diff --git a/src/plugins/condition/Condition.js b/src/plugins/condition/Condition.js
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+/*****************************************************************************
+ * Open MCT, Copyright (c) 2014-2019, United States Government
+ * as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
+ * Administration. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Open MCT 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 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.
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+import * as EventEmitter from 'eventemitter3';
+import UUID from 'uuid';
+import TelemetryCriterion from "@/plugins/condition/criterion/TelemetryCriterion";
+import {computeConditionForAll, computeConditionForAny} from 'utils/evaluator'
+import { TRIGGER } from "@/plugins/condition/utils/constants";
+
+/*
+* conditionDefinition = {
+*   trigger: 'any'/'all',
+*   criteria: [
+*       {
+*           object: {
+*               operator: '',
+*               input: '',
+*               metaDataKey: '',
+*               telemetryObjectKey: 'someTelemetryObjectKey'
+*           }
+*       }
+*   ]
+* }
+*/
+export default class Condition extends EventEmitter {
+
+    constructor(conditionDefinition, openmct) {
+        super();
+
+        this.openmct = openmct;
+        this.id = new UUID();
+        this.criteriaMap = conditionDefinition.criteria ? this.createCriteria(conditionDefinition.criteria) : {};
+        this.trigger = conditionDefinition.trigger;
+        this.result = null;
+    }
+
+    updateTrigger(conditionDefinition) {
+        if (this.trigger !== conditionDefinition.trigger) {
+            this.trigger = conditionDefinition.trigger;
+            this.handleConditionUpdated();
+        }
+    }
+
+    generateNewCriterion() {
+        return {
+            id: new UUID(),
+            object: '',
+            key: '',
+            operation: '',
+            values: []
+        };
+    }
+
+    createCriteria(criterionDefinitions) {
+        criterionDefinitions.forEach((criterionDefinition) => {
+            this.addCriterion(criterionDefinition);
+        });
+    }
+
+    updateCriteria(criterionDefinitions) {
+        this.destroyCriteria();
+        this.createCriteria(criterionDefinitions);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     *  adds criterion to the condition.
+     */
+    addCriterion(criterionDefinition) {
+        if (!criterionDefinition) {
+            criterionDefinition = this.generateNewCriterion();
+        }
+        let criterion = new TelemetryCriterion(criterionDefinition.object, this.openmct);
+        criterion.on('criterion::Update', this.handleCriterionUpdated);
+        this.criteriaMap[criterionDefinition.id] = criterion;
+        this.handleConditionUpdated();
+        return criterionDefinition.id;
+    }
+
+    findCriterion(id) {
+        return this.criteriaMap[id] || null;
+    }
+
+    updateCriterion(id, criterionDefinition) {
+        if (this.destroyCriterion(id)) {
+            this.criteriaMap[id] = new TelemetryCriterion(criterionDefinition.object, this.openmct);
+            this.handleConditionUpdated();
+        }
+    }
+
+    removeCriterion(id) {
+        if (this.destroyCriterion(id)) {
+            this.handleConditionUpdated();
+        }
+    }
+
+    destroyCriterion(id) {
+        let criterion = this.findCriterion(id);
+        const criterionId = id;
+        if (criterion) {
+            criterion.unsubscribe();
+            criterion.off('criterion::Update', (result) => {
+                this.handleCriterionUpdated(criterionId, result);
+            });
+            delete this.criteriaMap[id];
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    handleCriterionUpdated(id, result) {
+        // reevaluate the condition's output
+        // TODO: should we save the result of a criterion here or in the criterion object itself?
+        this.evaluate();
+        this.handleConditionUpdated();
+    }
+
+    handleConditionUpdated() {
+        // trigger an updated event so that consumers can react accordingly
+    }
+
+    getCriteria() {
+        let criteria = [];
+        for(let id in this.criteriaMap) {
+            if (this.criteriaMap.hasOwnProperty(id) && this.criteriaMap[id]) {
+                criteria.push(this.criteriaMap[id]);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return criteria;
+    }
+
+    destroyCriteria() {
+        let success = true;
+        for(let id in this.criteriaMap) {
+            if (this.criteriaMap.hasOwnProperty(id) && this.criteriaMap[id]) {
+                success = success && this.destroyCriterion(this.criteriaMap[id]);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return success;
+    }
+
+    evaluate() {
+        let criteria = this.getCriteria();
+        if (this.trigger === TRIGGER.ANY) {
+            this.result = computeConditionForAny(criteria);
+        } else if (this.trigger === TRIGGER.ALL) {
+            this.result = computeConditionForAll(criteria);
+        }
+    }
+
+    emitResult(data, error) {
+        this.emit('condition::Update', {
+            identifier: this.id,
+            data: data,
+            error: error
+        });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/condition/utils/constants.js b/src/plugins/condition/utils/constants.js
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+export const TRIGGER = {
+    ANY: 'any',
+    ALL: 'all'
+};
diff --git a/src/plugins/condition/utils/evaluator.js b/src/plugins/condition/utils/evaluator.js
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+export const computeConditionForAny = (args) => {
+    return false;
+};
+
+export const computeConditionForAll = (args) => {
+    return false;
+};