diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+HELP.md
+target/
+!.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
+!**/src/main/**/target/
+!**/src/test/**/target/
+
+### STS ###
+.apt_generated
+.classpath
+.factorypath
+.project
+.settings
+.springBeans
+.sts4-cache
+
+### IntelliJ IDEA ###
+.idea
+*.iws
+*.iml
+*.ipr
+
+### NetBeans ###
+/nbproject/private/
+/nbbuild/
+/dist/
+/nbdist/
+/.nb-gradle/
+build/
+!**/src/main/**/build/
+!**/src/test/**/build/
+
+### VS Code ###
+.vscode/
+
+### Docker ###
+docker-compose-local*
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..39a84b4462241d31afc88556882281995c391803
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+++ b/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
+    <version>2.6.3</version>
+    <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
+  </parent>
+  <groupId>org.openepics</groupId>
+  <artifactId>naming-backend</artifactId>
+  <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>naming-backend</name>
+  <description>Naming backend Spring Boot</description>
+  <properties>
+    <java.version>17</java.version>
+  </properties>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+        <groupId>javax.persistence</groupId>
+        <artifactId>javax.persistence-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
+        <version>3.0.2</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+        <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+        <version>23.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+        <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
+      <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
+      <artifactId>findbugs-annotations</artifactId>
+      <version>3.0.1</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
+      <artifactId>testcontainers</artifactId>
+      <version>1.16.3</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
+      <version>1.16.3</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openepics/names/NamingApplication.java b/src/main/java/org/openepics/names/NamingApplication.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ef9dbcbc8a04bfc6513ad9be449c60cc8c4405ad
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+++ b/src/main/java/org/openepics/names/NamingApplication.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 European Spallation Source ERIC.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+package org.openepics.names;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class NamingApplication {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        SpringApplication.run(NamingApplication.class, args);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391