diff --git a/incubator/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/net/domain/DomainIntentResource.java b/incubator/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/net/domain/DomainIntentResource.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea1660e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/incubator/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/net/domain/DomainIntentResource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * 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.onosproject.incubator.net.domain;
+
+import org.onosproject.core.ApplicationId;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.net.tunnel.DomainTunnelId;
+import org.onosproject.net.ConnectPoint;
+import org.onosproject.net.Path;
+
+/**
+ * A variant of intent resource specialized for use on the intra-domain level.  It contains a lower level path.
+ */
+public class DomainIntentResource extends IntentResource {
+
+    private final Path domainPath;
+
+    private final DomainTunnelId domainTunnelId;
+
+    private final IntentDomainId intentDomainId;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for a domain intent resource.
+     *
+     * @param primitive      the primitive associated with this resource
+     * @param domainTunnelId the id of this tunnel (used as a sorting mechanism)
+     * @param domainId       the ID of the intent domain containing this tunnel
+     * @param appId          the id of the application which created this tunnel
+     * @param ingress        the fist connect point associated with this tunnel (order is irrelevant as long as it is
+     *                       consistent with the path)
+     * @param egress         the second connect point associated with this tunnel (order is irrelevant as long as it is
+     *                       consistent with the path)
+     * @param path           the path followed through the domain
+     */
+    public DomainIntentResource(IntentPrimitive primitive, DomainTunnelId domainTunnelId, IntentDomainId domainId,
+                                ApplicationId appId, ConnectPoint ingress, ConnectPoint egress, Path path) {
+        super(primitive, appId, ingress, egress);
+
+        this.domainPath = path;
+        this.domainTunnelId = domainTunnelId;
+        this.intentDomainId = domainId;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the domain path associated with this resource at creation.
+     *
+     * @return this resource's domain level path or if this resource backs a network tunnel then null.
+     */
+    public Path path() {
+        return domainPath;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the tunnel ID associated with this domain at creation.
+     *
+     * @return this resource's tunnel ID.
+     */
+    public DomainTunnelId tunnelId() {
+        return domainTunnelId;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the domain ID associated with this resource at creation.
+     *
+     * @return this resource's domain ID.
+     */
+    public IntentDomainId domainId() {
+        return intentDomainId;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/incubator/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/net/domain/IntentDomainProvider.java b/incubator/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/net/domain/IntentDomainProvider.java
index 51265f7..a19add6 100644
--- a/incubator/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/net/domain/IntentDomainProvider.java
+++ b/incubator/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/net/domain/IntentDomainProvider.java
@@ -34,51 +34,51 @@
      *
      * @param domain intent domain for the request
      * @param primitive intent primitive
-     * @return request contexts that contain resources to satisfy the intent
+     * @return intent resources that specify paths that satisfy the request.
      */
     //TODO Consider an iterable and/or holds (only hold one or two reservation(s) at a time)
-    List<RequestContext> request(IntentDomain domain, IntentPrimitive primitive);
+    List<DomainIntentResource> request(IntentDomain domain, IntentPrimitive primitive);
 
     /**
      * Request that the provider attempt to modify an existing resource to satisfy
      * a new intent primitive. The application must apply the context before
      * the intent resource can be used.
      *
-     * @param resource existing resource
-     * @param newPrimitive intent primitive
+     * @param oldResource the resource to be replaced
+     * @param newResource the resource to be applied
      * @return request contexts that contain resources to satisfy the intent
      */
-    List<RequestContext> modify(IntentResource resource, IntentPrimitive newPrimitive);
+    DomainIntentResource modify(DomainIntentResource oldResource, DomainIntentResource newResource);
 
     /**
      * Requests that the provider release an intent resource.
      *
      * @param resource intent resource
      */
-    void release(IntentResource resource);
+    void release(DomainIntentResource resource);
 
     /**
-     * Requests that the provider apply the intent resource in the request context.
+     * Requests that the provider apply the path from the intent resource.
      *
-     * @param context request context
+     * @param domainIntentResource request context
      * @return intent resource that satisfies the intent
      */
-    IntentResource apply(RequestContext context);
+    DomainIntentResource apply(DomainIntentResource domainIntentResource);
 
     /**
-     * Requests that the provider cancel the request. Requests that are not applied
+     * Requests that the provider cancel the path. Requests that are not applied
      * will be eventually timed out by the provider.
      *
-     * @param context request context
+     * @param domainIntentResource the intent resource whose path should be cancelled.
      */
-    void cancel(RequestContext context);
+    void cancel(DomainIntentResource domainIntentResource);
 
     /**
      * Returns all intent resources held by the provider.
      *
      * @return set of intent resources
      */
-    Set<IntentResource> getResources();
+    Set<DomainIntentResource> getResources();
 }
 
 
diff --git a/incubator/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/net/domain/IntentResource.java b/incubator/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/net/domain/IntentResource.java
index 9cd9aac..627c863 100644
--- a/incubator/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/net/domain/IntentResource.java
+++ b/incubator/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/net/domain/IntentResource.java
@@ -16,53 +16,73 @@
 package org.onosproject.incubator.net.domain;
 
 import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
+import org.onosproject.core.ApplicationId;
+import org.onosproject.net.ConnectPoint;
+
 
 /**
  * The abstract base class for the resource that satisfies an intent primitive.
  */
 @Beta
-public class IntentResource {
+public abstract class IntentResource {
 
     private final IntentPrimitive primitive;
-    private final long tunnelId;
-    private final IntentDomainId domainId;
+
+    private final ApplicationId appId;
+    private final ConnectPoint ingress;
+    private final ConnectPoint egress;
+
+    //* QUESTIONABLE ADDITIONS *//
 
     // TODO add other common fields
     //String ingressTag;
     //String egressTag;
     //etc.
 
-    public IntentResource(IntentPrimitive primitive, long tunnelId, IntentDomainId domainId) {
+    public IntentResource(IntentPrimitive primitive, ApplicationId appId,
+                          ConnectPoint ingress, ConnectPoint egress) {
+        this.appId = appId;
+        this.ingress = ingress;
+        this.egress = egress;
         this.primitive = primitive;
-        this.tunnelId = tunnelId;
-        this.domainId = domainId;
     }
 
+    //TODO when is same package tunnelID should be of type tunnelID and netTunnelId not long.
+
+
     /**
-     * Returns the intent primitive associated with this resource as creation.
+     * Returns the intent primitive associated with this resource at creation.
      *
-     * @return this resource's intent primitive
+     * @return this resource's intent primitive.
      */
     public IntentPrimitive primitive() {
         return primitive;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns the tunnel ID associated with this resource as creation.
+     * Returns the application ID associated with this resource at creation.
      *
-     * @return this resource's tunnel ID
+     * @return this resource's application ID.
      */
-    public long tunnelId() {
-        return tunnelId;
+    public ApplicationId appId() {
+        return appId;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns the domain ID associated with this resource as creation.
+     * Returns the ingress connect point associated with this resource at creation.
      *
-     * @return this resource's domain ID
+     * @return this resource's ingress connect point.
      */
-    public IntentDomainId domainId() {
-        return domainId;
+    public ConnectPoint ingress() {
+        return ingress;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the egress connect point associated with this resource at creation.
+     *
+     * @return this resource's connect point.
+     */
+    public ConnectPoint egress() {
+        return egress;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/incubator/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/net/domain/NetworkIntentResource.java b/incubator/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/net/domain/NetworkIntentResource.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac4445b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/incubator/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/net/domain/NetworkIntentResource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * 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.onosproject.incubator.net.domain;
+
+import org.onosproject.core.ApplicationId;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.net.tunnel.NetworkTunnelId;
+import org.onosproject.net.ConnectPoint;
+
+/**
+ * A variant of intent resource specialized for use on the inter-domain level.  It contains a higher level path.
+ */
+public class NetworkIntentResource extends IntentResource {
+
+    private final org.onlab.graph.Path<DomainVertex, DomainEdge> netPath;
+
+    private NetworkTunnelId networkTunnelId;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for a network intent resource.
+     *
+     * @param primitive      the primitive associated with this resource
+     * @param networkTunnelId the id of this tunnel (used as a sorting mechanism)
+     * @param appId          the id of the application which created this tunnel
+     * @param ingress        the fist connect point associated with this tunnel (order is irrelevant as long as it is
+     *                       consistent with the path)
+     * @param egress         the second connect point associated with this tunnel (order is irrelevant as long as it is
+     *                       consistent with the path)
+     * @param path           the path followed through the graph of domain vertices and domain edges
+     */
+    public NetworkIntentResource(IntentPrimitive primitive, NetworkTunnelId networkTunnelId, ApplicationId appId,
+                                 ConnectPoint ingress, ConnectPoint egress,
+                                 org.onlab.graph.Path<DomainVertex, DomainEdge> path) {
+        super(primitive, appId, ingress, egress);
+
+        this.networkTunnelId = networkTunnelId;
+        this.netPath = path;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the network path associated with this resource at creation.
+     *
+     * @return this resource's network lever path or if this resource backs a domain level tunnel then null.
+     */
+    public org.onlab.graph.Path<DomainVertex, DomainEdge> path() {
+        return netPath;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns ths network ID associated with this network tunnel at creation.
+     *
+     * @return thsi resource's tunnel ID.
+     */
+    public NetworkTunnelId tunnelId() {
+        return this.networkTunnelId;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/incubator/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/net/domain/RequestContext.java b/incubator/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/net/domain/RequestContext.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 338c840..0000000
--- a/incubator/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/net/domain/RequestContext.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2015 Open Networking Laboratory
- *
- * 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.onosproject.incubator.net.domain;
-
-import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
-import org.onosproject.net.Path;
-
-/**
- * Context for intent primitive requests to an intent domain provider. A context
- * must be explicitly applied before it can be used. The purpose of the request
- * context is so that an application can coordinate multiple requests across multiple
- * domains before committing. Contexts can be explicitly cancelled if they are not
- * needed (due to a better context or incomplete path across domains); they can
- * also be automatically cancelled by a provider after a short timeout.
- */
-@Beta
-public class RequestContext {
-    private final IntentDomain domain;
-    private final IntentResource resource;
-    private final Path path;
-    //TODO other common parameters:
-    //String cost;
-
-    public RequestContext(IntentDomain domain, IntentResource resource, Path path) {
-        this.domain = domain;
-        this.resource = resource;
-        this.path = path;
-    }
-
-    public IntentDomain domain() {
-        return domain;
-    }
-
-    public IntentResource resource() {
-        return resource;
-    }
-
-    public Path path() {
-        return path;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/incubator/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/net/tunnel/DomainTunnelId.java b/incubator/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/net/tunnel/DomainTunnelId.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..430823c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/incubator/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/net/tunnel/DomainTunnelId.java
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * 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.onosproject.incubator.net.tunnel;
+
+/**
+ * A wrapper class for a long used to identify domain level tunnels.
+ */
+public final class DomainTunnelId {
+
+    private final long value;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a tunnel identifier from the specified tunnel.
+     *
+     * @param value long value
+     * @return domain tunnel identifier
+     */
+    public static DomainTunnelId valueOf(long value) {
+        return new DomainTunnelId(value);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a tunnel identifier from the specified tunnel.
+     *
+     * @param value long value as a string
+     * @return domain tunnel identifier
+     */
+    public static DomainTunnelId valueOf(String value) {
+        return new DomainTunnelId(Long.parseLong(value));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for serializer.
+     */
+    protected DomainTunnelId() {
+        this.value = 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs the Domain ID corresponding to a given long value.
+     *
+     * @param value the underlying value of this domain ID
+     */
+    public DomainTunnelId(long value) {
+        this.value = value;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the backing value of this domain ID.
+     *
+     * @return the long value
+     */
+    public long id() {
+        return value;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Long.hashCode(value);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+        if (obj == this) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if (!(obj instanceof DomainTunnelId)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        DomainTunnelId that = (DomainTunnelId) obj;
+        return this.value == that.value;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return "0x" + Long.toHexString(value);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/incubator/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/net/tunnel/NetworkTunnelId.java b/incubator/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/net/tunnel/NetworkTunnelId.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3de788
--- /dev/null
+++ b/incubator/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/net/tunnel/NetworkTunnelId.java
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * 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.onosproject.incubator.net.tunnel;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
+
+/**
+ * Representation of a Network Tunnel Id.
+ */
+@Beta
+public final class NetworkTunnelId {
+    private final long value;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an tunnel identifier from the specified tunnel.
+     *
+     * @param value long value
+     * @return tunnel identifier
+     */
+    public static NetworkTunnelId valueOf(long value) {
+        return new NetworkTunnelId(value);
+    }
+
+    public static NetworkTunnelId valueOf(String value) {
+        return new NetworkTunnelId(Long.parseLong(value));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for serializer.
+     */
+    NetworkTunnelId() {
+        this.value = 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs the ID corresponding to a given long value.
+     *
+     * @param value the underlying value of this ID
+     */
+    public NetworkTunnelId(long value) {
+        this.value = value;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the backing value.
+     *
+     * @return the value
+     */
+    public long id() {
+        return value;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Long.hashCode(value);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+        if (obj == this) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if (!(obj instanceof NetworkTunnelId)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        NetworkTunnelId that = (NetworkTunnelId) obj;
+        return this.value == that.value;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return "0x" + Long.toHexString(value);
+    }
+
+}