diff --git a/src/machi.proto b/src/machi.proto
index 9dfa246..831e32c 100644
--- a/src/machi.proto
+++ b/src/machi.proto
@@ -83,6 +83,15 @@ message Mpb_FileInfo {
     required string file_name = 2;
 }
 
+// #p_srvr{} type
+message Mpb_P_Srvr {
+    required string name = 1;
+    required string proto_mod = 2;
+    required string address = 3;
+    required string port = 4;
+    required bytes props = 5;
+}
+
 //////////////////////////////////////////
 //
 // requests & responses
@@ -97,7 +106,21 @@ message Mpb_ErrorResp {
     optional bytes extra = 3;
 }
 
-// ping() request & response
+//////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// High Level API requests:
+//
+// echo()          : Mpb_EchoReq and Mpb_EchoResp
+// auth()          : Mpb_AuthReq and Mpb_AuthResp
+// append_chunk()  : Mpb_AppendChunkReq and Mpb_AppendChunkResp
+// write_chunk()   : Mpb_WriteChunkReq and Mpb_WriteChunkResp
+// read_chunk()    : Mpb_ReadChunkReq and Mpb_ReadChunkResp
+// checksum_list() : Mpb_ChecksumListReq and Mpb_ChecksumListResp
+// list_files()    : Mpb_ListFilesReq and Mpb_ListFilesResp
+//
+//////////////////////////////////////////
+
+// High level API: echo() request & response
 
 message Mpb_EchoReq {
     optional string message = 1;
@@ -107,7 +130,7 @@ message Mpb_EchoResp {
     optional string message = 1;
 }
 
-// Authentication request & response
+// High level API: auth() request & response (not yet implemented)
 
 message Mpb_AuthReq {
     required bytes user = 1;
@@ -119,7 +142,7 @@ message Mpb_AuthResp {
     // TODO: not implemented yet
 }
 
-// append_chunk() request & response
+// High level API: append_chunk() request & response
 
 message Mpb_AppendChunkReq {
     optional bytes placement_key = 1;
@@ -135,7 +158,7 @@ message Mpb_AppendChunkResp {
     optional Mpb_ChunkPos chunk_pos = 2;
 }
 
-// write_chunk() request & response
+// High level API: write_chunk() request & response
 
 message Mpb_WriteChunkReq {
     required string file = 1;
@@ -148,7 +171,7 @@ message Mpb_WriteChunkResp {
     required Mpb_GeneralStatusCode status = 1;
 }
 
-// read_chunk() request & response
+// High level API: read_chunk() request & response
 
 message Mpb_ReadChunkReq {
     required string file = 1;
@@ -167,7 +190,7 @@ message Mpb_ReadChunkResp {
     optional Mpb_ChunkCSum csum = 3;
 }
 
-// checksum_list() request & response
+// High level API: checksum_list() request & response
 
 message Mpb_ChecksumListReq {
     required string file = 1;
@@ -178,7 +201,7 @@ message Mpb_ChecksumListResp {
     optional bytes chunk = 2;
 }
 
-// list_files() request & response
+// High level API: list_files() request & response
 
 message Mpb_ListFilesReq {
 }
diff --git a/src/machi_pb_wrap.erl b/src/machi_pb_wrap.erl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d79f3ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/machi_pb_wrap.erl
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+%% -------------------------------------------------------------------
+%%
+%% Machi: a small village of replicated files
+%%
+%% Copyright (c) 2014-2015 Basho Technologies, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+%%
+%% This file is provided to you 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.
+%%
+%% -------------------------------------------------------------------
+-module(machi_pb_wrap).
+
+-include("machi_pb.hrl").
+-include("machi_projection.hrl").
+
+-export([enc_p_srvr/1, dec_p_srvr/1,
+        enc_projection_v1/1, dec_projection_v1/1]).
+-ifdef(TEST).
+-compile(export_all).
+-endif. % TEST
+
+enc_p_srvr(#p_srvr{name=Name,
+                   proto_mod=ProtoMod,
+                   address=Address,
+                   port=Port,
+                   props=Props}) ->
+    machi_pb:encode_mpb_p_srvr(#mpb_p_srvr{name=to_list(Name),
+                                           proto_mod=to_list(ProtoMod),
+                                           address=to_list(Address),
+                                           port=to_list(Port),
+                                           props=todo_enc_opaque(Props)}).
+
+dec_p_srvr(Bin) ->
+    #mpb_p_srvr{name=Name,
+                proto_mod=ProtoMod,
+                address=Address,
+                port=Port,
+                props=Props} = machi_pb:decode_mpb_p_srvr(Bin),
+    #p_srvr{name=to_atom(Name),
+            proto_mod=to_atom(ProtoMod),
+            address=to_list(Address),
+            port=to_integer(Port),
+            props=todo_dec_opaque(Props)}.
+
+enc_projection_v1(#projection_v1{dbg=Dbg,
+                                 dbg2=Dbg2,
+                                 members_dict=MembersDict} = P) ->
+    term_to_binary(P#projection_v1{dbg=enc_sexp(Dbg),
+                                   dbg2=enc_sexp(Dbg2),
+                                   members_dict=enc_members_dict(MembersDict)}).
+
+dec_projection_v1(Bin) ->
+    P = #projection_v1{dbg=Dbg,
+                       dbg2=Dbg2,
+                       members_dict=MembersDict} = binary_to_term(Bin),
+    P#projection_v1{dbg=dec_sexp(Dbg),
+                    dbg2=dec_sexp(Dbg2),
+                    members_dict=dec_members_dict(MembersDict)}.
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+enc_sexp(T) ->
+    lists:flatten(io_lib:format("~w.", [T])).
+
+dec_sexp(String) ->
+    {ok,Tks,_} = erl_scan:string(String),
+    {ok,E} = erl_parse:parse_exprs(Tks),
+    {value,Funs,_} = erl_eval:exprs(E,[]),
+    Funs.
+
+enc_members_dict(D) ->
+    %% Use list_to_binary() here to "flatten" the serialized #p_srvr{}
+    [{K, list_to_binary(enc_p_srvr(V))} || {K, V} <- orddict:to_list(D)].
+
+dec_members_dict(List) ->
+    orddict:from_list([{K, dec_p_srvr(V)} || {K, V} <- List]).
+
+to_binary(X) when is_list(X) ->
+    list_to_binary(X);
+to_binary(X) when is_integer(X) ->
+    list_to_binary(integer_to_list(X));
+to_binary(X) when is_atom(X) ->
+    erlang:atom_to_binary(X, latin1);
+to_binary(X) when is_binary(X) ->
+    X.
+
+to_list(X) when is_atom(X) ->
+    atom_to_list(X);
+to_list(X) when is_binary(X) ->
+    binary_to_list(X);
+to_list(X) when is_integer(X) ->
+    integer_to_list(X);
+to_list(X) when is_list(X) ->
+    X.
+
+to_atom(X) when is_list(X) ->
+    list_to_atom(X);
+to_atom(X) when is_binary(X) ->
+    erlang:binary_to_atom(X, latin1);
+to_atom(X) when is_atom(X) ->
+    X.
+
+to_integer(X) when is_list(X) ->
+    list_to_integer(X);
+to_integer(X) when is_binary(X) ->
+    list_to_binary(binary_to_list(X));
+to_integer(X) when is_integer(X) ->
+    X.
+
+todo_enc_opaque(X) ->
+    erlang:term_to_binary(X).
+
+todo_dec_opaque(X) ->
+    erlang:binary_to_term(X).
diff --git a/test/machi_pb_test.erl b/test/machi_pb_test.erl
index 1044bf6..0712b7f 100644
--- a/test/machi_pb_test.erl
+++ b/test/machi_pb_test.erl
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 -module(machi_pb_test).
 
 -include("machi_pb.hrl").
+-include("machi_projection.hrl").
 
 -compile(export_all).
 
@@ -62,6 +63,22 @@ smoke_responses_test() ->
 
     ok.
 
+smoke_p_srvr_test() ->
+    P1 = #p_srvr{name=a, address="localhost", port=5555,
+                 props=[{dir,"./data.a"}]},
+    P1 = machi_pb_wrap:dec_p_srvr(
+           list_to_binary(machi_pb_wrap:enc_p_srvr(P1))),
+    ok.
+
+smoke_projection_v1_test() ->
+    P1 = #p_srvr{name=a, address="localhost", port=5555,
+                 props=[{dir,"./data.a"}]},
+    D = orddict:from_list([ {P1#p_srvr.name, P1} ]),
+    Proj1 = machi_projection:new(a, D, [a], [], [], [{property, 42}]),
+    Proj1 = machi_pb_wrap:dec_projection_v1(
+              machi_pb_wrap:enc_projection_v1(Proj1)),
+    ok.
+
 encdec_request(M) ->
     machi_pb:decode_mpb_request(
       list_to_binary(machi_pb:encode_mpb_request(M))).