diff --git a/OpenGridServices/OpenGrid.Framework.Data.MySQL/MySQLInventoryData.cs b/OpenGridServices/OpenGrid.Framework.Data.MySQL/MySQLInventoryData.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace OpenGrid.Framework.Data.MySQL
+{
+    class MySQLInventoryData
+    {
+        public MySQLManager database;
+
+        public void Initialise()
+        {
+            IniFile GridDataMySqlFile = new IniFile("mysql_connection.ini");
+            string settingHostname = GridDataMySqlFile.ParseFileReadValue("hostname");
+            string settingDatabase = GridDataMySqlFile.ParseFileReadValue("database");
+            string settingUsername = GridDataMySqlFile.ParseFileReadValue("username");
+            string settingPassword = GridDataMySqlFile.ParseFileReadValue("password");
+            string settingPooling = GridDataMySqlFile.ParseFileReadValue("pooling");
+            string settingPort = GridDataMySqlFile.ParseFileReadValue("port");
+
+            database = new MySQLManager(settingHostname, settingDatabase, settingUsername, settingPassword, settingPooling, settingPort);
+        }
+        
+        public string getName()
+        {
+            return "MySQL Logdata Interface";
+        }
+
+        public void Close()
+        {
+            // Do nothing.
+        }
+
+        public string getVersion()
+        {
+            return "0.1";
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/OpenGridServices/OpenGrid.Framework.Data/InventoryData.cs b/OpenGridServices/OpenGrid.Framework.Data/InventoryData.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace OpenGrid.Framework.Data
+{
+    public interface IInventoryData
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initialises the interface
+        /// </summary>
+        void Initialise();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Closes the interface
+        /// </summary>
+        void Close();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The plugin being loaded
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>A string containing the plugin name</returns>
+        string getName();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The plugins version
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>A string containing the plugin version</returns>
+        string getVersion();
+    }
+}