diff --git a/lib/import/base_resource.rb b/lib/import/base_resource.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ebb8d6283
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+++ b/lib/import/base_resource.rb
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+module Import
+  class BaseResource
+    include Import::Helper
+
+    def initialize(resource)
+      import(resource)
+    end
+
+    def import_class
+      raise "#{self.class.name} has no implmentation of the needed 'import_class' method"
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def import(resource)
+      create_or_update(map(resource))
+    end
+
+    def create_or_update(resource)
+      return if updated?(resource)
+      create(resource)
+    end
+
+    def updated?(resource)
+      @resource = lookup_existing(resource)
+      return false if !@resource
+      @resource.update_attributes(resource)
+      post_update(
+        instance:   @resource,
+        attributes: resource
+      )
+      true
+    end
+
+    def lookup_existing(resource)
+      import_class.find_by(name: resource[:name])
+    end
+
+    def create(resource)
+      @resource = import_class.new(resource)
+      @resource.save
+      post_create(
+        instance:   @resource,
+        attributes: resource
+      )
+    end
+
+    def defaults(_resource)
+      {
+        created_by_id: 1,
+        updated_by_id: 1,
+      }
+    end
+
+    def map(resource)
+      mapped     = from_mapping(resource)
+      attributes = defaults(resource).merge(mapped)
+      attributes.deep_symbolize_keys
+    end
+
+    def from_mapping(resource)
+      return resource if !mapping
+
+      ExternalSync.map(
+        mapping: mapping,
+        source:  resource
+      )
+    end
+
+    def mapping
+      Setting.get(mapping_config)
+    end
+
+    def mapping_config
+      self.class.name.to_s.sub('Import::', '').gsub('::', '_').underscore + '_mapping'
+    end
+
+    def post_create(_args)
+    end
+
+    def post_update(_args)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/import/model_resource.rb b/lib/import/model_resource.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c3c23398
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/import/model_resource.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+module Import
+  class ModelResource < Import::BaseResource
+
+    def import_class
+      model_name.constantize
+    end
+
+    def model_name
+      @model_name ||= self.class.name.split('::').last
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def post_create(_args)
+      reset_primary_key_sequence(model_name.underscore.pluralize)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/import/base_resource_spec.rb b/spec/import/base_resource_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..13a79d4aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/import/base_resource_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe Import::BaseResource do
+
+  it "needs an implementation of the 'import_class' method" do
+    expect {
+      described_class.new(attributes_for(:group))
+    }.to raise_error(RuntimeError)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/import/model_resource_spec.rb b/spec/import/model_resource_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..005ba864c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/import/model_resource_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe Import::ModelResource do
+
+  before do
+    module Import
+      module Test
+        class Group < Import::ModelResource
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  it 'creates model Objects by class name' do
+
+    group_data = attributes_for(:group)
+
+    expect {
+      Import::Test::Group.new(group_data)
+    }.to change { Group.count }.by(1)
+  end
+
+  it 'updates model Objects by class name' do
+
+    group = create(:group)
+
+    update_attributes        = group.serializable_hash
+    update_attributes[:note] = 'Updated'
+
+    expect {
+      Import::Test::Group.new(update_attributes)
+      group.reload
+    }.to change { group.note }
+  end
+end