diff --git a/spring-batch-execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/configuration/BatchCoreNamespaceHandler.java b/spring-batch-execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/configuration/BatchCoreNamespaceHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1339ca06f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/configuration/BatchCoreNamespaceHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package org.springframework.batch.execution.configuration;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParser;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.NamespaceHandlerSupport;
+
+/**
+ * <code>NamespaceHandler</code> for the <code>batch</code> namespace.
+ * 
+ * <p>Provides a {@link BeanDefinitionParser} for the <code>&lt;batch:job&gt;</code> tag. A <code>job</code>
+ * tag can include nested <code>chunked-step</code> and <code>tasklet-step</code> tags.
+ * 
+ * @author Ben Hale
+ */
+public class BatchCoreNamespaceHandler extends NamespaceHandlerSupport {
+
+	/**
+	 * Register the {@link BeanDefinitionParser BeanDefinitionParser} for the
+	 * '<code>job</code>', tag.
+	 */
+	public void init() {
+		registerBeanDefinitionParser("job", new JobBeanDefinitionParser());
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-batch-execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/configuration/JobBeanDefinitionParser.java b/spring-batch-execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/configuration/JobBeanDefinitionParser.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c4d42229e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/configuration/JobBeanDefinitionParser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package org.springframework.batch.execution.configuration;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParser;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext;
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+
+class JobBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
+	
+	private static final String JOB = "job";
+	
+	private static final String CHUNKING_STEP = "chunking-step";
+	
+	private static final String TASKLET_STEP ="tasklet-step";
+
+	public BeanDefinition parse(Element element, ParserContext parserContext) {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-batch-execution/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.handlers b/spring-batch-execution/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.handlers
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c3d371f98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-execution/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.handlers
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+http\://www.springframework.org/schema/batch-execution=org.springframework.batch.execution.config.BatchCoreNamespaceHandler
diff --git a/spring-batch-execution/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.schemas b/spring-batch-execution/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.schemas
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b9b173a13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-execution/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.schemas
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+http\://www.springframework.org/schema/batch/spring-batch-execution-1.0.xsd=org/springframework/batch/core/config/spring-batch-execution-1.0.xsd
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/config/spring-batch-core.xsd b/spring-batch-execution/src/main/resources/org/springframework/batch/execution/config/spring-batch-execution-1.0.xsd
similarity index 96%
rename from spring-batch-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/config/spring-batch-core.xsd
rename to spring-batch-execution/src/main/resources/org/springframework/batch/execution/config/spring-batch-execution-1.0.xsd
index 93013f159..ae1e6107f 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/config/spring-batch-core.xsd
+++ b/spring-batch-execution/src/main/resources/org/springframework/batch/execution/config/spring-batch-execution-1.0.xsd
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<xs:schema xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch-core"
+<xs:schema xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch-execution"
 	xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
-	targetNamespace="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch-core"
+	targetNamespace="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch-execution"
 	elementFormDefault="qualified" attributeFormDefault="unqualified" version="1.0">
 
 	<xs:element name="job">