diff --git a/com.epistimis.uddl/src/com/epistimis/uddl/UddlRuntimeModule.java b/com.epistimis.uddl/src/com/epistimis/uddl/UddlRuntimeModule.java
index 2feef71..1980ece 100644
--- a/com.epistimis.uddl/src/com/epistimis/uddl/UddlRuntimeModule.java
+++ b/com.epistimis.uddl/src/com/epistimis/uddl/UddlRuntimeModule.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import com.epistimis.uddl.extension.ConceptualObservableExt;
 import com.epistimis.uddl.extension.UddlElementExt;
 import com.epistimis.uddl.scoping.IndexUtilities;
+import com.epistimis.uddl.scoping.UddlPackageProvider;
 //import com.epistimis.uddl.scoping.UddlGlobalScopeProvider;
 import com.epistimis.uddl.scoping.UddlResourceDescriptionStrategy;
 
@@ -139,4 +140,10 @@ public Class<? extends com.epistimis.uddl.extension.ConceptualEntityExt> bindCon
 		return ConceptualEntityExt.class;
 	}
 	
+	// --------  Other providers --------------------------------
+	public Class<? extends com.epistimis.uddl.scoping.IPackageProvider> bindIPackageProvider() {
+		return UddlPackageProvider.class;
+	}
+	
+	
 }
diff --git a/com.epistimis.uddl/src/com/epistimis/uddl/scoping/IPackageProvider.java b/com.epistimis.uddl/src/com/epistimis/uddl/scoping/IPackageProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd0db4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/com.epistimis.uddl/src/com/epistimis/uddl/scoping/IPackageProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+package com.epistimis.uddl.scoping;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EPackage;
+
+/**
+ * Provides the same EPackage access that Validators do  - except this is public instead of protected
+ */
+public interface IPackageProvider {
+
+
+	List<EPackage> getEPackages() ;
+
+}
diff --git a/com.epistimis.uddl/src/com/epistimis/uddl/scoping/UddlPackageProvider.java b/com.epistimis.uddl/src/com/epistimis/uddl/scoping/UddlPackageProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1d3ecb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/com.epistimis.uddl/src/com/epistimis/uddl/scoping/UddlPackageProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+package com.epistimis.uddl.scoping;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EPackage;
+
+/**
+ * Provides the same EPackage access that Validators do  - except this is public instead of protected
+ */
+public class UddlPackageProvider implements IPackageProvider {
+
+	@Override
+	public List<EPackage> getEPackages() {
+		List<EPackage> result = new ArrayList<EPackage>();
+		result.add(com.epistimis.uddl.uddl.UddlPackage.eINSTANCE);	
+		return result;
+	}
+
+}
+