diff --git a/src/pytorch_ie/core/__init__.py b/src/pytorch_ie/core/__init__.py
index b3462abd..41240eb2 100644
--- a/src/pytorch_ie/core/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pytorch_ie/core/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 from .document import Annotation, AnnotationLayer, Document, annotation_field
 from .metric import DocumentMetric
 from .model import PyTorchIEModel
-from .module_mixins import WithDocumentTypeMixin
+from .module_mixins import (
+    EnterDatasetDictMixin,
+    EnterDatasetMixin,
+    ExitDatasetDictMixin,
+    ExitDatasetMixin,
+    PreparableMixin,
+    WithDocumentTypeMixin,
+)
 from .statistic import DocumentStatistic
 from .taskmodule import TaskEncoding, TaskModule
 
diff --git a/src/pytorch_ie/core/module_mixins.py b/src/pytorch_ie/core/module_mixins.py
index 01c4bc3f..79c98ebe 100644
--- a/src/pytorch_ie/core/module_mixins.py
+++ b/src/pytorch_ie/core/module_mixins.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import logging
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from typing import List, Optional, Type
 
 from pytorch_ie.core.document import Document
@@ -97,3 +98,35 @@ def prepare(self, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
             )
         self._post_prepare()
         return None
+
+
+class EnterDatasetMixin(ABC):
+    """Mixin for processors that enter a dataset context."""
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def enter_dataset(self, dataset, name: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
+        """Enter dataset context."""
+
+
+class ExitDatasetMixin(ABC):
+    """Mixin for processors that exit a dataset context."""
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def exit_dataset(self, dataset, name: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
+        """Exit dataset context."""
+
+
+class EnterDatasetDictMixin(ABC):
+    """Mixin for processors that enter a dataset dict context."""
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def enter_dataset_dict(self, dataset_dict) -> None:
+        """Enter dataset dict context."""
+
+
+class ExitDatasetDictMixin(ABC):
+    """Mixin for processors that exit a dataset dict context."""
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def exit_dataset_dict(self, dataset_dict) -> None:
+        """Exit dataset dict context."""