diff --git a/src/metadata/dependency.ts b/src/metadata/dependency.ts
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+import PublisherTarget from "../publishing/publisher-target";
+import DependencyKind from "./dependency-kind";
+
+interface Dependency {
+    get id(): string;
+    get version(): string;
+    get kind(): DependencyKind;
+    get ignore(): boolean;
+
+    getProjectSlug(project: PublisherTarget): string;
+}
+
+namespace Dependency {
+    export function create({ id, version = "*", kind = DependencyKind.Depends, ignore = false }: { id: string, version?: string, kind?: DependencyKind, ignore?: boolean }): Dependency {
+        return {
+            id,
+            version: version ?? "*",
+            kind: kind ?? DependencyKind.Depends,
+            ignore: ignore ?? false,
+            getProjectSlug: _ => id
+        };
+    }
+}
+
+export default Dependency;