diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index f5daeaf..341fa30 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     "doctrine/orm": "2.5.14",
     "friendica/json-ld": "^1.1",
     "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "^6.3",
+    "ml/json-ld": "1.1.0",
     "monolog/monolog": "^1.0",
     "phpseclib/phpseclib": "^2.0",
     "psr/http-message": "^1.0",
@@ -42,9 +43,9 @@
     "zendframework/zend-diactoros": "1.4.1"
   },
   "require-dev": {
+    "ext-pdo": "*",
     "phpunit/dbunit": "^2.0",
-    "phpunit/phpunit": "^4.0",
-    "ext-pdo": "*"
+    "phpunit/phpunit": "^4.0"
   },
   "autoload": {
     "psr-4": {
diff --git a/src/JsonLd/Dereferencer/DereferencerInterface.php b/src/JsonLd/Dereferencer/DereferencerInterface.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b465ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/JsonLd/Dereferencer/DereferencerInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?php
+
+
+namespace ActivityPub\JsonLd\Dereferencer;
+
+
+use ActivityPub\JsonLd\Exceptions\NodeNotFoundException;
+use ActivityPub\JsonLd\JsonLdNode;
+
+interface DereferencerInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * @param string $iri The IRI to dereference.
+     * @return JsonLdNode The dereferenced node.
+     * @throws NodeNotFoundException If a node with the IRI could not be found.
+     */
+    public function dereference( $iri );
+}
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diff --git a/src/JsonLd/Exceptions/NodeNotFoundException.php b/src/JsonLd/Exceptions/NodeNotFoundException.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e058d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/JsonLd/Exceptions/NodeNotFoundException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace ActivityPub\JsonLd\Exceptions;
+
+use Exception;
+
+class NodeNotFoundException extends Exception
+{
+    public function __construct( $iri, $previous = null )
+    {
+        $message = "Node $iri not found.";
+        parent::__construct( $message, 0, $previous );
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/JsonLd/Exceptions/PropertyNotDefinedException.php b/src/JsonLd/Exceptions/PropertyNotDefinedException.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa91e02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/JsonLd/Exceptions/PropertyNotDefinedException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace ActivityPub\JsonLd\Exceptions;
+
+use Exception;
+use Throwable;
+
+/**
+ * This exception is thrown on an attempt to access an undefined property on a JsonLdNode.
+ * Class PropertyNotDefinedException
+ * @package ActivityPub\JsonLd\Exceptions
+ */
+class PropertyNotDefinedException extends Exception
+{
+    /**
+     * PropertyNotDefinedException constructor.
+     * @param string $name The name of the undefined property.
+     * @param Throwable|null $previous
+     */
+    public function __construct( $name, Throwable $previous = null )
+    {
+        $message = "Property $name is not defined.";
+        parent::__construct( $message, 0, $previous );
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/JsonLd/JsonLdNode.php b/src/JsonLd/JsonLdNode.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..753515c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/JsonLd/JsonLdNode.php
@@ -0,0 +1,265 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace ActivityPub\JsonLd;
+
+use ActivityPub\JsonLd\Exceptions\PropertyNotDefinedException;
+use ArrayAccess;
+use ML\JsonLD\JsonLD;
+use ML\JsonLD\Node;
+use ML\JsonLD\Value;
+
+/**
+ * Class JsonLdNode
+ * @package ActivityPub\JsonLd
+ *
+ * A representation of a node in a JSON-LD graph. Supports lazy-loading linked nodes and persisting RDF triples to
+ * a storage backend.
+ */
+class JsonLdNode implements ArrayAccess
+{
+    /**
+     * The internal representation of the node.
+     * @var Node
+     */
+    private $node;
+
+    /**
+     * The JSON-LD context that should be used when getting/setting properties on this node.
+     * @var array|\stdClass|string
+     */
+    private $context;
+
+    /**
+     * JsonLdNode constructor.
+     * @param \stdClass $jsonLd The JSON-LD input as a stdClass.
+     * @param string $context This node's JSON-LD context.
+     */
+    public function __construct( $jsonLd, $context )
+    {
+        $doc = JsonLD::getDocument( $jsonLd );
+        $graph = $doc->getGraph();
+        $id = empty( $doc->getIri() ) ? '_:b0' : $doc->getIri();
+        $this->node = $graph->getNode( $id );
+        if ( is_null( $this->node ) ) {
+            $this->node = $graph->createNode();
+        }
+        $this->context = $context;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Cardinality-one get. Gets the single value for the property named $name.
+     * If there are multiple values defined for the property, only the first value is returned.
+     * @param string $name The property name to get.
+     * @return mixed  A single property value.
+     * @throws PropertyNotDefinedException If no property named $name exists.
+     */
+    public function get( $name )
+    {
+        $property = $this->getNodeProperty( $name );
+        if ( is_array( $property ) ) {
+            $property = $property[0];
+        }
+        return $this->resolveProperty( $property );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Cardinality-many get. Gets all the values for the property named $name.
+     * If there is only one value defined for the property, it is returned as a length-1 array.
+     * @param string $name The property name to get.
+     * @return mixed  A single property value.
+     * @throws PropertyNotDefinedException If no property named $name exists.
+     */
+    public function getMany( $name )
+    {
+        $property = $this->getNodeProperty( $name );
+        if ( ! is_array( $property ) ) {
+            $property = array( $property );
+        }
+        return $this->resolveProperty( $property );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * A convenience wrapper around $this->get( $name ). Cardinality-one.
+     * @param string $name
+     * @return mixed
+     * @throws PropertyNotDefinedException
+     */
+    public function __get( $name )
+    {
+        return $this->get( $name );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the value of the property named $name.
+     * @param string $name
+     * @return mixed
+     * @throws PropertyNotDefinedException if no property named $name exists.
+     */
+    private function getNodeProperty( $name )
+    {
+        $expandedName = $this->expand_name( $name );
+        $property = $this->node->getProperty( $expandedName );
+        if ( is_null( $property ) ) {
+            throw new PropertyNotDefinedException( $name );
+        }
+        return $property;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Resolves the result of $this->node->getProperty() to something the application can use.
+     * @param mixed $property
+     * @return array|string
+     */
+    private function resolveProperty( $property )
+    {
+        if ( $property instanceof Value ) {
+            return $property->getValue();
+        } else if ( is_array( $property ) ) {
+            return array_map( array( $this, 'resolveProperty' ), $property );
+        }
+        // TODO handle lazy-loading linked nodes here
+        // also, figure out what to do about as:items -- the vocab says it should be a node but the JsonLD lib
+        // seems to resolve it to an array if it comes in as an array of string values...
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the value for a new or existing property on the node.
+     * If the property already exists, the new value overwrites the old value(s).
+     * @param string $name
+     * @param string|\stdClass|array $value
+     */
+    public function setProperty( $name, $value )
+    {
+        $expandedName = $this->expand_name( $name );
+        if ( $value instanceof \stdClass || is_array( $value ) ) {
+            // TODO handle adding a new linked node here
+            // should instantiate a new JsonLdNode and recursively call __set
+        } else if ( $value instanceof JsonLdNode ) {
+            // TODO handle adding a new linked node here
+            // by getting the \ML\JsonLD\Node instance from the $value and calling $this->node->addPropertyValue()
+        } else {
+            $this->node->setProperty( $expandedName, $value );
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Convenience wrapper around $this->setProperty().
+     * If the property already exists, the new value overwrites the old value(s).
+     * @param string $name
+     * @param string|\stdClass|array $value
+     */
+    public function __set( $name, $value )
+    {
+        return $this->setProperty( $name, $value );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Adds a new value to a new or existing property on the node.
+     * If the property already exists, the new value is added onto the existing values rather than
+     * overwriting them.
+     * @param string $name
+     * @param string|\stdClass|array $value
+     */
+    public function addPropertyValue( $name, $value )
+    {
+        $expandedName = $this->expand_name( $name );
+        if ( $value instanceof \stdClass || is_array( $value ) ) {
+            // TODO handle adding a new linked node here
+            // should instantiate a new JsonLdNode and recursively call __set
+        } else if ( $value instanceof JsonLdNode ) {
+            // TODO handle adding a new linked node here
+            // by getting the \ML\JsonLD\Node instance from the $value and calling $this->node->addPropertyValue()
+        } else {
+            $this->node->addPropertyValue( $expandedName, $value );
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Clears the property named $name, if it exists.
+     * @param string $name
+     */
+    public function clearProperty( $name )
+    {
+        return $this->setProperty( $name, null );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Resolves $name to a full IRI given the JSON-LD context of this node.
+     * @param string $name The name of the property to resolve.
+     * @return string The expanded name.
+     */
+    private function expand_name( $name )
+    {
+        $dummyObj = (object) array(
+            '@context' => $this->context,
+            $name => '_dummyValue',
+        );
+        $expanded = (array) JsonLD::expand( $dummyObj )[0];
+        return array_keys( $expanded )[0];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Whether a offset exists
+     * @link https://php.net/manual/en/arrayaccess.offsetexists.php
+     * @param mixed $offset <p>
+     * An offset to check for.
+     * </p>
+     * @return boolean true on success or false on failure.
+     * </p>
+     * <p>
+     * The return value will be casted to boolean if non-boolean was returned.
+     * @since 5.0.0
+     */
+    public function offsetExists( $offset )
+    {
+        $expandedName = $this->expand_name( (string) $offset );
+        return !is_null( $this->node->getProperty( $expandedName ) );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Offset to retrieve
+     * @link https://php.net/manual/en/arrayaccess.offsetget.php
+     * @param mixed $offset <p>
+     * The offset to retrieve.
+     * </p>
+     * @return mixed Can return all value types.
+     * @since 5.0.0
+     * @throws PropertyNotDefinedException
+     */
+    public function offsetGet( $offset )
+    {
+        return $this->get( (string) $offset );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Offset to set
+     * @link https://php.net/manual/en/arrayaccess.offsetset.php
+     * @param mixed $offset <p>
+     * The offset to assign the value to.
+     * </p>
+     * @param mixed $value <p>
+     * The value to set.
+     * </p>
+     * @return void
+     * @since 5.0.0
+     */
+    public function offsetSet( $offset, $value )
+    {
+        return $this->setProperty( (string) $offset, $value );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Offset to unset
+     * @link https://php.net/manual/en/arrayaccess.offsetunset.php
+     * @param mixed $offset <p>
+     * The offset to unset.
+     * </p>
+     * @return void
+     * @since 5.0.0
+     */
+    public function offsetUnset( $offset )
+    {
+        return $this->clearProperty( (string) $offset );
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/test/JsonLd/JsonLdNodeTest.php b/test/JsonLd/JsonLdNodeTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4667a2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/JsonLd/JsonLdNodeTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,298 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace ActivityPub\Test\JsonLd;
+
+use ActivityPub\JsonLd\Exceptions\PropertyNotDefinedException;
+use ActivityPub\JsonLd\JsonLdNode;
+use ActivityPub\Test\TestConfig\APTestCase;
+use stdClass;
+
+class JsonLdNodeTest extends APTestCase
+{
+    private $asContext = array(
+        'https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams',
+    );
+
+    public function provideForBasicGetProperty()
+    {
+        return array(
+            array(
+                (object) array(
+                    'https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#name' => 'Object1',
+                ),
+                $this->asContext,
+                'name',
+                'Object1',
+            ),
+            array(
+                (object) array(
+                    '@context' => array(
+                        'https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams',
+                    ),
+                    'name' => 'Object2',
+                ),
+                $this->asContext,
+                'name',
+                'Object2',
+            ),
+            array(
+                (object) array(
+                    'https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#name' => 'Object1',
+                ),
+                $this->asContext,
+                'https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#name',
+                'Object1',
+            ),
+            array(
+                (object) array(
+                    'https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#name' => 'Object1',
+                ),
+                $this->asContext,
+                'foo',
+                null,
+                PropertyNotDefinedException::class,
+            ),
+            array(
+                (object) array(
+                    'https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#name' => 'Object1',
+                ),
+                (object) array(
+                    'as' => 'https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#'
+                ),
+                'as:name',
+                'Object1',
+            ),
+            array(
+                (object) array(
+                    'https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#subject' => array(
+                        'https://example.org/item/1',
+                        'https://example.org/item/2',
+                    ),
+                ),
+                $this->asContext,
+                'subject',
+                'https://example.org/item/1',
+            ),
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider provideForBasicGetProperty
+     */
+    public function testBasicGetProperty( $inputObj, $context, $propertyName, $expectedValue, $expectedException = null )
+    {
+        $node = $this->makeJsonLdNode( $inputObj, $context );
+        if ( $expectedException ) {
+            $this->setExpectedException( $expectedException );
+        }
+        $propertyValue = $node->get( $propertyName );
+        $this->assertEquals( $expectedValue, $propertyValue );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider provideForBasicGetProperty
+     */
+    public function testBasicMagicGetProperty( $inputObj, $context, $propertyName, $expectedValue, $expectedException = null )
+    {
+        $node = $this->makeJsonLdNode( $inputObj, $context );
+        if ( $expectedException ) {
+            $this->setExpectedException( $expectedException );
+        }
+        $propertyValue = $node->$propertyName;
+        $this->assertEquals( $expectedValue, $propertyValue );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider provideForBasicGetProperty
+     */
+    public function testBasicArrayAccessProperty( $inputObj, $context, $propertyName, $expectedValue, $expectedException = null )
+    {
+        $node = $this->makeJsonLdNode( $inputObj, $context );
+        if ( $expectedException ) {
+            $this->setExpectedException( $expectedException );
+        }
+        $propertyValue = $node[$propertyName];
+        $this->assertEquals( $expectedValue, $propertyValue );
+    }
+
+    public function provideForBasicGetMany()
+    {
+        return array(
+            array(
+                (object) array(
+                    'https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#name' => 'Object1',
+                ),
+                $this->asContext,
+                'name',
+                array( 'Object1' ),
+            ),
+            array(
+                (object) array(
+                    '@context' => array(
+                        'https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams',
+                    ),
+                    'name' => 'Object2',
+                ),
+                $this->asContext,
+                'name',
+                array( 'Object2' ),
+            ),
+            array(
+                (object) array(
+                    'https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#name' => 'Object1',
+                ),
+                $this->asContext,
+                'https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#name',
+                array( 'Object1' ),
+            ),
+            array(
+                (object) array(
+                    'https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#name' => 'Object1',
+                ),
+                $this->asContext,
+                'foo',
+                null,
+                PropertyNotDefinedException::class,
+            ),
+            array(
+                (object) array(
+                    'https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#name' => 'Object1',
+                ),
+                (object) array(
+                    'as' => 'https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#'
+                ),
+                'as:name',
+                array( 'Object1' ),
+            ),
+            array(
+                (object) array(
+                    'https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#subject' => array(
+                        'https://example.org/item/1',
+                        'https://example.org/item/2',
+                    ),
+                ),
+                $this->asContext,
+                'subject',
+                array( 'https://example.org/item/1', 'https://example.org/item/2' ),
+            ),
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider provideForBasicGetMany
+     */
+    public function testBasicGetMany( $inputObj, $context, $propertyName, $expectedValue, $expectedException = null )
+    {
+        $node = $this->makeJsonLdNode( $inputObj, $context );
+        if ( $expectedException ) {
+            $this->setExpectedException( $expectedException );
+        }
+        $propertyValue = $node->getMany( $propertyName );
+        $this->assertEquals( $expectedValue, $propertyValue );
+    }
+
+    public function provideForBasicSetProperty()
+    {
+        return array(
+            array(
+                new stdClass(),
+                $this->asContext,
+                'name',
+                'NewName',
+                'https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#name',
+                'NewName'
+            ),
+            array(
+                (object) array(
+                    'https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#name' => 'OldName',
+                ),
+                $this->asContext,
+                'name',
+                'NewName',
+                'https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#name',
+                'NewName'
+            ),
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider provideForBasicSetProperty
+     */
+    public function testBasicSetProperty( $inputObj, $context, $propertyName, $newValue, $getPropertyName, $expectedValue, $expectedException = null )
+    {
+        $node = $this->makeJsonLdNode( $inputObj, $context );
+        if ( $expectedException ) {
+            $this->setExpectedException( $expectedException );
+        }
+        $node->setProperty( $propertyName, $newValue );
+        $this->assertEquals( $expectedValue, $node->$getPropertyName );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider provideForBasicSetProperty
+     */
+    public function testBasicMagicSetProperty( $inputObj, $context, $propertyName, $newValue, $getPropertyName, $expectedValue, $expectedException = null )
+    {
+        $node = $this->makeJsonLdNode( $inputObj, $context );
+        if ( $expectedException ) {
+            $this->setExpectedException( $expectedException );
+        }
+        $node->$propertyName = $newValue;
+        $this->assertEquals( $expectedValue, $node->$getPropertyName );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider provideForBasicSetProperty
+     */
+    public function testBasicArraySetProperty( $inputObj, $context, $propertyName, $newValue, $getPropertyName, $expectedValue, $expectedException = null )
+    {
+        $node = $this->makeJsonLdNode( $inputObj, $context );
+        if ( $expectedException ) {
+            $this->setExpectedException( $expectedException );
+        }
+        $node[$propertyName] = $newValue;
+        $this->assertEquals( $expectedValue, $node[$getPropertyName] );
+    }
+
+    public function provideForBasicAddPropertyValue()
+    {
+        return array(
+            array(
+                new stdClass(),
+                $this->asContext,
+                'name',
+                'NewName',
+                'name',
+                array( 'NewName' ),
+            ),
+            array(
+                (object) array(
+                    'https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#name' => 'OldName',
+                ),
+                $this->asContext,
+                'name',
+                'NewName',
+                'name',
+                array( 'OldName', 'NewName' ),
+            ),
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider provideForBasicAddPropertyValue
+     */
+    public function testBasicAddPropertyValue( $inputObj, $context, $propertyName, $newValue, $getPropertyName, $expectedValue, $expectedException = null )
+    {
+        $node = $this->makeJsonLdNode( $inputObj, $context );
+        if ( $expectedException ) {
+            $this->setExpectedException( $expectedException );
+        }
+        $node->addPropertyValue( $propertyName, $newValue );
+        $this->assertEquals( $expectedValue, $node->getMany( $getPropertyName ) );
+    }
+
+    private function makeJsonLdNode( $inputObj, $context )
+    {
+        return new JsonLdNode( $inputObj, $context );
+    }
+}
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