Doing an intermediate commit so rick can look at the work I have done so far.

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+# Manage a given node's facts.  This either accepts facts and stores them, or
+# returns facts for a given node.
+class Puppet::Node::Facts
+    # Set up indirection, so that nodes can be looked for in
+    # the node sources.
+    require 'puppet/indirector'
+    extend Puppet::Indirector
+
+    # Use the node source as the indirection terminus.
+    indirects :facts, :to => :fact_store
+
+    attr_accessor :name, :values
+
+    def initialize(name, values = {})
+        @name = name
+        @values = values
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    # FIXME These methods are currently unused.
+
+    # Add internal data to the facts for storage.
+    def add_internal(facts)
+        facts = facts.dup
+        facts[:_puppet_timestamp] = Time.now
+        facts
+    end
+
+    # Strip out that internal data.
+    def strip_internal(facts)
+        facts = facts.dup
+        facts.find_all { |name, value| name.to_s =~ /^_puppet_/ }.each { |name, value| facts.delete(name) }
+        facts
+    end
+end