diff --git a/cps-dependencies/pom.xml b/cps-dependencies/pom.xml
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 6286391..9e0269b
--- a/cps-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/cps-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?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 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.onap.cps</groupId>
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
         <onap.nexus.url>https://nexus.onap.org</onap.nexus.url>
         <releaseNexusPath>/content/repositories/releases/</releaseNexusPath>
         <snapshotNexusPath>/content/repositories/snapshots/</snapshotNexusPath>
+        <modelmapper.version>2.3.8</modelmapper.version>
         <spock-core.version>2.0-M2-groovy-3.0</spock-core.version>
         <springboot.version>2.3.3.RELEASE</springboot.version>
         <springfox.version>3.0.0</springfox.version>
@@ -93,6 +94,11 @@
                 <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
                 <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.modelmapper</groupId>
+                <artifactId>modelmapper</artifactId>
+                <version>${modelmapper.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cps-rest/docs/api/swagger/openapi.yml b/cps-rest/docs/api/swagger/openapi.yml
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 82f47c0..0c7c83c
--- a/cps-rest/docs/api/swagger/openapi.yml
+++ b/cps-rest/docs/api/swagger/openapi.yml
@@ -81,26 +81,19 @@
             type: string
       requestBody:
         content:
-          multipart/form-data:
+          application/json:
             schema:
-              required:
-                - file
-              properties:
-                multipartFile:
-                  type: string
-                  description: multipartFile
-                  format: binary
+              title: Anchor
+              description: anchor
+              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Anchor'
         required: true
       responses:
-        200:
-          description: OK
+        201:
+          description: Created
           content:
             application/json:
               schema:
-                type: object
-        201:
-          description: Created
-          content: {}
+                type: string
         401:
           description: Unauthorized
           content: {}
@@ -370,4 +363,19 @@
         404:
           description: Not Found
           content: {}
-components: {}
\ No newline at end of file
+components:
+    schemas:
+       Anchor:
+           type: object
+           title: Anchor
+           required:
+              - anchorName
+              - namespace
+              - revision
+           properties:
+               anchorName:
+                   type: string
+               namespace:
+                   type: string
+               revision:
+                   type: string
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cps-rest/pom.xml b/cps-rest/pom.xml
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index fc3e632..3a82ca3
--- a/cps-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/cps-rest/pom.xml
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.modelmapper</groupId>
+            <artifactId>modelmapper</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
diff --git a/cps-rest/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/config/CpsConfig.java b/cps-rest/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/config/CpsConfig.java
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..cca5fe7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cps-rest/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/config/CpsConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2020 Nordix Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.cps.config;
+
+import org.modelmapper.ModelMapper;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import springfox.documentation.builders.PathSelectors;
+import springfox.documentation.builders.RequestHandlerSelectors;
+import springfox.documentation.spi.DocumentationType;
+import springfox.documentation.spring.web.plugins.Docket;
+
+@Configuration
+public class CpsConfig {
+
+    /**
+     * Swagger configuration.
+     */
+    @Bean
+    public Docket api() {
+        return new Docket(DocumentationType.OAS_30).select().apis(RequestHandlerSelectors.any())
+            .paths(PathSelectors.any()).build();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * ModelMapper configuration.
+     */
+    @Bean
+    public ModelMapper modelMapper() {
+        return new ModelMapper();
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cps-rest/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/rest/controller/CpsRestController.java b/cps-rest/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/rest/controller/CpsRestController.java
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index f0c5fcb..9e57408
--- a/cps-rest/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/rest/controller/CpsRestController.java
+++ b/cps-rest/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/rest/controller/CpsRestController.java
@@ -27,10 +27,13 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import javax.validation.Valid;
+import org.modelmapper.ModelMapper;
 import org.onap.cps.api.CpService;
+import org.onap.cps.api.model.AnchorDetails;
 import org.onap.cps.exceptions.CpsException;
 import org.onap.cps.exceptions.CpsValidationException;
 import org.onap.cps.rest.api.CpsRestApi;
+import org.onap.cps.rest.model.Anchor;
 import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.model.api.SchemaContext;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
@@ -49,9 +52,22 @@
     @Autowired
     private CpService cpService;
 
+    @Autowired
+    private ModelMapper modelMapper;
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new anchor.
+     *
+     * @param anchor the anchor details object.
+     * @param dataspaceName the dataspace name.
+     * @return a ResponseEntity with the anchor name.
+     */
     @Override
-    public ResponseEntity<Object> createAnchor(@Valid MultipartFile multipartFile, String dataspaceName) {
-        return null;
+    public final ResponseEntity<String> createAnchor(@Valid Anchor anchor, String dataspaceName) {
+        final AnchorDetails anchorDetails = modelMapper.map(anchor, AnchorDetails.class);
+        anchorDetails.setDataspace(dataspaceName);
+        final String anchorName = cpService.createAnchor(anchorDetails);
+        return new ResponseEntity<String>(anchorName, HttpStatus.CREATED);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -151,7 +167,7 @@
         try {
             final Gson gson = new Gson();
             gson.fromJson(getJsonString(multipartFile), Object.class);
-        } catch (JsonSyntaxException e) {
+        } catch (final JsonSyntaxException e) {
             throw new CpsValidationException("Not a valid JSON file.", e);
         }
     }
@@ -160,13 +176,12 @@
         try {
             final File file = File.createTempFile("tempFile", ".yang");
             file.deleteOnExit();
-
             try (OutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream(file)) {
                 outputStream.write(multipartFile.getBytes());
             }
             return file;
 
-        } catch (IOException e) {
+        } catch (final IOException e) {
             throw new CpsException(e);
         }
     }
@@ -174,7 +189,7 @@
     private static String getJsonString(final MultipartFile multipartFile) {
         try {
             return new String(multipartFile.getBytes());
-        } catch (IOException e) {
+        } catch (final IOException e) {
             throw new CpsException(e);
         }
     }
diff --git a/cps-rest/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/swagger/config/SpringFoxConfig.java b/cps-rest/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/swagger/config/SpringFoxConfig.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 73e1795..0000000
--- a/cps-rest/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/swagger/config/SpringFoxConfig.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- *  Copyright (C) 2020 Bell Canada. All rights reserved.
- *  ================================================================================
- *  Licensed 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.
- *
- *  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- *  ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
- */
-
-package org.onap.cps.swagger.config;
-
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-import springfox.documentation.builders.PathSelectors;
-import springfox.documentation.builders.RequestHandlerSelectors;
-import springfox.documentation.spi.DocumentationType;
-import springfox.documentation.spring.web.plugins.Docket;
-
-/**
- * Swagger configuration.
- */
-@Configuration
-public class SpringFoxConfig {
-
-    /**
-     * Define api configuration.
-     */
-    @Bean
-    public Docket api() {
-        return new Docket(DocumentationType.OAS_30)
-                       .select()
-                       .apis(RequestHandlerSelectors.any())
-                       .paths(PathSelectors.any())
-                       .build();
-    }
-}
diff --git a/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/entities/Dataspace.java b/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/entities/Dataspace.java
index 627a144..aeab4f8 100644
--- a/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/entities/Dataspace.java
+++ b/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/entities/Dataspace.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 package org.onap.cps.spi.entities;
 
+import java.io.Serializable;
 import javax.persistence.Column;
 import javax.persistence.Entity;
 import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
@@ -41,7 +42,9 @@
 @AllArgsConstructor
 @NoArgsConstructor
 @Table(name = "dataspace")
-public class Dataspace {
+public class Dataspace implements Serializable {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 8395254649813051882L;
 
     @Id
     @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
diff --git a/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/entities/Fragment.java b/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/entities/Fragment.java
index 12422dc..4d8a90b 100644
--- a/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/entities/Fragment.java
+++ b/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/entities/Fragment.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 package org.onap.cps.spi.entities;
 
 import com.vladmihalcea.hibernate.type.json.JsonBinaryType;
+import java.io.Serializable;
 import javax.persistence.Column;
 import javax.persistence.Entity;
 import javax.persistence.FetchType;
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@
 import javax.persistence.OneToOne;
 import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
 import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Builder;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.Setter;
@@ -47,8 +49,11 @@
 @Entity
 @AllArgsConstructor
 @NoArgsConstructor
+@Builder
 @TypeDefs({@TypeDef(name = "jsonb", typeClass = JsonBinaryType.class)})
-public class Fragment {
+public class Fragment implements Serializable {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 7737669789097119667L;
 
     @Id
     @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
@@ -62,6 +67,10 @@
     @Column(columnDefinition = "jsonb")
     private String attributes;
 
+    @Column(columnDefinition = "text")
+    private String anchorName;
+
+    @NotNull
     @ManyToOne(fetch = FetchType.LAZY)
     @JoinColumn(name = "dataspace_id")
     private Dataspace dataspace;
@@ -73,4 +82,8 @@
     @OneToOne(fetch = FetchType.LAZY)
     @JoinColumn(name = "parent_id")
     private Fragment parentFragment;
+
+    @OneToOne(fetch = FetchType.LAZY)
+    @JoinColumn(name = "module_id")
+    private ModuleEntity module;
 }
diff --git a/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/impl/FragmentPersistenceServiceImpl.java b/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/impl/FragmentPersistenceServiceImpl.java
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..47d98c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/impl/FragmentPersistenceServiceImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2020 Nordix Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.cps.spi.impl;
+
+import org.onap.cps.api.model.AnchorDetails;
+import org.onap.cps.exceptions.CpsNotFoundException;
+import org.onap.cps.exceptions.CpsValidationException;
+import org.onap.cps.spi.FragmentPersistenceService;
+import org.onap.cps.spi.entities.Dataspace;
+import org.onap.cps.spi.entities.Fragment;
+import org.onap.cps.spi.entities.ModuleEntity;
+import org.onap.cps.spi.repository.DataspaceRepository;
+import org.onap.cps.spi.repository.FragmentRepository;
+import org.onap.cps.spi.repository.ModuleRepository;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.dao.DataIntegrityViolationException;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+@Component
+public class FragmentPersistenceServiceImpl implements FragmentPersistenceService {
+
+    @Autowired
+    private DataspaceRepository dataspaceRepository;
+
+    @Autowired
+    private FragmentRepository fragmentRepository;
+
+    @Autowired
+    private ModuleRepository moduleRepository;
+
+    @Override
+    public String createAnchor(final AnchorDetails anchorDetails) {
+        try {
+            final Dataspace dataspace = dataspaceRepository.getByName(anchorDetails.getDataspace());
+            final ModuleEntity moduleEntity =
+                moduleRepository.getByDataspaceAndNamespaceAndRevision(dataspace,
+                anchorDetails.getNamespace(), anchorDetails.getRevision());
+
+            final Fragment fragment = Fragment.builder().xpath(anchorDetails.getAnchorName())
+                .anchorName(anchorDetails.getAnchorName())
+                .dataspace(dataspace).module(moduleEntity).build();
+
+            fragmentRepository.save(fragment);
+            return anchorDetails.getAnchorName();
+        } catch (final CpsNotFoundException ex) {
+            throw new CpsValidationException("Validation Error",
+                String.format("Dataspace and/or Module do not exist."));
+        } catch (final DataIntegrityViolationException ex) {
+            throw new CpsValidationException("Duplication Error",
+                String.format("Anchor with name %s already exist in dataspace %s.",
+                    anchorDetails.getAnchorName(), anchorDetails.getDataspace()));
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/impl/ModelPersistencyServiceImpl.java b/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/impl/ModelPersistencyServiceImpl.java
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 01c7a7b..56bba04
--- a/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/impl/ModelPersistencyServiceImpl.java
+++ b/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/impl/ModelPersistencyServiceImpl.java
@@ -31,17 +31,11 @@
 @Component
 public class ModelPersistencyServiceImpl implements ModelPersistencyService {
 
-
-    private final ModuleRepository moduleRepository;
-
-    private final DataspaceRepository dataspaceRepository;
+    @Autowired
+    private ModuleRepository moduleRepository;
 
     @Autowired
-    public ModelPersistencyServiceImpl(final ModuleRepository moduleRepository,
-        final DataspaceRepository dataspaceRepository) {
-        this.moduleRepository = moduleRepository;
-        this.dataspaceRepository = dataspaceRepository;
-    }
+    private DataspaceRepository dataspaceRepository;
 
     @Override
     public void storeModule(final String namespace, final String moduleContent, final String revision,
@@ -50,7 +44,7 @@
         if (Boolean.FALSE.equals(dataspaceRepository.existsByName(dataspaceName))) {
             dataspaceRepository.save(dataspace);
         }
-        dataspace.setId(dataspaceRepository.findByName(dataspaceName).getId());
+        dataspace.setId(dataspaceRepository.getByName(dataspaceName).getId());
         final ModuleEntity moduleEntity = new ModuleEntity(namespace, moduleContent, revision, dataspace);
         moduleRepository.save(moduleEntity);
     }
diff --git a/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/repository/DataspaceRepository.java b/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/repository/DataspaceRepository.java
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 46a5266..ad8004c
--- a/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/repository/DataspaceRepository.java
+++ b/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/repository/DataspaceRepository.java
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 package org.onap.cps.spi.repository;
 
 
+import java.util.Optional;
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
+import org.onap.cps.exceptions.CpsNotFoundException;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.entities.Dataspace;
 import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.JpaRepository;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository;
@@ -28,5 +31,10 @@
 public interface DataspaceRepository extends JpaRepository<Dataspace, Integer> {
     Boolean existsByName(String name); //Checks if there are any records by name()
 
-    Dataspace findByName(String name);
+    Optional<Dataspace> findByName(@NotNull String name);
+
+    default Dataspace getByName(@NotNull String name) {
+        return findByName(name).orElseThrow(
+            () -> new CpsNotFoundException("Not Found", "Dataspace " + name + " does not exist."));
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/repository/FragmentRepository.java b/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/repository/FragmentRepository.java
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ba83f15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/repository/FragmentRepository.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2020 Nordix Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.cps.spi.repository;
+
+import org.onap.cps.spi.entities.Fragment;
+import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.JpaRepository;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository;
+
+@Repository
+public interface FragmentRepository extends JpaRepository<Fragment, Integer> {
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/repository/ModuleRepository.java b/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/repository/ModuleRepository.java
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index f9078d7..fe27c8e
--- a/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/repository/ModuleRepository.java
+++ b/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/repository/ModuleRepository.java
@@ -20,10 +20,36 @@
 package org.onap.cps.spi.repository;
 
 
+import java.util.Optional;
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
+import org.onap.cps.exceptions.CpsNotFoundException;
+import org.onap.cps.spi.entities.Dataspace;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.entities.ModuleEntity;
 import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.JpaRepository;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository;
 
 @Repository
 public interface ModuleRepository extends JpaRepository<ModuleEntity, Integer> {
+
+    Optional<ModuleEntity> findByDataspaceAndNamespaceAndRevision(@NotNull Dataspace dataspace,
+        @NotNull String namespace,
+        @NotNull String revision);
+
+    /**
+     * This method gets a ModuleEntity by dataspace, namespace and revision.
+     *
+     * @param dataspace the dataspace
+     * @param namespace the namespace
+     * @param revision the revision
+     * @return the ModuleEntity
+     * @throws CpsNotFoundException if ModuleEntity not found
+     */
+    default ModuleEntity getByDataspaceAndNamespaceAndRevision(@NotNull Dataspace dataspace, @NotNull String namespace,
+        @NotNull String revision) {
+        return findByDataspaceAndNamespaceAndRevision(dataspace, namespace,
+            revision)
+            .orElseThrow(() -> new CpsNotFoundException("Validation Error", String.format(
+                "Module with dataspace %s, revision %s does not exist in namespace %s.",
+                dataspace.getName(), revision, namespace)));
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cps-ri/src/main/resources/schema.sql b/cps-ri/src/main/resources/schema.sql
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index ba05048..3fabc6c
--- a/cps-ri/src/main/resources/schema.sql
+++ b/cps-ri/src/main/resources/schema.sql
@@ -1,64 +1,65 @@
-CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS RELATION_TYPE
-(
-    RELATION_TYPE TEXT NOT NULL,
-    ID SERIAL PRIMARY KEY
-);
-
-CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS DATASPACE
-(
-    ID SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
-    NAME TEXT NOT NULL,
-    CONSTRAINT "UQ_NAME" UNIQUE (NAME)
-);
-
-CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS SCHEMA_NODE
-(
-    SCHEMA_NODE_IDENTIFIER TEXT NOT NULL,
-    ID SERIAL PRIMARY KEY
-);
-
-CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS MODULE
-(
-    NAMESPACE TEXT NOT NULL,
-    REVISION TEXT NOT NULL,
-    MODULE_CONTENT TEXT NOT NULL,
-    DATASPACE_ID BIGINT NOT NULL,
-    ID SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
-    UNIQUE (DATASPACE_ID, NAMESPACE, REVISION),
-    CONSTRAINT module_dataspace FOREIGN KEY (DATASPACE_ID) REFERENCES DATASPACE (id) ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE CASCADE
-);
-
-CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS FRAGMENT
-(
-    ID BIGSERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
-    XPATH TEXT NOT NULL,
-    DATASPACE_ID INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES DATASPACE(ID),
-    ATTRIBUTES JSONB,
-    ANCHOR_ID BIGINT REFERENCES FRAGMENT(ID),
-    PARENT_ID BIGINT REFERENCES FRAGMENT(ID),
-    MODULE_ID INTEGER REFERENCES MODULE(ID),
-    SCHEMA_NODE_ID INTEGER REFERENCES SCHEMA_NODE(ID)
-);
-
-CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS RELATION
-(
-    FROM_FRAGMENT_ID BIGINT NOT NULL REFERENCES FRAGMENT(ID),
-    TO_FRAGMENT_ID   BIGINT NOT NULL REFERENCES FRAGMENT(ID),
-    RELATION_TYPE_ID  INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES RELATION_TYPE(ID),
-    FROM_REL_XPATH TEXT NOT NULL,
-    TO_REL_XPATH TEXT NOT NULL,
-    CONSTRAINT RELATION_PKEY PRIMARY KEY (TO_FRAGMENT_ID, FROM_FRAGMENT_ID, RELATION_TYPE_ID)
-);
-
-
-CREATE INDEX  IF NOT EXISTS "FKI_FRAGMENT_DATASPACE_ID_FK"     ON FRAGMENT USING BTREE(DATASPACE_ID) ;
-CREATE INDEX  IF NOT EXISTS "FKI_FRAGMENT_MODULE_ID_FK"        ON FRAGMENT USING BTREE(MODULE_ID) ;
-CREATE INDEX  IF NOT EXISTS "FKI_FRAGMENT_PARENT_ID_FK"        ON FRAGMENT USING BTREE(PARENT_ID) ;
-CREATE INDEX  IF NOT EXISTS "FKI_FRAGMENT_ANCHOR_ID_FK"        ON FRAGMENT USING BTREE(ANCHOR_ID) ;
-CREATE INDEX  IF NOT EXISTS "PERF_SCHEMA_NODE_SCHEMA_NODE_ID"  ON SCHEMA_NODE USING BTREE(SCHEMA_NODE_IDENTIFIER) ;
-CREATE INDEX  IF NOT EXISTS "FKI_SCHEMA_NODE_ID_TO_ID"         ON FRAGMENT USING BTREE(SCHEMA_NODE_ID) ;
-CREATE INDEX  IF NOT EXISTS "FKI_RELATION_TYPE_ID_FK"          ON RELATION USING BTREE(RELATION_TYPE_ID);
-CREATE INDEX  IF NOT EXISTS "FKI_RELATIONS_FROM_ID_FK"         ON RELATION USING BTREE(FROM_FRAGMENT_ID);
-CREATE INDEX  IF NOT EXISTS "FKI_RELATIONS_TO_ID_FK"           ON RELATION USING BTREE(TO_FRAGMENT_ID);
-CREATE INDEX  IF NOT EXISTS "PERF_MODULE_MODULE_CONTENT"       ON MODULE USING BTREE(MODULE_CONTENT);
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS RELATION_TYPE
+(
+    RELATION_TYPE TEXT NOT NULL,
+    ID SERIAL PRIMARY KEY
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS DATASPACE
+(
+    ID SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
+    NAME TEXT NOT NULL,
+    CONSTRAINT "UQ_NAME" UNIQUE (NAME)
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS SCHEMA_NODE
+(
+    SCHEMA_NODE_IDENTIFIER TEXT NOT NULL,
+    ID SERIAL PRIMARY KEY
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS MODULE
+(
+    ID SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
+    NAMESPACE TEXT NOT NULL,
+    REVISION TEXT NOT NULL,
+    MODULE_CONTENT TEXT NOT NULL,
+    DATASPACE_ID BIGINT NOT NULL,
+    UNIQUE (DATASPACE_ID, NAMESPACE, REVISION),
+    CONSTRAINT MODULE_DATASPACE FOREIGN KEY (DATASPACE_ID) REFERENCES DATASPACE (id) ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE CASCADE
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS FRAGMENT
+(
+    ID BIGSERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
+    XPATH TEXT NOT NULL,
+    ATTRIBUTES JSONB,
+    ANCHOR_NAME TEXT,
+    ANCHOR_ID BIGINT REFERENCES FRAGMENT(ID),
+    PARENT_ID BIGINT REFERENCES FRAGMENT(ID),
+    MODULE_ID INTEGER REFERENCES MODULE(ID),
+    DATASPACE_ID INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES DATASPACE(ID),
+    SCHEMA_NODE_ID INTEGER REFERENCES SCHEMA_NODE(ID),
+    UNIQUE (DATASPACE_ID, ANCHOR_NAME, XPATH)
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS RELATION
+(
+    FROM_FRAGMENT_ID BIGINT NOT NULL REFERENCES FRAGMENT(ID),
+    TO_FRAGMENT_ID   BIGINT NOT NULL REFERENCES FRAGMENT(ID),
+    RELATION_TYPE_ID  INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES RELATION_TYPE(ID),
+    FROM_REL_XPATH TEXT NOT NULL,
+    TO_REL_XPATH TEXT NOT NULL,
+    CONSTRAINT RELATION_PKEY PRIMARY KEY (TO_FRAGMENT_ID, FROM_FRAGMENT_ID, RELATION_TYPE_ID)
+);
+
+CREATE INDEX  IF NOT EXISTS "FKI_FRAGMENT_DATASPACE_ID_FK"     ON FRAGMENT USING BTREE(DATASPACE_ID) ;
+CREATE INDEX  IF NOT EXISTS "FKI_FRAGMENT_MODULE_ID_FK"        ON FRAGMENT USING BTREE(MODULE_ID) ;
+CREATE INDEX  IF NOT EXISTS "FKI_FRAGMENT_PARENT_ID_FK"        ON FRAGMENT USING BTREE(PARENT_ID) ;
+CREATE INDEX  IF NOT EXISTS "FKI_FRAGMENT_ANCHOR_ID_FK"        ON FRAGMENT USING BTREE(ANCHOR_ID) ;
+CREATE INDEX  IF NOT EXISTS "PERF_SCHEMA_NODE_SCHEMA_NODE_ID"  ON SCHEMA_NODE USING BTREE(SCHEMA_NODE_IDENTIFIER) ;
+CREATE INDEX  IF NOT EXISTS "FKI_SCHEMA_NODE_ID_TO_ID"         ON FRAGMENT USING BTREE(SCHEMA_NODE_ID) ;
+CREATE INDEX  IF NOT EXISTS "FKI_RELATION_TYPE_ID_FK"          ON RELATION USING BTREE(RELATION_TYPE_ID);
+CREATE INDEX  IF NOT EXISTS "FKI_RELATIONS_FROM_ID_FK"         ON RELATION USING BTREE(FROM_FRAGMENT_ID);
+CREATE INDEX  IF NOT EXISTS "FKI_RELATIONS_TO_ID_FK"           ON RELATION USING BTREE(TO_FRAGMENT_ID);
+CREATE INDEX  IF NOT EXISTS "PERF_MODULE_MODULE_CONTENT"       ON MODULE USING BTREE(MODULE_CONTENT);
 CREATE UNIQUE INDEX  IF NOT EXISTS "UQ_FRAGMENT_XPATH"ON FRAGMENT USING btree(xpath COLLATE pg_catalog."default" text_pattern_ops, dataspace_id);
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diff --git a/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/api/CpService.java b/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/api/CpService.java
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 4d94a46..6b59949
--- a/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/api/CpService.java
+++ b/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/api/CpService.java
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
 package org.onap.cps.api;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
+import org.onap.cps.api.model.AnchorDetails;
+import org.onap.cps.exceptions.CpsValidationException;
 import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.model.api.SchemaContext;
-import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.model.parser.api.YangParserException;
 
 /**
  * Configuration and persistency service interface which holds methods for parsing and storing yang models and data.
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
      * @param yangModelContent the input stream
      * @return the schema context
      */
-    SchemaContext parseAndValidateModel(final String yangModelContent);
+    SchemaContext parseAndValidateModel(String yangModelContent);
 
     /**
      * Parse and validate a file representing a yang model to generate a schema context.
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
      * @param yangModelFile the yang file
      * @return the schema context
      */
-    SchemaContext parseAndValidateModel(final File yangModelFile);
+    SchemaContext parseAndValidateModel(File yangModelFile);
 
     /**
      * Store schema context for a yang model.
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
      * @param schemaContext the schema context
      * @param dataspaceName the dataspace name
      */
-    void storeSchemaContext(final SchemaContext schemaContext, final String dataspaceName);
+    void storeSchemaContext(SchemaContext schemaContext, String dataspaceName);
 
     /**
      * Store the JSON structure in the database.
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
      * @param jsonStructure the JSON structure.
      * @return entity ID.
      */
-    Integer storeJsonStructure(final String jsonStructure);
+    Integer storeJsonStructure(String jsonStructure);
 
     /**
      * Read a JSON Object using the object identifier.
@@ -68,12 +68,21 @@
      * @param jsonObjectId the JSON object identifier.
      * @return the JSON structure.
      */
-    String getJsonById(final int jsonObjectId);
+    String getJsonById(int jsonObjectId);
 
     /**
      * Delete a JSON Object using the object identifier.
      *
      * @param jsonObjectId the JSON object identifier.
      */
-    void deleteJsonById(final int jsonObjectId);
+    void deleteJsonById(int jsonObjectId);
+
+    /**
+     * Create an anchor using provided anchorDetails object.
+     *
+     * @param anchorDetails the anchor details object.
+     * @return the anchor name.
+     * @throws CpsValidationException if input data is invalid.
+     */
+    String createAnchor(AnchorDetails anchorDetails);
 }
diff --git a/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/api/impl/CpServiceImpl.java b/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/api/impl/CpServiceImpl.java
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index c33746e..8cdadbe
--- a/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/api/impl/CpServiceImpl.java
+++ b/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/api/impl/CpServiceImpl.java
@@ -26,9 +26,11 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import org.onap.cps.api.CpService;
+import org.onap.cps.api.model.AnchorDetails;
 import org.onap.cps.exceptions.CpsException;
 import org.onap.cps.exceptions.CpsValidationException;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.DataPersistencyService;
+import org.onap.cps.spi.FragmentPersistenceService;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.ModelPersistencyService;
 import org.onap.cps.utils.YangUtils;
 import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.common.Revision;
@@ -48,6 +50,9 @@
     @Autowired
     private DataPersistencyService dataPersistencyService;
 
+    @Autowired
+    private FragmentPersistenceService fragmentPersistenceService;
+
     @Override
     public final SchemaContext parseAndValidateModel(final String yangModelContent) {
 
@@ -57,7 +62,7 @@
                 writer.write(yangModelContent);
             }
             return parseAndValidateModel(tempFile);
-        } catch (IOException e) {
+        } catch (final IOException e) {
             throw new CpsException(e);
         }
     }
@@ -66,9 +71,9 @@
     public final SchemaContext parseAndValidateModel(final File yangModelFile) {
         try {
             return YangUtils.parseYangModelFile(yangModelFile);
-        } catch (YangParserException e) {
+        } catch (final YangParserException e) {
             throw new CpsValidationException("Yang file validation failed", e.getMessage());
-        } catch (IOException e) {
+        } catch (final IOException e) {
             throw new CpsException(e);
         }
     }
@@ -91,10 +96,15 @@
     @Override
     public final void storeSchemaContext(final SchemaContext schemaContext, final String dataspaceName) {
         for (final Module module : schemaContext.getModules()) {
-            Optional<Revision> optionalRevision = module.getRevision();
-            String revisionValue = optionalRevision.isPresent() ? optionalRevision.get().toString() : null;
+            final Optional<Revision> optionalRevision = module.getRevision();
+            final String revisionValue = optionalRevision.map(Object::toString).orElse(null);
             modelPersistencyService.storeModule(module.getNamespace().toString(), module.toString(),
                 revisionValue, dataspaceName);
         }
     }
-}
+
+    @Override
+    public String createAnchor(AnchorDetails anchorDetails) {
+        return fragmentPersistenceService.createAnchor(anchorDetails);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/api/model/AnchorDetails.java b/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/api/model/AnchorDetails.java
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..576168a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/api/model/AnchorDetails.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2020 Nordix Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.cps.api.model;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import lombok.Getter;
+import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Setter;
+
+@Getter
+@Setter
+@NoArgsConstructor
+public class AnchorDetails implements Serializable {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1464791260718603291L;
+
+    private String anchorName;
+
+    private String dataspace;
+
+    private String namespace;
+
+    private String revision;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/exceptions/CpsException.java b/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/exceptions/CpsException.java
index b54453c..4dd19dd 100644
--- a/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/exceptions/CpsException.java
+++ b/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/exceptions/CpsException.java
@@ -20,13 +20,14 @@
 package org.onap.cps.exceptions;
 
 import lombok.Getter;
-import org.springframework.core.NestedExceptionUtils;
 
 /**
  * CP Service exception.
  */
 public class CpsException extends RuntimeException {
 
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 5573438585188332404L;
+
     @Getter
     String details;
 
diff --git a/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/exceptions/CpsNotFoundException.java b/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/exceptions/CpsNotFoundException.java
index f44fe80..4613da8 100644
--- a/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/exceptions/CpsNotFoundException.java
+++ b/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/exceptions/CpsNotFoundException.java
@@ -19,13 +19,14 @@
 
 package org.onap.cps.exceptions;
 
-import lombok.Getter;
 
 /**
  * CP Service exception. Indicates the requested data being absent.
  */
 public class CpsNotFoundException extends CpsException {
 
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = -1852996415384288431L;
+
     /**
      * Constructor.
      *
diff --git a/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/FragmentPersistenceService.java b/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/FragmentPersistenceService.java
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..48dbb0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/FragmentPersistenceService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2020 Nordix Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.cps.spi;
+
+import org.onap.cps.api.model.AnchorDetails;
+
+public interface FragmentPersistenceService {
+
+    /**
+     * Create an Anchor.
+     *
+     * @param anchorDetails the anchorDetails object.
+     * @return the anchor name.
+     */
+    String createAnchor(AnchorDetails anchorDetails);
+}
diff --git a/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/api/impl/CpServiceImplSpec.groovy b/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/api/impl/CpServiceImplSpec.groovy
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 5f42810..3c51cca
--- a/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/api/impl/CpServiceImplSpec.groovy
+++ b/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/api/impl/CpServiceImplSpec.groovy
@@ -21,8 +21,11 @@
 package org.onap.cps.api.impl
 
 import org.onap.cps.TestUtils
+import org.onap.cps.api.model.AnchorDetails
+import org.onap.cps.exceptions.CpsNotFoundException
 import org.onap.cps.exceptions.CpsValidationException
 import org.onap.cps.spi.DataPersistencyService
+import org.onap.cps.spi.FragmentPersistenceService
 import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.common.Revision
 import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.model.api.SchemaContext
 import spock.lang.Specification
@@ -30,10 +33,12 @@
 class CpServiceImplSpec extends Specification {
 
     def mockDataPersistencyService = Mock(DataPersistencyService)
+    def mockFragmentPersistenceService = Mock(FragmentPersistenceService)
     def objectUnderTest = new CpServiceImpl()
 
     def setup() {
         objectUnderTest.dataPersistencyService = mockDataPersistencyService
+        objectUnderTest.fragmentPersistenceService = mockFragmentPersistenceService
     }
 
     def 'Cps Service provides to its client the id assigned by the system when storing a data structure'() {
@@ -113,4 +118,54 @@
         then: 'the same exception is thrown by CPS'
             thrown(IllegalStateException)
     }
+
+    def 'Create an anchor with a non-existant dataspace'(){
+        given: 'that the dataspace does not exist service throws an exception'
+            AnchorDetails anchorDetails = new AnchorDetails()
+            anchorDetails.setDataspace('dummyDataspace')
+            mockFragmentPersistenceService.createAnchor(anchorDetails) >> {throw new CpsValidationException(_ as String, _ as String)}
+        when: 'we try to create a anchor with a non-existant dataspace'
+            objectUnderTest.createAnchor(anchorDetails)
+        then: 'the same exception is thrown by CPS'
+            thrown(CpsValidationException)
+    }
+
+    def 'Create an anchor with invalid dataspace, namespace and revision'(){
+        given: 'that the dataspace, namespace and revison combination does not exist service throws an exception'
+            AnchorDetails anchorDetails = new AnchorDetails()
+            anchorDetails.setDataspace('dummyDataspace')
+            anchorDetails.setNamespace('dummyNamespace')
+            anchorDetails.setRevision('dummyRevision')
+            mockFragmentPersistenceService.createAnchor(anchorDetails) >> {throw new CpsValidationException(_ as String, _ as String)}
+        when: 'we try to create a anchor with a non-existant dataspace, namespace and revison combination'
+            objectUnderTest.createAnchor(anchorDetails)
+        then: 'the same exception is thrown by CPS'
+            thrown(CpsValidationException)
+    }
+
+    def 'Create a duplicate anchor'(){
+        given: 'that the anchor already exist service throws an exception'
+            AnchorDetails anchorDetails = new AnchorDetails()
+            anchorDetails.setDataspace('dummyDataspace')
+            anchorDetails.setNamespace('dummyNamespace')
+            anchorDetails.setRevision('dummyRevision')
+            anchorDetails.setRevision('dummyAnchorName')
+            mockFragmentPersistenceService.createAnchor(anchorDetails) >> {throw new CpsValidationException(_ as String, _ as String)}
+        when: 'we try to create a duplicate anchor'
+            objectUnderTest.createAnchor(anchorDetails)
+        then: 'the same exception is thrown by CPS'
+            thrown(CpsValidationException)
+    }
+
+    def 'Create an anchor with supplied anchor name, dataspace, namespace and revision'(){
+        given: 'that the anchor does not pre-exist service creates an anchor'
+            AnchorDetails anchorDetails = new AnchorDetails()
+            anchorDetails.setDataspace('dummyDataspace')
+            anchorDetails.setNamespace('dummyNamespace')
+            anchorDetails.setRevision('dummyRevision')
+            anchorDetails.setRevision('dummyAnchorName')
+            mockFragmentPersistenceService.createAnchor(anchorDetails) >> 'dummyAnchorName'
+        expect: 'anchor name is returned by service'
+            objectUnderTest.createAnchor(anchorDetails) == 'dummyAnchorName'
+    }
 }
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