diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2abd271..191a8e2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,3 +25,6 @@ ivoatexmeta.tex
 
 # Misc
 *.swp
+/.idea/
+/.gradle/
+/build/
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02b2277
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+plugins {
+    id("net.ivoa.vo-dml.vodmltools") version "0.3.19"
+    `maven-publish`
+    application
+}
+
+group = "org.javastro.ivoa.dm"
+version = "1.0-SNAPSHOT"
+
+vodml {
+    vodmlDir.set(file("vo-dml"))
+    vodslDir.set(file("model"))
+    bindingFiles.setFrom(file("vo-dml/coord.vodml-binding.xml")
+    )
+
+}
+/* uncomment below to run the generation of vodml from vodsl automatically */
+//tasks.named("vodmlJavaGenerate") {
+//    dependsOn("vodslToVodml")
+//}
+
+tasks.register("UmlToVodml", net.ivoa.vodml.gradle.plugin.XmiTask::class.java) {
+    xmiScript.set("xmi2vo-dml_Modelio3.7_UML2.4.1.xsl") // the conversion script
+    xmiFile.set(file("./model/coords_1.0_uml2p4p1.xmi")) //the UML XMI to convert
+    vodmlFile.set(file("./vo-dml/Coords-v1.0.vo-dml.xml")) // the output VO-DML file.
+    description = "convert UML to VO-DML"
+}
+
+
+dependencies {
+    api("org.javastro.ivoa.vo-dml:ivoa-base:1.0-SNAPSHOT") // IMPL using API so that it appears in transitive compile
+}
+
+publishing {
+    publications {
+        create<MavenPublication>("maven") {
+            from(components["java"])
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+application {
+    mainClass.set("Genschema")
+}
diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2469d2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+rootProject.name = "coordinateDM"
+
+pluginManagement {
+    repositories {
+        mavenLocal() // IMPL allow picking up from local - should be removed when publishing
+        gradlePluginPortal()
+    }
+}
+
+dependencyResolutionManagement {
+    repositories {
+        mavenLocal()
+        mavenCentral()
+        /*
+        add this repository to pick up the SNAPSHOT version of the IVOA base library - in the future when this
+        will not be necessary when this library is released as a non-SNAPSHOT version.
+         */
+        maven {
+            url= uri("https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/")
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/vo-dml/coord.vodml-binding.xml b/vo-dml/coord.vodml-binding.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d94437
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vo-dml/coord.vodml-binding.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<m:mappedModels xmlns:m="http://www.ivoa.net/xml/vodml-binding/v0.9.1">
+<!-- ========================================
+ -->
+<model>
+<name>coords</name>
+<file>Coords-v1.0.vo-dml.xml</file>
+    <java-package>org.ivoa.dm.stc.coords</java-package>
+<xml-targetnamespace prefix="coord">http://ivoa.net/dm/models/vo-dml/xsd/stc/coords/</xml-targetnamespace>
+</model>
+</m:mappedModels>