diff --git a/libraries/hfm/src/hfm/HFMFormat.h b/libraries/hfm/src/hfm/HFMFormat.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4430bca3f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/hfm/src/hfm/HFMFormat.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+//
+//  HFMFormat.h
+//  libraries/hfm/src/hfm
+//
+//  Created by Sabrina Shanman on 2018/11/30.
+//  Copyright 2018 High Fidelity, Inc.
+//
+//  Distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+//  See the accompanying file LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
+//
+
+#ifndef hifi_HFMFormat_h
+#define hifi_HFMFormat_h
+
+#include "HFMFormatRegistry.h"
+
+namespace hfm {
+    class Format {
+    public:
+        virtual void registerFormat(FormatRegistry& registry) = 0;
+        virtual void unregisterFormat(FormatRegistry& registry) = 0;
+    };
+};
+
+#endif // hifi_HFMFormat_h
diff --git a/libraries/hfm/src/hfm/HFMFormatRegistry.cpp b/libraries/hfm/src/hfm/HFMFormatRegistry.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..08f13c414a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/hfm/src/hfm/HFMFormatRegistry.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+//
+//  HFMFormatRegistry.cpp
+//  libraries/hfm/src/hfm
+//
+//  Created by Sabrina Shanman on 2018/11/29.
+//  Copyright 2018 High Fidelity, Inc.
+//
+//  Distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+//  See the accompanying file LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
+//
+
+#include "HFMFormatRegistry.h"
+
+namespace hfm {
+
+FormatRegistry::MIMETypeID FormatRegistry::registerMIMEType(const MIMEType& mimeType, const std::shared_ptr<Serializer::Factory>& supportedFactory) {
+    MIMETypeID id = _mimeTypeLibrary.registerMIMEType(mimeType);
+    withWriteLock([&](){
+        _supportedFormats.emplace_back(id, supportedFactory);
+    });
+    return id;
+}
+
+void FormatRegistry::unregisterMIMEType(const MIMETypeID& mimeTypeID) {
+    withWriteLock([&](){
+        for (auto it = _supportedFormats.begin(); it != _supportedFormats.end(); it++) {
+            if ((*it).mimeTypeID == mimeTypeID) {
+                _supportedFormats.erase(it);
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    });
+    _mimeTypeLibrary.unregisterMIMEType(mimeTypeID);
+}
+
+std::shared_ptr<Serializer::Factory> FormatRegistry::getFactoryForMIMETypeID(FormatRegistry::MIMETypeID mimeTypeID) const {
+    return resultWithReadLock<std::shared_ptr<Serializer::Factory>>([&](){
+        for (auto it = _supportedFormats.begin(); it != _supportedFormats.end(); it++) {
+            if ((*it).mimeTypeID == mimeTypeID) {
+                return (*it).factory;
+            }
+        }
+        return std::shared_ptr<Serializer::Factory>();
+    });
+}
+
+std::shared_ptr<Serializer::Factory> FormatRegistry::getFactoryForMIMEType(const hifi::ByteArray& data, const hifi::VariantHash& mapping, const hifi::URL& url, const std::string& webMediaType) const {
+    MIMETypeID id = _mimeTypeLibrary.findMatchingMIMEType(data, mapping, url, webMediaType);
+    return getFactoryForMIMETypeID(id);
+}
+
+};
diff --git a/libraries/hfm/src/hfm/HFMFormatRegistry.h b/libraries/hfm/src/hfm/HFMFormatRegistry.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e807d98c46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/hfm/src/hfm/HFMFormatRegistry.h
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+//
+//  HFMFormatRegistry.h
+//  libraries/hfm/src/hfm
+//
+//  Created by Sabrina Shanman on 2018/11/28.
+//  Copyright 2018 High Fidelity, Inc.
+//
+//  Distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+//  See the accompanying file LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
+//
+
+#ifndef hifi_HFMFormatRegistry_h
+#define hifi_HFMFormatRegistry_h
+
+#include "HFMSerializer.h"
+#include <shared/MIMETypeLibrary.h>
+#include <shared/ReadWriteLockable.h>
+
+namespace hfm {
+
+class FormatRegistry : public ReadWriteLockable {
+public:
+    using MIMETypeID = MIMETypeLibrary::ID;
+    static const MIMETypeID INVALID_MIME_TYPE_ID { MIMETypeLibrary::INVALID_ID };
+
+    MIMETypeID registerMIMEType(const MIMEType& mimeType, const std::shared_ptr<Serializer::Factory>& supportedFactory);
+    void unregisterMIMEType(const MIMETypeID& id);
+
+    std::shared_ptr<Serializer::Factory> getFactoryForMIMEType(const hifi::ByteArray& data, const hifi::VariantHash& mapping, const hifi::URL& url, const std::string& webMediaType) const;
+    std::shared_ptr<Serializer::Factory> getFactoryForMIMETypeID(MIMETypeID id) const;
+
+protected:
+    MIMETypeLibrary _mimeTypeLibrary;
+    class SupportedFormat {
+    public:
+        SupportedFormat(const MIMETypeID& mimeTypeID, const std::shared_ptr<Serializer::Factory>& factory) :
+            mimeTypeID(mimeTypeID),
+            factory(factory) {
+        }
+        MIMETypeID mimeTypeID;
+        std::shared_ptr<Serializer::Factory> factory;
+    };
+    std::vector<SupportedFormat> _supportedFormats;
+};
+
+};
+
+#endif // hifi_HFMFormatRegistry_h
diff --git a/libraries/hfm/src/hfm/HFMSerializer.h b/libraries/hfm/src/hfm/HFMSerializer.h
index db18f21e06..a8ff4a3fa0 100644
--- a/libraries/hfm/src/hfm/HFMSerializer.h
+++ b/libraries/hfm/src/hfm/HFMSerializer.h
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@
 namespace hfm {
 
 class Serializer {
+public:
+    class Factory {
+    public:
+        virtual std::shared_ptr<Serializer> get() = 0;
+    };
+
     virtual Model::Pointer read(const hifi::ByteArray& data, const hifi::VariantHash& mapping, const hifi::URL& url = hifi::URL()) = 0;
 };