diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/docs/index.html b/proposal/myrmidon/docs/index.html
index da813f1bb..550f5e9be 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/docs/index.html
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/docs/index.html
@@ -298,6 +298,26 @@ take the following attributes:
     <font color="#000000" size="-1" face="arial,helvetica,sanserif">
           Default Value
         </font>
+  </td>
+      </tr>
+                  <tr>
+                  <td bgcolor="#a0ddf0" colspan="" rowspan="" 
+      valign="top" align="left">
+    <font color="#000000" size="-1" face="arial,helvetica,sanserif">
+          name
+        </font>
+  </td>
+                      <td bgcolor="#a0ddf0" colspan="" rowspan="" 
+      valign="top" align="left">
+    <font color="#000000" size="-1" face="arial,helvetica,sanserif">
+          The project name.
+        </font>
+  </td>
+                      <td bgcolor="#a0ddf0" colspan="" rowspan="" 
+      valign="top" align="left">
+    <font color="#000000" size="-1" face="arial,helvetica,sanserif">
+          The name of the project file, with the extension removed.
+        </font>
   </td>
       </tr>
                   <tr>
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/components/builder/DefaultProject.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/components/builder/DefaultProject.java
index 2ddf4b04d..9d883548a 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/components/builder/DefaultProject.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/components/builder/DefaultProject.java
@@ -46,6 +46,25 @@ public class DefaultProject
     ///The base directory of project
     private File m_baseDirectory;
 
+    ///The project name
+    private String m_name;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the project name.
+     */
+    public String getProjectName()
+    {
+        return m_name;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the project name.
+     */
+    public void setProjectName( String name )
+    {
+        m_name = name;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get the imports for project.
      *
@@ -111,7 +130,7 @@ public class DefaultProject
     /**
      * Retrieve a target by name.
      *
-     * @param name the name of target
+     * @param targetName the name of target
      * @return the Target or null if no target exists with name
      */
     public final Target getTarget( final String targetName )
@@ -151,14 +170,15 @@ public class DefaultProject
 
     /**
      * Retrieve base directory of project.
-     *
-     * @return the projects base directory
      */
     public final void setBaseDirectory( final File baseDirectory )
     {
         m_baseDirectory = baseDirectory;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Adds a type library import to the project.
+     */
     public final void addTypeLib( final TypeLib typeLib )
     {
         m_imports.add( typeLib );
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/components/builder/DefaultProjectBuilder.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/components/builder/DefaultProjectBuilder.java
index d8290b89f..894fb0e1a 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/components/builder/DefaultProjectBuilder.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/components/builder/DefaultProjectBuilder.java
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ public class DefaultProjectBuilder
         }
 
         //get project-level attributes
+        final String projectName = configuration.getAttribute( "name",
+                                                               FileUtil.removeExtension(file.getName()) );
         final String baseDirectoryName = configuration.getAttribute( "basedir", null );
         final String defaultTarget = configuration.getAttribute( "default", "main" );
         final Version version = getVersion( configuration );
@@ -156,6 +158,7 @@ public class DefaultProjectBuilder
 
         //create project and ...
         final DefaultProject project = new DefaultProject();
+        project.setProjectName( projectName );
         project.setDefaultTargetName( defaultTarget );
         project.setBaseDirectory( baseDirectory );
 
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/interfaces/model/Project.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/interfaces/model/Project.java
index 86c985658..46c51f8d6 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/interfaces/model/Project.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/interfaces/model/Project.java
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ import org.apache.avalon.framework.component.Component;
  * Abstraction used to interact with projects.
  * Implementations may choose to structure it anyway they choose.
  *
- * TODO: Determine if projects should carry their own name. Breaks IOC but
- * Can be useful as project files embed own name (or should that be description).
- *
  * @author <a href="mailto:peter@apache.org">Peter Donald</a>
  * @version $Revision$ $Date$
  */
@@ -34,6 +31,14 @@ public interface Project
     // the name of currently executing target
     //String TARGET           = "myrmidon.target.name";
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the project name.
+     *
+     * TODO: Determine if projects should carry their own name. Breaks IOC but
+     * Can be useful as project files embed own name (or should that be description).
+     */
+    String getProjectName();
+
     /**
      * Get the imports for project.
      *
@@ -42,14 +47,14 @@ public interface Project
     TypeLib[] getTypeLibs();
 
     /**
-     * Get names of projects referred to by this project.
+     * Get names of projects referenced by this project.
      *
      * @return the names
      */
     String[] getProjectNames();
 
     /**
-     * Retrieve project reffered to by this project.
+     * Retrieve project referenced by this project.
      *
      * @param name the project name
      * @return the Project or null if none by that name
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/xdocs/index.xml b/proposal/myrmidon/src/xdocs/index.xml
index 41377f897..1e49bb175 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/xdocs/index.xml
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/xdocs/index.xml
@@ -174,6 +174,11 @@ take the following attributes:
 
 <table>
     <tr><th>Attribute</th><th>Description</th><th>Default Value</th></tr>
+    <tr>
+        <td>name</td>
+        <td>The project name.</td>
+        <td>The name of the project file, with the extension removed.</td>
+    </tr>
     <tr>
         <td>basedir</td>
         <td>The base directory for the project.</td>