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
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+++ b/dummy-publish/src/main/java/og/iplantc/de/publish/dummy/DummyPublishMechanism.java
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+package og.iplantc.de.publish.dummy;
+
+import org.iplantc.de.publish.mechanism.api.PublishActionDescriptor;
+import org.iplantc.de.publish.mechanism.api.PublishContext;
+import org.iplantc.de.publish.mechanism.api.PublishMechanism;
+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.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Simple noop publish mechanism for testing and demonstration
+ * 
+ * @author Mike Conway - DICE
+ *
+ */
+public class DummyPublishMechanism implements PublishMechanism {
+
+	public static final Logger log = LoggerFactory
+			.getLogger(DummyPublishMechanism.class);
+
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 */
+	public DummyPublishMechanism() {
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * 
+	 * @see
+	 * org.iplantc.de.publish.mechanism.api.PublishMechanism#preValidate(org
+	 * .iplantc.de.publish.mechanism.api.PublishActionDescriptor,
+	 * org.iplantc.de.publish.mechanism.api.PublishContext)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public PublishResult preValidate(
+			PublishActionDescriptor publishActionDescriptor,
+			PublishContext publishContext) {
+
+		log.info("preValidate()");
+		log.info("publishActionDescriptor:{}", publishActionDescriptor);
+		log.info("publishContext:{}", publishContext);
+		PublishResult publishResult = new PublishResult();
+		publishResult.setPublishStatus(PublishStatusEnum.SUBMITTED);
+		publishResult.setResponseCode(PublishResult.PUBLISH_RESULT_NORMAL);
+		publishResult.setResponseMessage("preValidate successful");
+		publishResult.setPublishPhase(PublishPhaseEnum.PRE_VALIDATE);
+		return publishResult;
+
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * 
+	 * @see
+	 * org.iplantc.de.publish.mechanism.api.PublishMechanism#publish(org.iplantc
+	 * .de.publish.mechanism.api.PublishActionDescriptor,
+	 * org.iplantc.de.publish.mechanism.api.PublishContext)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public PublishResult publish(
+			PublishActionDescriptor publishActionDescriptor,
+			PublishContext publishContext) {
+
+		log.info("publish()");
+		log.info("publishActionDescriptor:{}", publishActionDescriptor);
+		log.info("publishContext:{}", publishContext);
+		PublishResult publishResult = new PublishResult();
+		publishResult.setPublishStatus(PublishStatusEnum.SUBMITTED);
+		publishResult.setResponseCode(PublishResult.PUBLISH_RESULT_NORMAL);
+		publishResult.setResponseMessage("publish successful");
+		publishResult.setPublishPhase(PublishPhaseEnum.PUBLISH);
+		return publishResult;
+
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/dummy-publish/src/main/java/og/iplantc/de/publish/dummy/package-info.java b/dummy-publish/src/main/java/og/iplantc/de/publish/dummy/package-info.java
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+++ b/dummy-publish/src/main/java/og/iplantc/de/publish/dummy/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+/**
+ * Base dummy publisher for testing and demonstration
+ * @author Mike Conway - DICE
+ *
+ */
+package og.iplantc.de.publish.dummy;
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diff --git a/publisher-api/src/main/java/org/iplantc/de/publish/mechanism/api/PublishResult.java b/publisher-api/src/main/java/org/iplantc/de/publish/mechanism/api/PublishResult.java
index b359388..bfbb8ca 100644
--- a/publisher-api/src/main/java/org/iplantc/de/publish/mechanism/api/PublishResult.java
+++ b/publisher-api/src/main/java/org/iplantc/de/publish/mechanism/api/PublishResult.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
  */
 public class PublishResult {
 
+	public static final int PUBLISH_RESULT_NORMAL = 0;
+
 	/**
 	 * Represents the phase of the publishing cycle that this response pertains
 	 * to