diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/framework/factorys/Resources.properties b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/framework/factorys/Resources.properties
index 275097c8f..9d1e2fbf5 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/framework/factorys/Resources.properties
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/framework/factorys/Resources.properties
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-missing-home-dir.error=Cannot locate antRun scripts: Property 'myrmidon.home' not specified
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+missing-home-dir.error=Cannot locate antRun scripts: Property 'myrmidon.home' not specified
+create-vfs-manager.error=Could not create the VFS manager.
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diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/framework/factorys/VfsManagerFactory.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/framework/factorys/VfsManagerFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..62476a6be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/framework/factorys/VfsManagerFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) The Apache Software Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This software is published under the terms of the Apache Software License
+ * version 1.1, a copy of which has been included  with this distribution in
+ * the LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+package org.apache.myrmidon.framework.factorys;
+
+import org.apache.aut.vfs.FileSystemManager;
+import org.apache.aut.vfs.impl.DefaultFileSystemManager;
+import org.apache.myrmidon.interfaces.service.ServiceFactory;
+import org.apache.myrmidon.interfaces.service.ServiceException;
+import org.apache.avalon.excalibur.i18n.Resources;
+import org.apache.avalon.excalibur.i18n.ResourceManager;
+
+/**
+ * A factory that creates the {@link FileSystemManager} service.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:adammurdoch@apache.org">Adam Murdoch</a>
+ * @version $Revision$ $Date$
+ */
+public class VfsManagerFactory
+    implements ServiceFactory
+{
+    private final static Resources REZ
+        = ResourceManager.getPackageResources( VfsManagerFactory.class );
+
+    /**
+     * Create a service that coresponds to this factory.
+     */
+    public Object createService()
+        throws ServiceException
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            return new DefaultFileSystemManager();
+        }
+        catch( Exception e )
+        {
+            final String message = REZ.getString( "create-vfs-manager.error" );
+            throw new ServiceException( message );
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/manifest/builtin-ant-roles.xml b/proposal/myrmidon/src/manifest/builtin-ant-roles.xml
index cce5f92fa..0165be62c 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/manifest/builtin-ant-roles.xml
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/manifest/builtin-ant-roles.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 <roles version="1.0">
-  <role shorthand="task"             name="org.apache.myrmidon.api.Task"/>
-  <role shorthand="data-type"        name="org.apache.myrmidon.framework.DataType"/>
-  <role shorthand="listener"         name="org.apache.myrmidon.listeners.ProjectListener"/>
-  <role shorthand="aspect"           name="org.apache.myrmidon.aspects.AspectHandler"/>
-  <role shorthand="project-builder"  name="org.apache.myrmidon.interfaces.builder.ProjectBuilder"/>
-  <role shorthand="converter"        name="org.apache.myrmidon.converter.Converter"/>
-  <role shorthand="configurer"       name="org.apache.myrmidon.interfaces.configurer.Configurer"/>
+    <role shorthand="task" name="org.apache.myrmidon.api.Task"/>
+    <role shorthand="data-type" name="org.apache.myrmidon.framework.DataType"/>
+    <role shorthand="listener" name="org.apache.myrmidon.listeners.ProjectListener"/>
+    <role shorthand="aspect" name="org.apache.myrmidon.aspects.AspectHandler"/>
+    <role shorthand="project-builder" name="org.apache.myrmidon.interfaces.builder.ProjectBuilder"/>
+    <role shorthand="converter" name="org.apache.myrmidon.converter.Converter"/>
+    <role shorthand="configurer" name="org.apache.myrmidon.interfaces.configurer.Configurer"/>
+    <role shorthand="exec-manager" name="org.apache.aut.nativelib.ExecManager"/>
+    <role shorthand="file-system-manager" name="org.apache.aut.vfs.FileSystemManager"/>
 </roles>
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diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/manifest/core-services.xml b/proposal/myrmidon/src/manifest/core-services.xml
index 9cc54aefd..fa8076bae 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/manifest/core-services.xml
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/manifest/core-services.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-<services>
-  <service role="org.apache.aut.nativelib.ExecManager"
-           factory="org.apache.myrmidon.framework.factorys.ExecManagerFactory"/>
-</services>
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+<services version="1.0">
+    <exec-manager factory="org.apache.myrmidon.framework.factorys.ExecManagerFactory"/>
+    <file-system-manager factory="org.apache.myrmidon.framework.factorys.VfsManagerFactory">
+        <provider scheme="zip" classname="org.apache.aut.vfs.provider.zip.ZipFileSystemProvider"/>
+        <provider scheme="jar" classname="org.apache.aut.vfs.provider.zip.ZipFileSystemProvider"/>
+        <provider scheme="smb" classname="org.apache.aut.vfs.provider.smb.SmbFileSystemProvider"/>
+        <provider scheme="ftp" classname="org.apache.aut.vfs.provider.ftp.FtpFileSystemProvider"/>
+    </file-system-manager>
+</services>