diff --git a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index fd68a2c858208fdb4ed614d6cfeb7b6e2fe1ce65..add63a01ae79574b79cd5098f112d00ee0fe11cd 100644
--- a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@ Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.ui;visibility:=reexport,
  org.eclipse.core.runtime;visibility:=reexport,
  org.eclipse.emf.ecore;bundle-version="2.6.1";visibility:=reexport,
  org.unicase.metamodel;bundle-version="0.0.1";visibility:=reexport,
- org.unicase.ecp.model;bundle-version="0.0.1";visibility:=reexport,
  org.conqat.ide.commons;bundle-version="2.7.0";visibility:=reexport,
- org.conqat.ide.commons.ui;bundle-version="2.7.0";visibility:=reexport
+ org.conqat.ide.commons.ui;bundle-version="2.7.0";visibility:=reexport,
+ org.unicase.workspace;bundle-version="1.0.0",
+ org.unicase.ecp.model;bundle-version="1.0.0",
+ org.unicase.ecpemfstorebridge;bundle-version="1.0.0"
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.6
 Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy
 Export-Package: org.fortiss.tooling.kernel,
diff --git a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/icons/project.png b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/icons/project.png
index 87a02f12f5be5b4c6b7967723664178b592875c0..fba5ebb4c5e4fd38d953e83466db6b81ea99b65d 100644
Binary files a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/icons/project.png and b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/icons/project.png differ
diff --git a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/plugin.xml b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/plugin.xml
index 8d113b69498ade4f42e2ff222e81c4c1e1de9a33..3581f753cfb4afe38c821c48e0d2fa3051bd10f8 100644
--- a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/plugin.xml
+++ b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/plugin.xml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 <?eclipse version="3.4"?>
 <plugin>
    <extension-point id="modelElementHandler" name="Model Element Handler" schema="schema/modelElementHandler.exsd"/>
+   <extension-point id="modelPrototypeProvider" name="Model Prototype Provider" schema="schema/modelPrototypeProvider.exsd"/>
+   <extension-point id="modelElementCompositor" name="Model Element Compositor" schema="schema/modelElementCompositor.exsd"/>
    <extension
          point="org.eclipse.ui.views">
       <view
@@ -22,9 +24,16 @@
    <extension
          point="org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.modelElementHandler">
       <modelElementHandler
-            handler="org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.internal.handler.ECPProjectModelElementHandler"
-            modelElementClass="org.unicase.ecp.model.workSpaceModel.ECPProject">
+            handler="org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.internal.handler.EMFStoreECPProjectModelElementHandler"
+            modelElementClass="org.unicase.ecpemfstorebridge.EMFStoreECPProject">
       </modelElementHandler>
    </extension>
+   <extension
+         point="org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.modelElementCompositor">
+      <modelElementCompositor
+            compositor="org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.internal.compose.EMFStoreECPProjectCompositor"
+            modelElementClass="org.unicase.ecpemfstorebridge.EMFStoreECPProject">
+      </modelElementCompositor>
+   </extension>
 
 </plugin>
diff --git a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/schema/modelElementCompositor.exsd b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/schema/modelElementCompositor.exsd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6796c9ca8b9b5beef1e44126e7eddfc6181ad64e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/schema/modelElementCompositor.exsd
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
+<!-- Schema file written by PDE -->
+<schema targetNamespace="org.fortiss.tooling.kernel" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
+<annotation>
+      <appinfo>
+         <meta.schema plugin="org.fortiss.tooling.kernel" id="modelElementCompositor" name="Model Element Compositor"/>
+      </appinfo>
+      <documentation>
+         Registers a compositor for model elements.
+      </documentation>
+   </annotation>
+
+   <element name="extension">
+      <annotation>
+         <appinfo>
+            <meta.element />
+         </appinfo>
+      </annotation>
+      <complexType>
+         <sequence>
+            <element ref="modelElementCompositor" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
+         </sequence>
+         <attribute name="point" type="string" use="required">
+            <annotation>
+               <documentation>
+                  
+               </documentation>
+            </annotation>
+         </attribute>
+         <attribute name="id" type="string">
+            <annotation>
+               <documentation>
+                  
+               </documentation>
+            </annotation>
+         </attribute>
+         <attribute name="name" type="string">
+            <annotation>
+               <documentation>
+                  
+               </documentation>
+               <appinfo>
+                  <meta.attribute translatable="true"/>
+               </appinfo>
+            </annotation>
+         </attribute>
+      </complexType>
+   </element>
+
+   <element name="modelElementCompositor">
+      <complexType>
+         <attribute name="modelElementClass" type="string" use="required">
+            <annotation>
+               <documentation>
+                  
+               </documentation>
+               <appinfo>
+                  <meta.attribute kind="java" basedOn=":org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject"/>
+               </appinfo>
+            </annotation>
+         </attribute>
+         <attribute name="compositor" type="string" use="required">
+            <annotation>
+               <documentation>
+                  The model element compositor.
+               </documentation>
+               <appinfo>
+                  <meta.attribute kind="java" basedOn=":org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.interfaces.ICompositor"/>
+               </appinfo>
+            </annotation>
+         </attribute>
+      </complexType>
+   </element>
+
+   <annotation>
+      <appinfo>
+         <meta.section type="since"/>
+      </appinfo>
+      <documentation>
+         [Enter the first release in which this extension point appears.]
+      </documentation>
+   </annotation>
+
+   <annotation>
+      <appinfo>
+         <meta.section type="examples"/>
+      </appinfo>
+      <documentation>
+         [Enter extension point usage example here.]
+      </documentation>
+   </annotation>
+
+   <annotation>
+      <appinfo>
+         <meta.section type="apiinfo"/>
+      </appinfo>
+      <documentation>
+         [Enter API information here.]
+      </documentation>
+   </annotation>
+
+   <annotation>
+      <appinfo>
+         <meta.section type="implementation"/>
+      </appinfo>
+      <documentation>
+         [Enter information about supplied implementation of this extension point.]
+      </documentation>
+   </annotation>
+
+
+</schema>
diff --git a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/schema/modelPrototypeProvider.exsd b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/schema/modelPrototypeProvider.exsd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3012b38700670b88f1d232382d61565cba0059f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/schema/modelPrototypeProvider.exsd
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
+<!-- Schema file written by PDE -->
+<schema targetNamespace="org.fortiss.tooling.kernel" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
+<annotation>
+      <appinfo>
+         <meta.schema plugin="org.fortiss.tooling.kernel" id="modelPrototypeProvider" name="Model Prototype Provider"/>
+      </appinfo>
+      <documentation>
+         Registers model element prototype providers.
+      </documentation>
+   </annotation>
+
+   <element name="extension">
+      <annotation>
+         <appinfo>
+            <meta.element />
+         </appinfo>
+      </annotation>
+      <complexType>
+         <sequence>
+            <element ref="modelPrototypeProvider" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
+         </sequence>
+         <attribute name="point" type="string" use="required">
+            <annotation>
+               <documentation>
+                  
+               </documentation>
+            </annotation>
+         </attribute>
+         <attribute name="id" type="string">
+            <annotation>
+               <documentation>
+                  
+               </documentation>
+            </annotation>
+         </attribute>
+         <attribute name="name" type="string">
+            <annotation>
+               <documentation>
+                  
+               </documentation>
+               <appinfo>
+                  <meta.attribute translatable="true"/>
+               </appinfo>
+            </annotation>
+         </attribute>
+      </complexType>
+   </element>
+
+   <element name="modelPrototypeProvider">
+      <complexType>
+         <attribute name="provider" type="string" use="required">
+            <annotation>
+               <documentation>
+                  
+               </documentation>
+               <appinfo>
+                  <meta.attribute kind="java" basedOn=":org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.interfaces.IPrototypeProvider"/>
+               </appinfo>
+            </annotation>
+         </attribute>
+      </complexType>
+   </element>
+
+   <annotation>
+      <appinfo>
+         <meta.section type="since"/>
+      </appinfo>
+      <documentation>
+         [Enter the first release in which this extension point appears.]
+      </documentation>
+   </annotation>
+
+   <annotation>
+      <appinfo>
+         <meta.section type="examples"/>
+      </appinfo>
+      <documentation>
+         [Enter extension point usage example here.]
+      </documentation>
+   </annotation>
+
+   <annotation>
+      <appinfo>
+         <meta.section type="apiinfo"/>
+      </appinfo>
+      <documentation>
+         [Enter API information here.]
+      </documentation>
+   </annotation>
+
+   <annotation>
+      <appinfo>
+         <meta.section type="implementation"/>
+      </appinfo>
+      <documentation>
+         [Enter information about supplied implementation of this extension point.]
+      </documentation>
+   </annotation>
+
+
+</schema>
diff --git a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/base/PrototypeProviderBase.java b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/base/PrototypeProviderBase.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..391694c0b8d55820b640cfeeebffbd2dc9b75e6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/base/PrototypeProviderBase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+$Id$
+|                                                                          |
+| Copyright 2011 ForTISS GmbH                     |
+|                                                                          |
+| 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.                                           |
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+package org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.base;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.conqat.lib.commons.collections.CollectionUtils;
+import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;
+import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.interfaces.IPrototypeProvider;
+
+/**
+ * Base implementation for {@link IPrototypeProvider}s.
+ * 
+ * @author hoelzlf
+ * @author $Author$
+ * @version $Rev$
+ * @levd.rating RED Rev:
+ */
+public abstract class PrototypeProviderBase implements IPrototypeProvider {
+
+	/** Stores the registered prototypes. */
+	private final List<Prototype> prototypes = new ArrayList<Prototype>();
+
+	/** Constructor. */
+	public PrototypeProviderBase() {
+		registerPrototypes();
+	}
+
+	/** Registers all prototypes. Sub-classes must override. */
+	protected abstract void registerPrototypes();
+
+	/** Registers the given {@link EObject} with the given name. */
+	protected final void registerPrototype(String name, EObject prototype) {
+		prototypes.add(new Prototype(name, prototype));
+	}
+
+	/** {@inheritDoc} */
+	@Override
+	public List<Prototype> getPrototypes() {
+		return CollectionUtils.asUnmodifiable(prototypes);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/interfaces/ICompositionContext.java b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/interfaces/ICompositionContext.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..231f7902a73c018a7134fa32d294c0ac55f231b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/interfaces/ICompositionContext.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+$Id$
+|                                                                          |
+| Copyright 2011 ForTISS GmbH                     |
+|                                                                          |
+| 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.                                           |
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+package org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.interfaces;
+
+/**
+ * An {@link ICompositionContext} provides additional information like drop
+ * point positions to an {@link ICompositor}.
+ * 
+ * @author hoelzlf
+ * @author $Author$
+ * @version $Rev$
+ * @levd.rating RED Rev:
+ */
+public interface ICompositionContext {
+	// this is just a marker interface
+}
diff --git a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/interfaces/ICompositor.java b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/interfaces/ICompositor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8eb8b1568fc7237d574a57992e1165260768d6ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/interfaces/ICompositor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+$Id$
+|                                                                          |
+| Copyright 2011 ForTISS GmbH                     |
+|                                                                          |
+| 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.                                           |
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+package org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.interfaces;
+
+import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;
+
+/**
+ * Interface for compositors, i.e. classes which know how to compose
+ * {@link EObject}s.
+ * 
+ * @author hoelzlf
+ * @author $Author$
+ * @version $Rev$
+ * @levd.rating RED Rev:
+ */
+public interface ICompositor<T extends EObject> {
+	/**
+	 * Returns whether the given container may include the given contained
+	 * object.
+	 */
+	boolean canCompose(T container, EObject contained,
+			ICompositionContext context);
+
+	/**
+	 * Asks the compositor to insert the contained object into the container.
+	 * The contained object may be modified (i.e. renamed, etc.) if necessary.
+	 * This method returns a boolean, since user-interaction during compose
+	 * might cancel the command.
+	 */
+	boolean compose(T container, EObject contained, ICompositionContext context);
+}
diff --git a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/interfaces/IPrototypeProvider.java b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/interfaces/IPrototypeProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6ad219b6ba9b8979ce7beec4550b5442b4484818
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/interfaces/IPrototypeProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+$Id$
+|                                                                          |
+| Copyright 2011 ForTISS GmbH                     |
+|                                                                          |
+| 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.                                           |
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+package org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.interfaces;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;
+import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.util.EcoreUtil;
+
+/**
+ * An {@link IPrototypeProvider} offers preconfigured {@link EObject}s to be
+ * displayed in the model element view.
+ * 
+ * @author hoelzlf
+ * @author $Author$
+ * @version $Rev$
+ * @levd.rating RED Rev:
+ */
+public interface IPrototypeProvider {
+
+	/** Returns the prototypes provided by this provider. */
+	List<Prototype> getPrototypes();
+
+	/**
+	 * Prototypes consist of a generic description and preconfigured
+	 * {@link EObject}.
+	 */
+	public static final class Prototype {
+		/** The generic prototype name. */
+		private final String name;
+		/** the preconfigure {@link EObject}. */
+		private final EObject prototype;
+
+		/** Constructor. */
+		public Prototype(String name, EObject prototype) {
+			this.name = name;
+			this.prototype = prototype;
+		}
+
+		/** Returns the name. */
+		public String getName() {
+			return name;
+		}
+
+		/** Returns the prototype instance (NOT a copy!). */
+		public EObject getPrototype() {
+			return prototype;
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Returns a copy of the prototype. This method is potentially
+		 * expensive.
+		 */
+		public EObject getPrototypeCopy() {
+			return EcoreUtil.copy(prototype);
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/internal/compose/EMFStoreECPProjectCompositor.java b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/internal/compose/EMFStoreECPProjectCompositor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..77591a0888c9822c8e553ab7a8d027493d35fcb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/internal/compose/EMFStoreECPProjectCompositor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+$Id$
+|                                                                          |
+| Copyright 2011 ForTISS GmbH                     |
+|                                                                          |
+| 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.                                           |
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+package org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.internal.compose;
+
+import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;
+import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.interfaces.ICompositionContext;
+import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.interfaces.ICompositor;
+import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.model.IProjectRootElement;
+import org.unicase.ecpemfstorebridge.EMFStoreECPProject;
+
+/**
+ * {@link ICompositor} implementation for the {@link IProjectRootElement}s.
+ * 
+ * @author hoelzlf
+ * @author $Author$
+ * @version $Rev$
+ * @levd.rating RED Rev:
+ */
+public final class EMFStoreECPProjectCompositor implements
+		ICompositor<EMFStoreECPProject> {
+
+	/** {@inheritDoc} */
+	@Override
+	public boolean canCompose(EMFStoreECPProject container, EObject contained,
+			ICompositionContext context) {
+		return contained instanceof IProjectRootElement;
+	}
+
+	/** {@inheritDoc} */
+	@Override
+	public boolean compose(EMFStoreECPProject container, EObject contained,
+			ICompositionContext context) {
+		container.addModelElementToRoot(contained);
+		return true;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/internal/handler/ECPProjectModelElementHandler.java b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/internal/handler/EMFStoreECPProjectModelElementHandler.java
similarity index 73%
rename from org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/internal/handler/ECPProjectModelElementHandler.java
rename to org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/internal/handler/EMFStoreECPProjectModelElementHandler.java
index 3c5dfa14daca8a41f83e1a6dc30d9304b2657c8b..f0fdeb9a410f0f038b66a5b6f84ef4dbe0e698dc 100644
--- a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/internal/handler/ECPProjectModelElementHandler.java
+++ b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/internal/handler/EMFStoreECPProjectModelElementHandler.java
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.base.ModelElementHandlerBase;
 import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.interfaces.IModelElementHandler;
 import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.model.IProjectRootElement;
 import org.unicase.ecp.model.workSpaceModel.ECPProject;
+import org.unicase.ecpemfstorebridge.EMFStoreECPProject;
+import org.unicase.workspace.ProjectSpace;
 
 /**
  * {@link IModelElementHandler} for {@link ECPProject}s.
@@ -36,19 +38,25 @@ import org.unicase.ecp.model.workSpaceModel.ECPProject;
  * @version $Rev$
  * @levd.rating RED Rev:
  */
-public final class ECPProjectModelElementHandler extends
-		ModelElementHandlerBase<ECPProject> {
+public final class EMFStoreECPProjectModelElementHandler extends
+		ModelElementHandlerBase<EMFStoreECPProject> {
 
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	@Override
-	public String getName(ECPProject element) {
-		return "Project";
+	public String getName(EMFStoreECPProject element) {
+		ProjectSpace projectSpace = (ProjectSpace) element.getRootObject();
+		String projectName = projectSpace.getProjectName();
+		String baseRevision = " @"
+				+ projectSpace.getBaseVersion().getIdentifier();
+		String username = projectSpace.getUsersession().getUsername();
+		return projectName + baseRevision + " (" + username + ")";
 	}
 
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	@Override
-	public String getDescription(ECPProject element) {
-		return "EMFStore Project";
+	public String getDescription(EMFStoreECPProject element) {
+		ProjectSpace projectSpace = (ProjectSpace) element.getRootObject();
+		return projectSpace.getProjectDescription();
 	}
 
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
@@ -59,7 +67,7 @@ public final class ECPProjectModelElementHandler extends
 
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	@Override
-	public List<EObject> getSubnodes(ECPProject element) {
+	public List<EObject> getSubnodes(EMFStoreECPProject element) {
 		List<EObject> projectRootElements = new ArrayList<EObject>();
 		for (EObject pContent : element.eContents()) {
 			if (pContent instanceof IProjectRootElement) {