diff --git a/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/core/keyspace/AlterKeyspaceSpecification.java b/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/core/keyspace/AlterKeyspaceSpecification.java
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index 000000000..9898d98a2
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+++ b/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/core/keyspace/AlterKeyspaceSpecification.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package org.springframework.cassandra.core.keyspace;
+
+public class AlterKeyspaceSpecification extends KeyspaceSpecification<AlterKeyspaceSpecification> {
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/core/keyspace/CreateKeyspaceSpecification.java b/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/core/keyspace/CreateKeyspaceSpecification.java
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+++ b/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/core/keyspace/CreateKeyspaceSpecification.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package org.springframework.cassandra.core.keyspace;
+
+public class CreateKeyspaceSpecification extends KeyspaceSpecification<CreateKeyspaceSpecification> {
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/core/keyspace/DropKeyspaceSpecification.java b/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/core/keyspace/DropKeyspaceSpecification.java
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index 000000000..020b15c9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/core/keyspace/DropKeyspaceSpecification.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package org.springframework.cassandra.core.keyspace;
+
+public class DropKeyspaceSpecification extends KeyspaceNameSpecification<DropKeyspaceSpecification> {
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/core/keyspace/KeyspaceDescriptor.java b/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/core/keyspace/KeyspaceDescriptor.java
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+++ b/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/core/keyspace/KeyspaceDescriptor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2011-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * 
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.springframework.cassandra.core.keyspace;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * Describes a Keyspace.
+ * 
+ * @author John McPeek
+ */
+public interface KeyspaceDescriptor {
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the name of the table.
+	 */
+	String getName();
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the name of the table as an identifier or quoted identifier as appropriate.
+	 */
+	String getNameAsIdentifier();
+	
+	/**
+	 * Returns the replication strategy.
+	 */
+	String getReplicationStrategy();
+	
+	Long getReplicationFactor();
+	
+	Map<String, Long> getDataCenters();
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns an unmodifiable {@link Map} of keyspace options.
+	 */
+	Map<String, Object> getOptions();
+}
diff --git a/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/core/keyspace/KeyspaceNameSpecification.java b/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/core/keyspace/KeyspaceNameSpecification.java
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index 000000000..0bec92437
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/core/keyspace/KeyspaceNameSpecification.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package org.springframework.cassandra.core.keyspace;
+
+import static org.springframework.cassandra.core.cql.CqlStringUtils.checkIdentifier;
+import static org.springframework.cassandra.core.cql.CqlStringUtils.identifize;
+
+/**
+ * Abstract builder class to support the construction of keyspace specifications.
+ * 
+ * @author John McPeek
+ * @param <T> The subtype of the {@link KeyspaceNameSpecification}
+ */
+public abstract class KeyspaceNameSpecification<T extends KeyspaceNameSpecification<T>> {
+
+	/**
+	 * The name of the table.
+	 */
+	private String name;
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the keyspace name.
+	 * 
+	 * @return this
+	 */
+	@SuppressWarnings( "unchecked" )
+	public T name(String name) {
+		checkIdentifier(name);
+		this.name = name;
+		return (T) this;
+	}
+
+	public String getName() {
+		return name;
+	}
+
+	public String getNameAsIdentifier() {
+		return identifize(name);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/core/keyspace/KeyspaceOption.java b/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/core/keyspace/KeyspaceOption.java
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+++ b/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/core/keyspace/KeyspaceOption.java
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package org.springframework.cassandra.core.keyspace;
+
+public enum KeyspaceOption implements Option {
+	REPLICATION_STRATEGY("class", String.class, true, true, true),
+	
+	REPLICATION_FACTOR("replication_factor", Long.class, false, false, false);
+
+	private Option delegate;
+
+	private KeyspaceOption(String name, Class<?> type, boolean requiresValue, boolean escapesValue, boolean quotesValue) {
+		this.delegate = new DefaultOption(name, type, requiresValue, escapesValue, quotesValue);
+	}
+
+	public Class<?> getType() {
+		return delegate.getType();
+	}
+
+	public boolean takesValue() {
+		return delegate.takesValue();
+	}
+
+	public String getName() {
+		return delegate.getName();
+	}
+
+	public boolean escapesValue() {
+		return delegate.escapesValue();
+	}
+
+	public boolean quotesValue() {
+		return delegate.quotesValue();
+	}
+
+	public boolean requiresValue() {
+		return delegate.requiresValue();
+	}
+
+	public void checkValue(Object value) {
+		delegate.checkValue(value);
+	}
+
+	public boolean isCoerceable(Object value) {
+		return delegate.isCoerceable(value);
+	}
+
+	public String toString() {
+		return delegate.toString();
+	}
+
+	public String toString(Object value) {
+		return delegate.toString(value);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Known Replication Strategy options.
+	 * 
+	 * @author John McPeek
+	 *
+	 */
+	public enum ReplicationStrategy {
+		SIMPLE_STRATEGY("SimpleStrategy"), NETWORK_TOPOLOGY_STRATEGY("NetworkTopologyStrategy");
+
+		private String value;
+		
+		private ReplicationStrategy(String value) {
+			this.value = value;
+		}
+
+		public String getValue() {
+			return value;
+		}
+
+		public String toString() {
+			return getValue();
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/core/keyspace/KeyspaceOptionsSpecification.java b/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/core/keyspace/KeyspaceOptionsSpecification.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..650c384a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/core/keyspace/KeyspaceOptionsSpecification.java
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+package org.springframework.cassandra.core.keyspace;
+
+import static org.springframework.cassandra.core.cql.CqlStringUtils.escapeSingle;
+import static org.springframework.cassandra.core.cql.CqlStringUtils.singleQuote;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.springframework.cassandra.core.cql.CqlStringUtils;
+
+/**
+ * Abstract builder class to support the construction of table specifications that have table options, that is, those
+ * options normally specified by <code>WITH ... AND ...</code>.
+ * <p/>
+ * It is important to note that although this class depends on {@link KeyspaceOption} for convenient and typesafe use, it
+ * ultimately stores its options in a <code>Map<String,Object></code> for flexibility. This means that
+ * {@link #with(KeyspaceOption)} and {@link #with(KeyspaceOption, Object)} delegate to
+ * {@link #with(String, Object, boolean, boolean)}. This design allows the API to support new Cassandra options as they
+ * are introduced without having to update the code immediately.
+ * 
+ * @author John McPeek
+ * @param <T> The subtype of the {@link KeyspaceOptionsSpecification}.
+ */
+public abstract class KeyspaceOptionsSpecification<T extends KeyspaceOptionsSpecification<T>> extends KeyspaceNameSpecification<T> {
+
+	protected Map<String, Object> options = new LinkedHashMap<String, Object>();
+
+	public T name(String name) {
+		return (T) super.name(name);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Convenience method that calls <code>with(option, null)</code>.
+	 * 
+	 * @return this
+	 */
+	public T with(KeyspaceOption option) {
+		return with(option, null);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the given table option. This is a convenience method that calls
+	 * {@link #with(String, Object, boolean, boolean)} appropriately from the given {@link KeyspaceOption} and value for that
+	 * option.
+	 * 
+	 * @param option The option to set.
+	 * @param value The value of the option. Must be type-compatible with the {@link KeyspaceOption}.
+	 * @return this
+	 * @see #with(String, Object, boolean, boolean)
+	 */
+	public T with(KeyspaceOption option, Object value) {
+		option.checkValue(value);
+		return (T) with(option.getName(), value, option.escapesValue(), option.quotesValue());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Adds the given option by name to this keyspaces's options.
+	 * <p/>
+	 * Options that have <code>null</code> values are considered single string options where the name of the option is the
+	 * string to be used. Otherwise, the result of {@link Object#toString()} is considered to be the value of the option
+	 * with the given name. The value, after conversion to string, may have embedded single quotes escaped according to
+	 * parameter <code>escape</code> and may be single-quoted according to parameter <code>quote</code>.
+	 * 
+	 * @param name The name of the option
+	 * @param value The value of the option. If <code>null</code>, the value is ignored and the option is considered to be
+	 *          composed of only the name, otherwise the value's {@link Object#toString()} value is used.
+	 * @param escape Whether to escape the value via {@link CqlStringUtils#escapeSingle(Object)}. Ignored if given value
+	 *          is an instance of a {@link Map}.
+	 * @param quote Whether to quote the value via {@link CqlStringUtils#singleQuote(Object)}. Ignored if given value is
+	 *          an instance of a {@link Map}.
+	 * @return this
+	 */
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	public T with(String name, Object value, boolean escape, boolean quote) {
+		if (!(value instanceof Map)) {
+			if (escape) {
+				value = escapeSingle(value);
+			}
+			if (quote) {
+				value = singleQuote(value);
+			}
+		}
+		options.put(name, value);
+		return (T) this;
+	}
+
+	public Map<String, Object> getOptions() {
+		return Collections.unmodifiableMap(options);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/core/keyspace/KeyspaceSpecification.java b/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/core/keyspace/KeyspaceSpecification.java
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index 000000000..c1b28dfa8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/core/keyspace/KeyspaceSpecification.java
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2011-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * 
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.springframework.cassandra.core.keyspace;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+
+/**
+ * Builder class to support the construction of keyspace specifications that have columns. This class can also be used as a
+ * standalone {@link KeyspaceDescriptor}, independent of {@link CreateKeyspaceSpecification}.
+ * 
+ * @author John McPeek
+ */
+public class KeyspaceSpecification<T> extends KeyspaceOptionsSpecification<KeyspaceSpecification<T>> implements KeyspaceDescriptor {
+	
+	private String replicationStrategy;
+	
+	private Long replicationFactor;
+	
+	private Map<String, Long> dataCenters = new HashMap<String, Long>();
+
+	@Override
+	public String getReplicationStrategy() {
+		return replicationStrategy;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param replicationStrategy the replicationStrategy to set
+	 */
+	public void setReplicationStrategy(String replicationStrategy) {
+		this.replicationStrategy = replicationStrategy;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return the replicationFactor
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public Long getReplicationFactor() {
+		return replicationFactor;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param replicationFactor the replicationFactor to set
+	 */
+	public void setReplicationFactor(Long replicationFactor) {
+		this.replicationFactor = replicationFactor;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Map<String, Long> getDataCenters() {
+		return Collections.unmodifiableMap( dataCenters );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param dataCenters the dataCenters to set
+	 */
+	public void setDataCenters(Map<String, Long> dataCenters) {
+		this.dataCenters = dataCenters;
+	}
+}