diff --git a/internal/resource/exec.go b/internal/resource/exec.go
index eacedf3..bb2142b 100644
--- a/internal/resource/exec.go
+++ b/internal/resource/exec.go
@@ -11,15 +11,23 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	_ "os"
 	_ "os/exec"
-	"path/filepath"
 _	"strings"
 	"io"
 	"gitea.rosskeen.house/rosskeen.house/machine"
 	"decl/internal/codec"
 	"decl/internal/command"
+	"decl/internal/data"
+	"decl/internal/folio"
+	"errors"
+	"log/slog"
+)
+
+const (
+	ExecTypeName TypeName = "exec"
 )
 
 type Exec struct {
+	*Common `yaml:",inline" json:",inline"`
 	stater machine.Stater `yaml:"-" json:"-"`
 	Id     string `yaml:"id,omitempty" json:"id,omitempty"`
 	CreateTemplate *command.Command `yaml:"create,omitempty" json:"create,omitempty"`
@@ -27,27 +35,27 @@ type Exec struct {
 	UpdateTemplate *command.Command `yaml:"update,omitempty" json:"update,omitempty"`
 	DeleteTemplate *command.Command `yaml:"delete,omitempty" json:"delete,omitempty"`
 
-	config ConfigurationValueGetter
-	Resources ResourceMapper `yaml:"-" json:"-"`
+	Resources data.ResourceMapper `yaml:"-" json:"-"`
 }
 
 func init() {
-	ResourceTypes.Register([]string{"exec"}, func(u *url.URL) Resource {
+	folio.DocumentRegistry.ResourceTypes.Register([]string{"exec"}, func(u *url.URL) data.Resource {
 		x := NewExec()
 		return x
 	})
 }
 
 func NewExec() *Exec {
-	return &Exec{}
+	return &Exec{ Common: &Common{ includeQueryParamsInURI: true, resourceType: ExecTypeName } }
 }
 
-func (x *Exec) SetResourceMapper(resources ResourceMapper) {
+func (x *Exec) SetResourceMapper(resources data.ResourceMapper) {
 	x.Resources = resources
 }
 
-func (x *Exec) Clone() Resource {
+func (x *Exec) Clone() data.Resource {
 	return &Exec {
+		Common: x.Common,
 		Id: x.Id,
 		CreateTemplate: x.CreateTemplate,
 		ReadTemplate: x.ReadTemplate,
@@ -67,6 +75,19 @@ func (x *Exec) URI() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("exec://%s", x.Id)
 }
 
+func (x *Exec) SetURI(uri string) (err error) {
+	err = x.Common.SetURI(uri)
+	x.Id = x.Common.Path
+	return
+}
+
+func (x *Exec) SetParsedURI(uri *url.URL) (err error) {
+	err = x.Common.SetParsedURI(uri)
+	x.Id = x.Common.Path
+	return
+}
+
+/*
 func (x *Exec) SetURI(uri string) error {
 	resourceUri, e := url.Parse(uri)
 	if e == nil {
@@ -79,13 +100,14 @@ func (x *Exec) SetURI(uri string) error {
 	return e
 }
 
-func (x *Exec) UseConfig(config ConfigurationValueGetter) {
+func (x *Exec) UseConfig(config data.ConfigurationValueGetter) {
 	x.config = config
 }
 
 func (x *Exec) ResolveId(ctx context.Context) string {
 	return ""
 }
+*/
 
 func (x *Exec) Validate() (err error) {
 	var execJson []byte
@@ -102,27 +124,68 @@ func (x *Exec) Apply() error {
 
 func (x *Exec) Notify(m *machine.EventMessage) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
+        slog.Info("Notify()", "exec", x, "m", m)
 	switch m.On {
 	case machine.ENTERSTATEEVENT:
 		switch m.Dest {
+		case "start_read":
+			if _, readErr := x.Read(ctx); readErr == nil {
+				if triggerErr := x.StateMachine().Trigger("state_read"); triggerErr == nil {
+					return
+				} else {
+					x.State = "absent"
+					panic(triggerErr)
+				}
+			} else {
+				x.State = "absent"
+				if ! errors.Is(readErr, ErrResourceStateAbsent) {
+					panic(readErr)
+				}
+			}
 		case "start_create":
 			if e := x.Create(ctx); e == nil {
 				if triggerErr := x.stater.Trigger("created"); triggerErr == nil {
 					return
 				}
 			}
-		case "present":
+		case "start_delete":
+			if deleteErr := x.Delete(ctx); deleteErr == nil {
+				if triggerErr := x.StateMachine().Trigger("deleted"); triggerErr == nil {
+					return
+				} else {
+					x.State = "present"
+					panic(triggerErr)
+				}
+			} else {
+				x.State = "present"
+				panic(deleteErr)
+			}
+		case "absent":
+			x.State = "absent"
+		case "present", "created", "read":
+			x.State = "present"
 		}
 	case machine.EXITSTATEEVENT:
 	}
 }
 
-func (x *Exec) Load(r io.Reader) error {
-	return codec.NewYAMLDecoder(r).Decode(x)
+func (x *Exec) Load(docData []byte, f codec.Format) (err error) {
+	err = f.StringDecoder(string(docData)).Decode(x)
+	return
+}
+
+func (x *Exec) LoadReader(r io.ReadCloser, f codec.Format) (err error) {
+	err = f.Decoder(r).Decode(x)
+	return
+}
+
+func (x *Exec) LoadString(docData string, f codec.Format) (err error) {
+	err = f.StringDecoder(docData).Decode(x)
+	return
 }
 
 func (x *Exec) LoadDecl(yamlResourceDeclaration string) error {
-	return codec.NewYAMLStringDecoder(yamlResourceDeclaration).Decode(x)
+	return x.LoadString(yamlResourceDeclaration, codec.FormatYaml)
 }
 
 func (x *Exec) JSON() ([]byte, error) {
@@ -134,10 +197,20 @@ func (x *Exec) Type() string { return "exec" }
 func (x *Exec) Create(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
 	x.CreateTemplate.Defaults()
 	_, err = x.CreateTemplate.Execute(x)
+	slog.Info("Exec.Create()", "resource", x, "error", err)
 	return err
 }
 
 func (x *Exec) Read(ctx context.Context) ([]byte, error) {
-	x.ReadTemplate.Defaults()
+	if x.ReadTemplate != nil {
+		x.ReadTemplate.Defaults()
+	}
 	return yaml.Marshal(x)
 }
+func (x *Exec) Update(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
+	return
+}
+
+func (x *Exec) Delete(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
+	return
+}
diff --git a/internal/resource/exec_test.go b/internal/resource/exec_test.go
index df12a05..20a992e 100644
--- a/internal/resource/exec_test.go
+++ b/internal/resource/exec_test.go
@@ -60,5 +60,5 @@ func TestExecSetURI(t *testing.T) {
 	e := x.SetURI("exec://" + "12345_key")
 	assert.Nil(t, e)
 	assert.Equal(t, "exec", x.Type())
-	assert.Equal(t, "12345_key", x.Id)
+	assert.Equal(t, "12345_key", x.Path)
 }