( current ) ) {
+                success != false;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return success;
+}
+
+bool OpenDDLExport::writeNode( DDLNode *node ) {
+    bool success( true );
+    if( node->hasProperties() ) {
+        success |= writeProperties( node );
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool OpenDDLExport::writeProperties( DDLNode *node ) {
+    Property *prop( node->getProperties() );
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+END_ODDLPARSER_NS
diff --git a/contrib/openddlparser/include/openddlparser/OpenDDLExport.h b/contrib/openddlparser/include/openddlparser/OpenDDLExport.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..269296527
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/openddlparser/include/openddlparser/OpenDDLExport.h
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2014-2015 Kim Kulling
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
+the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
+subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
+FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
+COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
+IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+#pragma once
+
+#include <openddlparser/OpenDDLCommon.h>
+
+BEGIN_ODDLPARSER_NS
+
+///
+/// @ingroup    OpenDDLParser
+///	@brief      This class represents the OpenDDLExporter.
+///
+class DLL_ODDLPARSER_EXPORT OpenDDLExport {
+public:
+    OpenDDLExport();
+    ~OpenDDLExport();
+    bool exportContext( Context *ctx, const std::string &filename );
+    bool handleNode( DDLNode *node );
+
+protected:
+    bool writeNode( DDLNode *node );
+    bool writeProperties( DDLNode *node );
+
+private:
+    FILE *m_file;
+};
+
+END_ODDLPARSER_NS