diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/creadur/tentacles/Archive.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/creadur/tentacles/Archive.java
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+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ *  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ *  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.creadur.tentacles;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.apache.creadur.tentacles.Main.License;
+import org.apache.creadur.tentacles.Main.Notice;
+
+public class Archive {
+
+    private final Layout layout;
+    private final FileSystem fileSystem;
+    private final URI uri;
+    private final File file;
+    private final Map<URI, URI> map;
+
+    private final Set<License> licenses = new HashSet<License>();
+    private final Set<Notice> notices = new HashSet<Notice>();
+
+    private final Set<License> declaredLicenses = new HashSet<License>();
+    private final Set<Notice> declaredNotices = new HashSet<Notice>();
+
+    private final Set<License> otherLicenses = new HashSet<License>();
+    private final Set<Notice> otherNotices = new HashSet<Notice>();
+    private Map<URI, URI> others;
+
+    public Archive(final File file, final FileSystem fileSystem,
+            final Layout layout) {
+        this.fileSystem = fileSystem;
+        this.layout = layout;
+        this.uri =
+                layout.getRepositoryDirectory().toURI()
+                        .relativize(file.toURI());
+        this.file = file;
+        this.map = map();
+    }
+
+    public Set<License> getDeclaredLicenses() {
+        return this.declaredLicenses;
+    }
+
+    public Set<Notice> getDeclaredNotices() {
+        return this.declaredNotices;
+    }
+
+    public Set<License> getOtherLicenses() {
+        return this.otherLicenses;
+    }
+
+    public Set<Notice> getOtherNotices() {
+        return this.otherNotices;
+    }
+
+    public Set<License> getLicenses() {
+        return this.licenses;
+    }
+
+    public Set<Notice> getNotices() {
+        return this.notices;
+    }
+
+    public URI getUri() {
+        return this.uri;
+    }
+
+    public File getFile() {
+        return this.file;
+    }
+
+    public Map<URI, URI> getLegal() {
+        return this.map;
+    }
+
+    public Map<URI, URI> getOtherLegal() {
+        if (this.others == null) {
+            this.others = mapOther();
+        }
+        return this.others;
+    }
+
+    private Map<URI, URI> mapOther() {
+        final File jarContents = contentsDirectory();
+        final List<File> legal =
+                this.fileSystem.legalDocumentsUndeclaredIn(jarContents);
+
+        return buildMapFrom(jarContents, legal);
+    }
+
+    private Map<URI, URI> buildMapFrom(final File jarContents,
+            final List<File> legal) {
+        final Map<URI, URI> map = new LinkedHashMap<URI, URI>();
+        for (final File file : legal) {
+            final URI name = jarContents.toURI().relativize(file.toURI());
+            final URI link =
+                    this.layout.getLocalRootDirectory().toURI()
+                            .relativize(file.toURI());
+
+            map.put(name, link);
+        }
+        return map;
+    }
+
+    private Map<URI, URI> map() {
+        final File jarContents = contentsDirectory();
+        final List<File> legal =
+                this.fileSystem.legalDocumentsDeclaredIn(jarContents);
+
+        return buildMapFrom(jarContents, legal);
+    }
+
+    public File contentsDirectory() {
+        final File archiveDocument = getFile();
+        String path =
+                archiveDocument.getAbsolutePath().substring(
+                        this.layout.getLocalRootDirectory().getAbsolutePath()
+                                .length() + 1);
+
+        if (path.startsWith("repo/")) {
+            path = path.substring("repo/".length());
+        }
+        if (path.startsWith("content/")) {
+            path = path.substring("content/".length());
+        }
+
+        final File contents =
+                new File(this.layout.getContentRootDirectory(), path
+                        + ".contents");
+        this.fileSystem.mkdirs(contents);
+        return contents;
+    }
+
+    public URI contentsURI() {
+        return contentsDirectory().toURI();
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/creadur/tentacles/Layout.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/creadur/tentacles/Layout.java
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+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ *  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ *  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.creadur.tentacles;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+public class Layout {
+
+    private final File localRootDirectory;
+    private final File output;
+    private final File repository;
+    private final File contentRootDirectory;
+
+    public Layout(final Platform platform, final Configuration configuration) {
+        super();
+        this.localRootDirectory =
+                new File(configuration.getRootDirectoryForLocalOutput());
+
+        final FileSystem fileSystem = platform.getFileSystem();
+        fileSystem.mkdirs(this.localRootDirectory);
+
+        this.repository = new File(this.localRootDirectory, "repo");
+        this.contentRootDirectory =
+                new File(this.localRootDirectory, "content");
+        this.output = this.localRootDirectory;
+
+        fileSystem.mkdirs(this.repository);
+        fileSystem.mkdirs(this.contentRootDirectory);
+    }
+
+    public File getLocalRootDirectory() {
+        return this.localRootDirectory;
+    }
+
+    public File getOutputDirectory() {
+        return this.output;
+    }
+
+    public File getRepositoryDirectory() {
+        return this.repository;
+    }
+
+    public File getContentRootDirectory() {
+        return this.contentRootDirectory;
+    }
+
+}