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+/*****************************************************************************
+ * Open MCT Web, Copyright (c) 2014-2015, United States Government
+ * as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
+ * Administration. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Open MCT Web is 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.
+ *
+ * Open MCT Web includes source code licensed under additional open source
+ * licenses. See the Open Source Licenses file (LICENSES.md) included with
+ * this source code distribution or the Licensing information page available
+ * at runtime from the About dialog for additional information.
+ *****************************************************************************/
+/*global define*/
+
+define([], function () {
+    "use strict";
+
+    function TaskProgressReporter(dialogService, notificationService) {
+        this.dialogService = dialogService;
+        this.notificationService = notificationService;
+    }
+
+    TaskProgressReporter.prototype.cancel = function () {
+
+    };
+
+});
diff --git a/platform/execution/src/TaskService.js b/platform/execution/src/TaskService.js
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+/*****************************************************************************
+ * Open MCT Web, Copyright (c) 2014-2015, United States Government
+ * as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
+ * Administration. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Open MCT Web is 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.
+ *
+ * Open MCT Web includes source code licensed under additional open source
+ * licenses. See the Open Source Licenses file (LICENSES.md) included with
+ * this source code distribution or the Licensing information page available
+ * at runtime from the About dialog for additional information.
+ *****************************************************************************/
+/*global define*/
+
+
+/**
+ * This bundle contains services for managing the flow of execution,
+ * such as support for running web workers on background threads.
+ * @namespace platform/execution
+ */
+define(
+    [],
+    function () {
+        "use strict";
+
+        /**
+         * Runs long-running tasks with progress reporting.
+         * @memberof platform/execution
+         * @constructor
+         */
+        function TaskService(dialogService, notificationService) {
+            this.dialogService = dialogService;
+            this.notificationService = notificationService;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Invoked to update progress associated with a running task.
+         * @callback TaskService~progressCallback
+         * @param {NotificationModel} model current progress to show
+         */
+
+        /**
+         * Initiate a new task.
+         *
+         * @param {function(progress : TaskService~progressCallback} : Task)}
+         *        taskFactory a function which, when provided a
+         *        progress-reporting callback, will return the task to run.
+         * @returns {Promise} a promise for the result of the task
+         */
+        TaskService.prototype.run = function (task) {
+            var model = {},
+                dialogService = this.dialogService,
+                notificationService = this.notificationService;
+
+            function reportProgress(progressModel) {
+
+            }
+
+            return task.run(reportProgress);
+        };
+
+        return TaskService;
+    }
+);
+