diff --git a/core/modules/jsonld/jsonld.info b/core/modules/jsonld/jsonld.info
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+++ b/core/modules/jsonld/jsonld.info
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+name = JSON-LD
+description = Serializes entities using JSON-LD format.
+package = Core
+core = 8.x
+dependencies[] = entity_test
diff --git a/core/modules/jsonld/jsonld.module b/core/modules/jsonld/jsonld.module
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/jsonld/jsonld.module
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Enables entity serialization in JSON-LD.
+ */
+
+function jsonld_help($path, $args) {
+  switch ($path) {
+    case 'admin/help#jsonld':
+      $output = '';
+      $output .= '<p>' . t('The JSON-LD module serializes entities to the <a href="@jsonld_org">JSON-LD</a> data format. To request JSON-LD instead of HTML, a client should add an Accept header to the request. This module will respond with JSON-LD if the Accept header value is one of the following: application/ld_json, which returns an easy-to-use data structure which is compatible with many external schemas, and application/vnd.drupal.ld+json, which is more expressive and is appropriate for content staging.', array(
+        '@jsonld_org' => 'http://json-ld.org/',
+      )) . '</p>';
+      return $output;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/jsonld/lib/Drupal/jsonld/DrupalJsonldEncoder.php b/core/modules/jsonld/lib/Drupal/jsonld/DrupalJsonldEncoder.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33dab76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/jsonld/lib/Drupal/jsonld/DrupalJsonldEncoder.php
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Definition of Drupal\jsonld\DrupalJsonldEncoder.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\jsonld;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Encoder\EncoderInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Encoder\JsonEncoder;
+
+/**
+ * Encodes JSON-LD data.
+ *
+ * Simply respond to JSON-LD requests using the JSON encoder.
+ */
+class DrupalJsonldEncoder extends JsonldEncoder implements EncoderInterface {
+
+  /**
+   * The format that this Encoder supports.
+   *
+   * @var string
+   */
+  static protected $format = 'drupal_jsonld';
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/jsonld/lib/Drupal/jsonld/DrupalJsonldEntityWrapper.php b/core/modules/jsonld/lib/Drupal/jsonld/DrupalJsonldEntityWrapper.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e3333d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/jsonld/lib/Drupal/jsonld/DrupalJsonldEntityWrapper.php
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Definition of Drupal\jsonld\DrupalJsonldEntityWrapper.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\jsonld;
+
+/**
+ * Provide an interface for DrupalJsonldNormalizer to get required properties.
+ */
+class DrupalJsonldEntityWrapper extends JsonldEntityWrapper {
+
+  /**
+   * Get properties, excluding JSON-LD specific properties.
+   *
+   * Format Entity properties for consumption by other Drupal sites. In
+   * Drupal's vendor specific JSON-LD, fields which correspond to primitives
+   * have an intermediary data structure between the entity and the value.
+   */
+  public function getProperties() {
+    $properties = $this->entity->values;
+    unset($properties['id']);
+
+    return $properties;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/jsonld/lib/Drupal/jsonld/DrupalJsonldNormalizer.php b/core/modules/jsonld/lib/Drupal/jsonld/DrupalJsonldNormalizer.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fec373b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/jsonld/lib/Drupal/jsonld/DrupalJsonldNormalizer.php
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Definition of Drupal\jsonld\DrupalJsonldNormalizer.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\jsonld;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\RuntimeException;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\NormalizerInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Converts the Drupal entity object structure to JSON-LD array structure.
+ */
+class DrupalJsonldNormalizer extends JsonldNormalizer implements NormalizerInterface {
+
+  /**
+   * The format that this Normalizer supports.
+   *
+   * @var string
+   */
+  static protected $format = 'drupal_jsonld';
+
+  /**
+   * The class to use for the entity wrapper object.
+   *
+   * @var string
+   */
+  protected $entityWrapperClass = 'Drupal\jsonld\DrupalJsonldEntityWrapper';
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/jsonld/lib/Drupal/jsonld/JsonldEncoder.php b/core/modules/jsonld/lib/Drupal/jsonld/JsonldEncoder.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd76a3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/jsonld/lib/Drupal/jsonld/JsonldEncoder.php
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Definition of Drupal\jsonld\JsonldEncoder.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\jsonld;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Encoder\EncoderInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Encoder\JsonEncoder;
+
+/**
+ * Encodes JSON-LD data.
+ *
+ * Simply respond to JSON-LD requests using the JSON encoder.
+ */
+class JsonldEncoder extends JsonEncoder implements EncoderInterface {
+
+  /**
+   * The format that this Encoder supports.
+   *
+   * @var string
+   */
+  static protected $format = 'jsonld';
+
+  /**
+   * Check whether the request is for JSON-LD.
+   *
+   * @param string $format
+   *   The short name of the format returned by ContentNegotiation.
+   *
+   * @return bool
+   *   Returns TRUE if the encoder can handle the request.
+   */
+  public function supportsEncoding($format) {
+    return static::$format === $format;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/jsonld/lib/Drupal/jsonld/JsonldEntityWrapper.php b/core/modules/jsonld/lib/Drupal/jsonld/JsonldEntityWrapper.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16cd980
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/jsonld/lib/Drupal/jsonld/JsonldEntityWrapper.php
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Definition of Drupal\jsonld\JsonldEntityWrapper.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\jsonld;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityNG;
+
+/**
+ * Provide an interface for JsonldNormalizer to get required properties.
+ */
+class JsonldEntityWrapper {
+
+  /**
+   * The entity that this object wraps.
+   *
+   * @var Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityNG
+   */
+  protected $entity;
+
+  /**
+   * Constructor.
+   *
+   * @param string $entity
+   *   The Entity API entity
+   */
+  public function __construct(EntityNG $entity) {
+    $this->entity = $entity;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the Entity's URI for the @id attribute.
+   */
+  public function getId() {
+    $uri_info = $this->entity->uri();
+    return url($uri_info['path'], array('absolute' => TRUE));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get properties, excluding JSON-LD specific properties.
+   *
+   * Formats Entity properties in the JSON-LD array structure and removes
+   * unwanted values.
+   */
+  public function getProperties() {
+    // @todo Add property handling based on http://drupal.org/node/1813328.
+    return array();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/jsonld/lib/Drupal/jsonld/JsonldNormalizer.php b/core/modules/jsonld/lib/Drupal/jsonld/JsonldNormalizer.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6bd6db9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/jsonld/lib/Drupal/jsonld/JsonldNormalizer.php
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Definition of Drupal\jsonld\JsonldNormalizer.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\jsonld;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\RuntimeException;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\NormalizerInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Converts the Drupal entity object structure to JSON-LD array structure.
+ */
+class JsonldNormalizer implements NormalizerInterface {
+
+  /**
+   * The format that this Normalizer supports.
+   *
+   * @var string
+   */
+  static protected $format = 'jsonld';
+
+  /**
+   * The class to use for the entity wrapper object.
+   *
+   * @var string
+   */
+  protected $entityWrapperClass = 'Drupal\jsonld\JsonldEntityWrapper';
+
+  /**
+   * Normalizes an object into a set of arrays/scalars.
+   *
+   * @param object $object
+   *   Object to normalize.
+   * @param string $format
+   *   Format the normalization result will be encoded as.
+   *
+   * @return array
+   *   An array containing the properties of the entity and JSON-LD specific
+   *   attributes such as '@context' and '@id'.
+   */
+  public function normalize($object, $format = NULL) {
+    $entityWrapper = new $this->entityWrapperClass($object);
+
+    $attributes = $entityWrapper->getProperties();
+    $attributes = array('@id' => $entityWrapper->getId()) + $attributes;
+    return $attributes;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Checks whether the data and format are supported by this normalizer.
+   *
+   * @param mixed  $data
+   *   Data to normalize.
+   * @param string $format
+   *   Format the normalization result will be encoded as.
+   *
+   * @return bool
+   *   Returns TRUE if the normalizer can handle the request.
+   */
+  public function supportsNormalization($data, $format = NULL) {
+    // If this is an Entity object and the request is for JSON-LD.
+    return is_object($data) && is_subclass_of($data, 'Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityNG') && static::$format === $format;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/jsonld/lib/Drupal/jsonld/Tests/DrupalJsonldNormalizerTest.php b/core/modules/jsonld/lib/Drupal/jsonld/Tests/DrupalJsonldNormalizerTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6eceb62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/jsonld/lib/Drupal/jsonld/Tests/DrupalJsonldNormalizerTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Definition of Drupal\jsonld\Tests\DrupalJsonldNormalizerTest.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\jsonld\Tests;
+
+use Drupal\jsonld\DrupalJsonldNormalizer;
+use Drupal\jsonld\Tests\JsonldNormalizerTestBase;
+
+/**
+ * Test the vendor specific JSON-LD normalizer.
+ */
+class DrupalJsonldNormalizerTest extends JsonldNormalizerTestBase {
+
+  public static function getInfo() {
+    return array(
+      'name' => 'Drupal JSON-LD Normalizer',
+      'description' => "Test Drupal's vendor specific JSON-LD normalizer.",
+      'group' => 'JSON-LD',
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Add the normalizer to be tested.
+   */
+  function setUp() {
+    parent::setUp();
+
+    $this->normalizer = new DrupalJsonldNormalizer();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Implements Drupal\jsonld\Tests\JsonldNormalizerTestBase::getJsonldArray().
+   *
+   * @return array
+   *   Returns the expected JSON-LD array.
+   */
+  function getJsonldArray() {
+    $values = $this->testValues;
+    return array(
+      '@id' => $this->getEntityId(),
+      'name' => array(
+        LANGUAGE_NOT_SPECIFIED => array(
+          array(
+            'value' => $values['name'],
+          ),
+        ),
+      ),
+      'field_test_text' => array(
+        LANGUAGE_NOT_SPECIFIED => array(
+          array(
+            'value' => $values['field_test_text']['value'],
+            'format' => $values['field_test_text']['format'],
+          ),
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Implements Drupal\jsonld\Tests\JsonldNormalizerTestBase::getSupportedFormat().
+   *
+   * @return string
+   *   Returns the format token.
+   */
+  protected function getSupportedFormat() {
+    return 'drupal_jsonld';
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Implements Drupal\jsonld\Tests\JsonldNormalizerTestBase::getUnsupportedFormat().
+   *
+   * @return string
+   *   Returns the format token.
+   */
+  protected function getUnsupportedFormat() {
+    return 'jsonld';
+  }
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/jsonld/lib/Drupal/jsonld/Tests/JsonldNormalizerTest.php b/core/modules/jsonld/lib/Drupal/jsonld/Tests/JsonldNormalizerTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70b88c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/jsonld/lib/Drupal/jsonld/Tests/JsonldNormalizerTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Definition of Drupal\jsonld\Tests\JsonldNormalizerTest.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\jsonld\Tests;
+
+use Drupal\jsonld\JsonldNormalizer;
+use Drupal\jsonld\Tests\JsonldNormalizerTestBase;
+
+/**
+ * Test the default JSON-LD normalizer.
+ */
+class JsonldNormalizerTest extends JsonldNormalizerTestBase {
+
+  public static function getInfo() {
+    return array(
+      'name' => 'JSON-LD Normalizer',
+      'description' => "Test the JSON-LD normalizers.",
+      'group' => 'JSON-LD',
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Add the normalizer to be tested.
+   */
+  function setUp() {
+    parent::setUp();
+
+    $this->normalizer = new JsonldNormalizer();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Implements Drupal\jsonld\Tests\JsonldNormalizerTestBase::getJsonldArray().
+   *
+   * @return array
+   *   Returns the expected JSON-LD array.
+   */
+  function getJsonldArray() {
+    return array(
+      '@id' => $this->getEntityId(),
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Implements Drupal\jsonld\Tests\JsonldNormalizerTestBase::getSupportedFormat().
+   *
+   * @return string
+   *   Returns the format token.
+   */
+  protected function getSupportedFormat() {
+    return 'jsonld';
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Implements Drupal\jsonld\Tests\JsonldNormalizerTestBase::getUnsupportedFormat().
+   *
+   * @return string
+   *   Returns the format token.
+   */
+  protected function getUnsupportedFormat() {
+    return 'drupal_jsonld';
+  }
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/jsonld/lib/Drupal/jsonld/Tests/JsonldNormalizerTestBase.php b/core/modules/jsonld/lib/Drupal/jsonld/Tests/JsonldNormalizerTestBase.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02a055d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/jsonld/lib/Drupal/jsonld/Tests/JsonldNormalizerTestBase.php
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Definition of Drupal\jsonld\Tests\JsonldTestBase.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\jsonld\Tests;
+
+use Drupal\simpletest\WebTestBase;
+use Drupal\config\Tests\ConfigEntityTest;
+
+/**
+ * Parent class for JSON-LD tests.
+ */
+abstract class JsonldNormalizerTestBase extends WebTestBase {
+  /**
+   * Modules to enable.
+   *
+   * @var array
+   */
+  public static $modules = array('entity_test');
+
+  /**
+   * The normalizer to be tested.
+   */
+  protected $normalizer;
+
+  /**
+   * An array of field values.
+   *
+   * @var array
+   */
+  protected $testValues;
+
+  /**
+   * An entity created from the values array.
+   *
+   * @var Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityNG
+   */
+  protected $testEntity;
+
+  /**
+   * Add the testValues and testEntity.
+   */
+  function setUp() {
+    parent::setUp();
+
+    // Set up test values to initialize entity with.
+    $this->testValues = array(
+      'name' => $this->randomName(),
+      'field_test_text' => array(
+        'value' => $this->randomName(),
+        'format' => 'full_html',
+      ),
+    );
+
+    // Create entity.
+    $this->testEntity = entity_create('entity_test', $this->testValues);
+    $this->testEntity->save();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests the supportsNormalization function.
+   */
+  public function testSupportsNormalization() {
+    $class = get_class($this->normalizer);
+    // Supported entity, supported format.
+    $this->assertTrue($this->normalizer->supportsNormalization($this->testEntity, $this->getSupportedFormat()), "$class::supportsNormalization returns TRUE for supported format.");
+    // Supported entity, unsupported format.
+    $this->assertFalse($this->normalizer->supportsNormalization($this->testEntity, $this->getUnsupportedFormat()), "$class::supportsNormalization returns FALSE for unsupported format.");
+    // Unsupported entity, supported format.
+    $unsupportedEntity = new ConfigEntityTest();
+    $this->assertFalse($this->normalizer->supportsNormalization($unsupportedEntity, $this->getSupportedFormat()), "$class::supportsNormalization returns FALSE for unsupported entity type.");
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests the normalize function.
+   */
+  public function testNormalize() {
+    $class = get_class($this->normalizer);
+    $normalized = $this->normalizer->normalize($this->testEntity);
+    // Remove extraneous array elements and test that the normalized array
+    // matches the expected normalized array.
+    $normalized = $this->prepareNormalizedArray($normalized);
+    $this->assertEqual($normalized, $this->getJsonldArray(), "$class creates expected normalized array.");
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the Entity ID.
+   *
+   * @return string
+   *   Return the entity URI.
+   */
+  protected function getEntityId() {
+    global $base_url;
+    $entity = $this->testEntity;
+    $uriInfo = $entity->uri();
+    return $base_url . '/' . $uriInfo['path'];
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Prepare the array returned by normalize().
+   *
+   * Entity API and other modules add fields to the entity when it is saved,
+   * such as UUID and langcode. Don't test the functionality of those other
+   * modules here, remove extraneous fields from the array.
+   *
+   * @param array $normalized
+   *   Normalized array.
+   * 
+   * @return array
+   *   Returns the array with extraneous fields removed.
+   */
+  protected function prepareNormalizedArray($normalized) {
+    // Implemented JSON-LD syntax tokens.
+    $jsonldKeys = array('@id');
+    return array_intersect_key($normalized, array_merge($this->testValues, array_fill_keys($jsonldKeys, ' ')));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the array expected after normalization.
+   *
+   * This is declared as abstract because each normalizer will produce a
+   * differently structured array.
+   * 
+   * @return array
+   *   Returns the expected JSON-LD array.
+   */
+  abstract protected function getJsonldArray();
+
+  /**
+   * Get the supported format.
+   * 
+   * @return string
+   *   Returns the format token.
+   */
+  abstract protected function getSupportedFormat();
+
+  /**
+   * Get an unsupported format.
+   * 
+   * @return string
+   *   Returns the format token.
+   */
+  abstract protected function getUnsupportedFormat();
+}