diff --git a/dummy-publish/src/main/java/og/iplantc/de/publish/dummy/DummyPublishMechanism.java b/dummy-publish/src/main/java/og/iplantc/de/publish/dummy/DummyPublishMechanism.java
index 0ef63a5..491a6ee 100644
--- a/dummy-publish/src/main/java/og/iplantc/de/publish/dummy/DummyPublishMechanism.java
+++ b/dummy-publish/src/main/java/og/iplantc/de/publish/dummy/DummyPublishMechanism.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import org.iplantc.de.publish.mechanism.api.PublishPhaseEnum;
 import org.iplantc.de.publish.mechanism.api.PublishResult;
 import org.iplantc.de.publish.mechanism.api.PublishStatusEnum;
+import org.iplantc.de.publish.mechanism.api.annotations.PublicationDriver;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@
  * @author Mike Conway - DICE
  *
  */
+@PublicationDriver(author = "DFC", description = "Noop publisher that just logs", name = "Dummy Logging", version = "1.0.0", isAsynch = false)
 public class DummyPublishMechanism implements PublishMechanism {
 
 	public static final Logger log = LoggerFactory
diff --git a/publisher-api/src/main/java/org/iplantc/de/publish/mechanism/api/PublishMechanism.java b/publisher-api/src/main/java/org/iplantc/de/publish/mechanism/api/PublishMechanism.java
index 2b7a3a7..b0b456f 100644
--- a/publisher-api/src/main/java/org/iplantc/de/publish/mechanism/api/PublishMechanism.java
+++ b/publisher-api/src/main/java/org/iplantc/de/publish/mechanism/api/PublishMechanism.java
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
  */
 package org.iplantc.de.publish.mechanism.api;
 
+import org.iplantc.de.publish.mechanism.api.annotations.PublicationDriver;
+
 /**
  * Describes a publish mechanism, this is a plugin that can format and publish
  * collection data sorted as an AIP in the DE/iRODS environment as a DIP in an
@@ -10,6 +12,9 @@
  * underneath this interface, and can surface a preValidate foreground method
  * that can do sanity checks and pre-processing, and a sych|asynch publish
  * action that actually creates the DIP in the target repository.
+ * <p/>
+ * Note that subclasses should be annotated with the {@link PublicationDriver}
+ * annotation to describe the driver to the publishing subsystem.
  * 
  * @author Mike Conway - DICE, Dennis Roberts, CyVerse
  *
diff --git a/publisher-api/src/main/java/org/iplantc/de/publish/mechanism/api/annotations/PublicationDriver.java b/publisher-api/src/main/java/org/iplantc/de/publish/mechanism/api/annotations/PublicationDriver.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df4fba2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/publisher-api/src/main/java/org/iplantc/de/publish/mechanism/api/annotations/PublicationDriver.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+package org.iplantc.de.publish.mechanism.api.annotations;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
+
+/**
+ * Annotation that marks up a publish mechanism for discovery
+ * 
+ * @author Mike Conway - DICE
+ *
+ */
+@Documented
+public @interface PublicationDriver {
+	/**
+	 * Author of the publisher plugin
+	 * 
+	 * @return <code>String</code> with author
+	 */
+	String author();
+
+	/**
+	 * Context-dependent version string
+	 * 
+	 * @return <code>String</code> with version string
+	 */
+	String version();
+
+	/**
+	 * Display name of the publisher driver
+	 * 
+	 * @return <code>String</code> with the name of the driver
+	 */
+	String name();
+
+	/**
+	 * Description of the driver (for mouseovers or other user doc)
+	 * 
+	 * @return <code>String</code> with the description of the driver
+	 */
+	String description();
+
+	/**
+	 * Indicates if the publish action is asynchronous (through the app)
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	boolean isAsynch() default false;
+}
diff --git a/publisher-api/src/main/java/org/iplantc/de/publish/mechanism/api/annotations/package-info.java b/publisher-api/src/main/java/org/iplantc/de/publish/mechanism/api/annotations/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8734554
--- /dev/null
+++ b/publisher-api/src/main/java/org/iplantc/de/publish/mechanism/api/annotations/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/**
+ * Annotations for publisher
+ * @author Mike Conway - DICE
+ *
+ */
+package org.iplantc.de.publish.mechanism.api.annotations;
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