diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..097f9f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#
+# https://help.github.com/articles/dealing-with-line-endings/
+#
+# Linux start script should use lf
+/gradlew        text eol=lf
+
+# These are Windows script files and should use crlf
+*.bat           text eol=crlf
+
diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d61a35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Lines starting with '#' are comments.
+# Each line is a file pattern followed by one or more owners.
+
+# See: https://help.github.com/articles/about-codeowners/
+
+# These owners will be the default owners for everything in the repo.
+*       @LakshanWeerasinghe
diff --git a/.github/pull_request_template.md b/.github/pull_request_template.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96b073c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/pull_request_template.md
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+## Purpose
+
+Fixes:
+
+## Examples
+
+## Checklist
+- [ ] Linked to an issue
+- [ ] Updated the changelog
+- [ ] Added tests
+- [ ] Updated the spec
+- [ ] Checked native-image compatibility
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-timestamped-master.yml b/.github/workflows/build-timestamped-master.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72d594a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-timestamped-master.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+name: Build
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '*.md'
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - 'load-tests/**'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  call_workflow:
+    name: Run Build Workflow
+    if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'ballerina-platform' }}
+    uses: ballerina-platform/ballerina-library/.github/workflows/build-timestamp-master-template.yml@main
+    secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-with-bal-test-graalvm.yml b/.github/workflows/build-with-bal-test-graalvm.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..291054d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-with-bal-test-graalvm.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+name: GraalVM Check
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      lang_tag:
+        description: Branch/Release Tag of the Ballerina Lang
+        required: true
+        default: master
+      lang_version:
+        description: Ballerina Lang Version (If given ballerina lang build will be skipped)
+        required: false
+        default: ''
+      native_image_options:
+        description: Default native-image options
+        required: false
+        default: ''
+  schedule:
+    -   cron: '30 18 * * *'
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    types: [ opened, synchronize, reopened, labeled, unlabeled ]
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.run_id }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  call_stdlib_workflow:
+    name: Run StdLib Workflow
+    if: ${{ github.event_name != 'schedule' || (github.event_name == 'schedule' && github.repository_owner == 'ballerina-platform') }}
+    uses: ballerina-platform/ballerina-library/.github/workflows/build-with-bal-test-graalvm-template.yml@main
+    with:
+      lang_tag: ${{ inputs.lang_tag }}
+      lang_version: ${{ inputs.lang_version }}
+      native_image_options: '-J-Xmx7G ${{ inputs.native_image_options }}'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/central-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/central-publish.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11922b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/central-publish.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+name: Publish to the Ballerina central
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      environment:
+        type: choice
+        description: Select Environment
+        required: true
+        options:
+          - DEV CENTRAL
+          - STAGE CENTRAL
+
+jobs:
+  call_workflow:
+    name: Run Central Publish Workflow
+    if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'ballerina-platform' }}
+    uses: ballerina-platform/ballerina-library/.github/workflows/central-publish-template.yml@main
+    secrets: inherit
+    with:
+      environment: ${{ github.event.inputs.environment }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0729811
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+name: Publish Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  repository_dispatch:
+    types: [stdlib-release-pipeline]
+
+jobs:
+  call_workflow:
+    name: Run Release Workflow
+    if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'ballerina-platform' }}
+    uses: ballerina-platform/ballerina-library/.github/workflows/release-package-template.yml@main
+    secrets: inherit
+    with:
+      package-name: data.yaml
+      package-org: ballerina
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06f4f56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+name: Pull Request
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.run_id }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+on: pull_request
+
+jobs:
+  call_workflow:
+    name: Run PR Build Workflow
+    if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'ballerina-platform' }}
+    uses: ballerina-platform/ballerina-library/.github/workflows/pull-request-build-template.yml@main
+    secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale-check.yml b/.github/workflows/stale-check.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8763360
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale-check.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+name: 'Close stale pull requests'
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '30 19 * * *'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  stale:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/stale@v3
+        with:
+          stale-pr-message: 'This PR has been open for more than 15 days with no activity. This will be closed in 3 days unless the `stale` label is removed or commented.'
+          close-pr-message: 'Closed PR due to inactivity for more than 18 days.'
+          days-before-pr-stale: 15
+          days-before-pr-close: 3
+          days-before-issue-stale: -1
+          days-before-issue-close: -1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/trivy-scan.yml b/.github/workflows/trivy-scan.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f7999d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/trivy-scan.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+name: Trivy
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    - cron:  '30 20 * * *'
+
+jobs:
+  call_workflow:
+    name: Run Trivy Scan Workflow
+    if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'ballerina-platform' }}
+    uses: ballerina-platform/ballerina-library/.github/workflows/trivy-scan-template.yml@main
+    secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 524f096..8262b3f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 # Package Files #
 *.jar
+!gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
 *.war
 *.nar
 *.ear
@@ -22,3 +23,26 @@
 # virtual machine crash logs, see http://www.java.com/en/download/help/error_hotspot.xml
 hs_err_pid*
 replay_pid*
+
+# Ignore Gradle project-specific cache directory
+.gradle
+
+# Ignore Gradle build output directory
+build
+
+.gradle/
+target
+bin/
+
+# IDEA Files
+.idea/
+*.iml
+*.ipr
+*.iws
+
+# MacOS
+*.DS_Store
+
+# Ballerina
+velocity.log*
+*Ballerina.lock
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4f70952..bf9e1de 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,82 @@
-# module-ballerina-data.yaml
-The Ballerina YAML Data Library is a comprehensive toolkit designed to facilitate the handling and manipulation of YAML data within Ballerina applications.
+Ballerina YAML Data Library
+===================
+
+The Ballerina YAML Data Library is a comprehensive toolkit designed to facilitate the handling and manipulation of 
+YAML data within Ballerina applications.
+
+## Issues and projects
+
+Issues and Project are disabled for this repository as this is part of the Ballerina Standard Library. 
+To report bugs, request new features, start new discussions, view project boards, etc. 
+please visit Ballerina Library 
+[parent repository](https://github.com/ballerina-platform/ballerina-library).
+
+This repository only contains the source code for the package.
+
+## Build from the source
+
+### Set up the prerequisites
+
+1. Download and install Java SE Development Kit (JDK) version 17 (from one of the following locations).
+    * [Oracle](https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/downloads/)
+
+    * [OpenJDK](https://adoptium.net/)
+
+      > **Note:** Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to the path name of the directory into which you installed JDK.
+
+### Build the source
+
+Execute the commands below to build from source.
+
+1. To build the library:
+
+        ./gradlew clean build
+
+2. To run the tests:
+
+        ./gradlew clean test
+
+3. To build the package without tests:
+
+        ./gradlew clean build -x test
+
+4. To run a group of tests:
+
+        ./gradlew clean test -Pgroups=<test_group_names>
+
+5. To debug package implementation:
+
+        ./gradlew clean build -Pdebug=<port>
+
+6. To debug the package with Ballerina language:
+
+        ./gradlew clean build -PbalJavaDebug=<port>
+
+7. Publish ZIP artifact to the local `.m2` repository:
+
+        ./gradlew clean build publishToMavenLocal
+
+8. Publish the generated artifacts to the local Ballerina central repository:
+
+        ./gradlew clean build -PpublishToLocalCentral=true
+
+9. Publish the generated artifacts to the Ballerina central repository:
+
+        ./gradlew clean build -PpublishToCentral=true
+
+## Contribute to Ballerina
+
+As an open source project, Ballerina welcomes contributions from the community.
+
+For more information, go to the [contribution guidelines](https://github.com/ballerina-platform/ballerina-lang/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).
+
+## Code of conduct
+
+All contributors are encouraged to read the [Ballerina Code of Conduct](https://ballerina.io/code-of-conduct).
+
+## Useful links
+
+* Chat live with us via our [Discord server](https://discord.gg/ballerinalang).
+* Post all technical questions on Stack Overflow with the [#ballerina](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/ballerina) tag.
+* For more information go to the [`data.yaml` library](https://lib.ballerina.io/ballerina/data.yaml/latest).
+* For example demonstrations of the usage, go to [Ballerina By Examples](https://ballerina.io/swan-lake/learn/by-example/).
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ballerina/Ballerina.toml b/ballerina/Ballerina.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4e45c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ballerina/Ballerina.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+[package]
+org = "ballerina"
+name = "data.yaml"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Ballerina"]
+keywords = ["yaml"]
+repository = "https://github.com/ballerina-platform/module-ballerina-data.yaml"
+license = ["Apache-2.0"]
+distribution = "2201.8.1"
+
+[platform.java17]
+graalvmCompatible = true
+
+[[platform.java17.dependency]]
+groupId = "io.ballerina.stdlib"
+artifactId = "yaml-native"
+version = "0.1.0"
+path = "../native/build/libs/data.yaml-native-0.1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar"
diff --git a/ballerina/Dependencies.toml b/ballerina/Dependencies.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8086c9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ballerina/Dependencies.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# AUTO-GENERATED FILE. DO NOT MODIFY.
+
+# This file is auto-generated by Ballerina for managing dependency versions.
+# It should not be modified by hand.
+
+[ballerina]
+dependencies-toml-version = "2"
+distribution-version = "2201.9.0"
+
+[[package]]
+org = "ballerina"
+name = "data.yaml"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+	{org = "ballerina", name = "jballerina.java"}
+]
+modules = [
+	{org = "ballerina", packageName = "data.yaml", moduleName = "data.yaml"}
+]
+
+[[package]]
+org = "ballerina"
+name = "jballerina.java"
+version = "0.0.0"
+modules = [
+	{org = "ballerina", packageName = "jballerina.java", moduleName = "jballerina.java"}
+]
+
diff --git a/ballerina/Package.md b/ballerina/Package.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bef64dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ballerina/Package.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# module-ballerina-data.yaml
+The Ballerina YAML Data Library is a comprehensive toolkit designed to facilitate the handling and manipulation of 
+YAML data within Ballerina applications. 
+It streamlines the process of converting YAML data to native Ballerina data types, 
+enabling developers to work with YAML content seamlessly and efficiently.
diff --git a/ballerina/build.gradle b/ballerina/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a0ae96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ballerina/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2024, WSO2 LLC. (https://www.wso2.com).
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.condition.Os
+
+buildscript {
+    repositories {
+        maven {
+            url = 'https://maven.pkg.github.com/ballerina-platform/plugin-gradle'
+            credentials {
+                username System.getenv("packageUser")
+                password System.getenv("packagePAT")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    dependencies {
+        classpath "io.ballerina:plugin-gradle:${project.ballerinaGradlePluginVersion}"
+    }
+}
+
+description = 'Ballerina - Data YAML Module'
+
+def packageName = "data.yaml"
+def packageOrg = "ballerina"
+
+def tomlVersion = stripBallerinaExtensionVersion("${project.version}")
+def ballerinaTomlFilePlaceHolder = new File("${project.rootDir}/build-config/resources/Ballerina.toml")
+def ballerinaTomlFile = new File("$project.projectDir/Ballerina.toml")
+
+def stripBallerinaExtensionVersion(String extVersion) {
+    if (extVersion.matches(project.ext.timestampedVersionRegex)) {
+        def splitVersion = extVersion.split('-');
+        if (splitVersion.length > 3) {
+            def strippedValues = splitVersion[0..-4]
+            return strippedValues.join('-')
+        } else {
+            return extVersion
+        }
+    } else {
+        return extVersion.replace("${project.ext.snapshotVersion}", "")
+    }
+}
+
+apply plugin: 'io.ballerina.plugin'
+
+ballerina {
+    testCoverageParam = "--code-coverage --coverage-format=xml --includes=io.ballerina.lib.data.*:ballerina.*"
+    packageOrganization = packageOrg
+    module = packageName
+    langVersion = ballerinaLangVersion
+}
+
+task updateTomlFiles {
+    doLast {
+        def newConfig = ballerinaTomlFilePlaceHolder.text.replace("@project.version@", project.version)
+        newConfig = newConfig.replace("@toml.version@", tomlVersion)
+        ballerinaTomlFile.text = newConfig
+    }
+}
+
+task commitTomlFiles {
+    doLast {
+        project.exec {
+            ignoreExitValue true
+            if (Os.isFamily(Os.FAMILY_WINDOWS)) {
+                commandLine 'cmd', '/c', "git commit -m \"[Automated] Update the native jar versions\" Ballerina.toml Dependencies.toml"
+            } else {
+                commandLine 'sh', '-c', "git commit -m '[Automated] Update the native jar versions' Ballerina.toml Dependencies.toml"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+publishing {
+    publications {
+        maven(MavenPublication) {
+            artifact source: createArtifactZip, extension: 'zip'
+        }
+    }
+
+    repositories {
+        maven {
+            name = "GitHubPackages"
+            url = uri("https://maven.pkg.github.com/ballerina-platform/module-${packageOrg}-${packageName}")
+            credentials {
+                username = System.getenv("publishUser")
+                password = System.getenv("publishPAT")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+task deleteDependencyTomlFiles {
+    if (project.hasProperty("deleteDependencies")) {
+        delete "${project.projectDir}/Dependencies.toml"
+    }
+}
+
+updateTomlFiles.dependsOn copyStdlibs
+
+build.dependsOn "generatePomFileForMavenPublication"
+build.dependsOn ":${packageName}-native:build"
+build.dependsOn deleteDependencyTomlFiles
+
+test.dependsOn ":${packageName}-native:build"
+
+publish.dependsOn build
+publishToMavenLocal.dependsOn build
diff --git a/ballerina/init.bal b/ballerina/init.bal
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/ballerina/yaml_api.bal b/ballerina/yaml_api.bal
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b9513c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ballerina/yaml_api.bal
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2024, WSO2 LLC. (https://www.wso2.com).
+//
+// WSO2 LLC. licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
+// Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
+// in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+import ballerina/jballerina.java;
+
+# Converts YAML string, byte[] or byte-block-stream to subtype of anydata.
+#
+# + s - Source YAML string value or byte[] or byte-block-stream
+# + options - Options to be used for filtering in the projection
+# + t - Target type
+# + return - On success, returns the given target type value, else returns an `yaml:Error`
+public isolated function fromYamlStringWithType(string|byte[]|stream<byte[], error?> s,
+        Options options = {}, typedesc<anydata> t = <>)
+        returns t|Error = @java:Method {'class: "io.ballerina.stdlib.data.yaml.Native"} external;
+        
+# Represents the YAML schema available for the parser.
+#
+# + FAILSAFE_SCHEMA - Generic schema that works for any YAML document
+# + JSON_SCHEMA - Schema supports all the basic JSON types
+# + CORE_SCHEMA - An extension of JSON schema that allows more human-readable presentation
+public enum YAMLSchema {
+    FAILSAFE_SCHEMA,
+    JSON_SCHEMA,
+    CORE_SCHEMA
+}
+
+# Represent the options that can be used for filtering in the projection.
+#
+# + schema - field description  
+# + allowAnchorRedefinition - field description  
+# + allowMapEntryRedefinition - field description
+public type Options record {
+    YAMLSchema schema = CORE_SCHEMA;
+    boolean allowAnchorRedefinition = true;
+    boolean allowMapEntryRedefinition = false;
+};
+
+# Represents the error type of the ballerina/data.yaml module. This error type represents any error that can occur
+# during the execution of data.yaml APIs.
+public type Error distinct error;
diff --git a/build-config/checkstyle/build.gradle b/build-config/checkstyle/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83901a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-config/checkstyle/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2024, WSO2 Inc. (http://www.wso2.org) All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+plugins {
+    id "de.undercouch.download"
+}
+
+apply plugin: 'java'
+
+task downloadCheckstyleRuleFiles(type: Download) {
+    src([
+            'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wso2/code-quality-tools/v1.4/checkstyle/jdk-17/checkstyle.xml',
+            'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wso2/code-quality-tools/v1.4/checkstyle/jdk-17/suppressions.xml'
+    ])
+    overwrite false
+    onlyIfNewer true
+    dest buildDir
+}
+
+jar {
+    enabled = false
+}
+
+clean {
+    enabled = false
+}
+
+artifacts.add('default', file("$project.buildDir/checkstyle.xml")) {
+    builtBy('downloadCheckstyleRuleFiles')
+}
+
+artifacts.add('default', file("$project.buildDir/suppressions.xml")) {
+    builtBy('downloadCheckstyleRuleFiles')
+}
diff --git a/build-config/resources/Ballerina.toml b/build-config/resources/Ballerina.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f55ce72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-config/resources/Ballerina.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+[package]
+org = "ballerina"
+name = "data.yaml"
+version = "@toml.version@"
+authors = ["Ballerina"]
+keywords = ["yaml"]
+repository = "https://github.com/ballerina-platform/module-ballerina-data.yaml"
+license = ["Apache-2.0"]
+distribution = "2201.8.1"
+
+[platform.java17]
+graalvmCompatible = true
+
+[[platform.java17.dependency]]
+groupId = "io.ballerina.stdlib"
+artifactId = "yaml-native"
+version = "@toml.version@"
+path = "../native/build/libs/data.yaml-native-@project.version@.jar"
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b84d62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2024, WSO2 LLC. (https://www.wso2.com).
+ *
+ * WSO2 LLC. licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
+ * Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+plugins {
+    id "com.github.spotbugs" version "${githubSpotbugsVersion}"
+    id "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow" version "${githubJohnrengelmanShadowVersion}"
+    id "de.undercouch.download" version "${underCouchDownloadVersion}"
+    id "net.researchgate.release" version "${researchgateReleaseVersion}"
+}
+
+allprojects {
+    group = project.group
+    version = project.version
+
+    apply plugin: 'jacoco'
+    apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
+
+    repositories {
+        mavenLocal()
+        maven {
+            url = 'https://maven.wso2.org/nexus/content/repositories/releases/'
+        }
+
+        maven {
+            url = 'https://maven.wso2.org/nexus/content/groups/wso2-public/'
+        }
+
+        maven {
+            url = 'https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2'
+        }
+
+        maven {
+            url = 'https://maven.pkg.github.com/ballerina-platform/ballerina-lang'
+            credentials {
+                username System.getenv("packageUser")
+                password System.getenv("packagePAT")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    ext {
+        snapshotVersion= '-SNAPSHOT'
+        timestampedVersionRegex = '.*-\\d{8}-\\d{6}-\\w.*\$'
+    }
+}
+
+subprojects {
+
+    configurations {
+        ballerinaStdLibs
+    }
+
+    dependencies {
+        /* Standard libraries */
+        ballerinaStdLibs "io.ballerina.stdlib:io-ballerina:${stdlibIoVersion}"
+    }
+}
+
+def moduleVersion = project.version.replace("-SNAPSHOT", "")
+
+release {
+    failOnPublishNeeded = false
+
+    buildTasks = ["build"]
+    failOnSnapshotDependencies = true
+    versionPropertyFile = 'gradle.properties'
+    tagTemplate = 'v$version'
+
+    git {
+        requireBranch = "release-${moduleVersion}"
+        pushToRemote = 'origin'
+    }
+}
+
+task build {
+    dependsOn('data.yaml-ballerina:build')
+}
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da791ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+org.gradle.caching=true
+group=io.ballerina.stdlib
+version=0.1.0-SNAPSHOT
+ballerinaLangVersion=2201.9.0
+
+checkstyleToolVersion=10.12.0
+puppycrawlCheckstyleVersion=10.12.0
+testngVersion=7.6.1
+slf4jVersion=2.0.7
+githubSpotbugsVersion=5.0.14
+githubJohnrengelmanShadowVersion=8.1.1
+underCouchDownloadVersion=4.0.4
+researchgateReleaseVersion=2.8.0
+ballerinaGradlePluginVersion=2.0.1
+stdlibIoVersion=1.6.0
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..033e24c
Binary files /dev/null and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f4197d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.2.1-bin.zip
+networkTimeout=10000
+validateDistributionUrl=true
+zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..fcb6fca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -0,0 +1,248 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+#
+# Copyright © 2015-2021 the original authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+##############################################################################
+#
+#   Gradle start up script for POSIX generated by Gradle.
+#
+#   Important for running:
+#
+#   (1) You need a POSIX-compliant shell to run this script. If your /bin/sh is
+#       noncompliant, but you have some other compliant shell such as ksh or
+#       bash, then to run this script, type that shell name before the whole
+#       command line, like:
+#
+#           ksh Gradle
+#
+#       Busybox and similar reduced shells will NOT work, because this script
+#       requires all of these POSIX shell features:
+#         * functions;
+#         * expansions «$var», «${var}», «${var:-default}», «${var+SET}»,
+#           «${var#prefix}», «${var%suffix}», and «$( cmd )»;
+#         * compound commands having a testable exit status, especially «case»;
+#         * various built-in commands including «command», «set», and «ulimit».
+#
+#   Important for patching:
+#
+#   (2) This script targets any POSIX shell, so it avoids extensions provided
+#       by Bash, Ksh, etc; in particular arrays are avoided.
+#
+#       The "traditional" practice of packing multiple parameters into a
+#       space-separated string is a well documented source of bugs and security
+#       problems, so this is (mostly) avoided, by progressively accumulating
+#       options in "$@", and eventually passing that to Java.
+#
+#       Where the inherited environment variables (DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS,
+#       and GRADLE_OPTS) rely on word-splitting, this is performed explicitly;
+#       see the in-line comments for details.
+#
+#       There are tweaks for specific operating systems such as AIX, CygWin,
+#       Darwin, MinGW, and NonStop.
+#
+#   (3) This script is generated from the Groovy template
+#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
+#       within the Gradle project.
+#
+#       You can find Gradle at https://github.com/gradle/gradle/.
+#
+##############################################################################
+
+# Attempt to set APP_HOME
+
+# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
+app_path=$0
+
+# Need this for daisy-chained symlinks.
+while
+    APP_HOME=${app_path%"${app_path##*/}"}  # leaves a trailing /; empty if no leading path
+    [ -h "$app_path" ]
+do
+    ls=$( ls -ld "$app_path" )
+    link=${ls#*' -> '}
+    case $link in             #(
+      /*)   app_path=$link ;; #(
+      *)    app_path=$APP_HOME$link ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+# This is normally unused
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034
+APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
+APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
+
+# Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
+MAX_FD=maximum
+
+warn () {
+    echo "$*"
+} >&2
+
+die () {
+    echo
+    echo "$*"
+    echo
+    exit 1
+} >&2
+
+# OS specific support (must be 'true' or 'false').
+cygwin=false
+msys=false
+darwin=false
+nonstop=false
+case "$( uname )" in                #(
+  CYGWIN* )         cygwin=true  ;; #(
+  Darwin* )         darwin=true  ;; #(
+  MSYS* | MINGW* )  msys=true    ;; #(
+  NONSTOP* )        nonstop=true ;;
+esac
+
+CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+
+# Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
+if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+    if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
+        # IBM's JDK on AIX uses strange locations for the executables
+        JAVACMD=$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java
+    else
+        JAVACMD=$JAVA_HOME/bin/java
+    fi
+    if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: $JAVA_HOME
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+    fi
+else
+    JAVACMD=java
+    if ! command -v java >/dev/null 2>&1
+    then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+    fi
+fi
+
+# Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
+if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
+    case $MAX_FD in #(
+      max*)
+        # In POSIX sh, ulimit -H is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
+        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
+        MAX_FD=$( ulimit -H -n ) ||
+            warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit"
+    esac
+    case $MAX_FD in  #(
+      '' | soft) :;; #(
+      *)
+        # In POSIX sh, ulimit -n is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
+        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
+        ulimit -n "$MAX_FD" ||
+            warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit to $MAX_FD"
+    esac
+fi
+
+# Collect all arguments for the java command, stacking in reverse order:
+#   * args from the command line
+#   * the main class name
+#   * -classpath
+#   * -D...appname settings
+#   * --module-path (only if needed)
+#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and GRADLE_OPTS environment variables.
+
+# For Cygwin or MSYS, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
+    APP_HOME=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME" )
+    CLASSPATH=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH" )
+
+    JAVACMD=$( cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD" )
+
+    # Now convert the arguments - kludge to limit ourselves to /bin/sh
+    for arg do
+        if
+            case $arg in                                #(
+              -*)   false ;;                            # don't mess with options #(
+              /?*)  t=${arg#/} t=/${t%%/*}              # looks like a POSIX filepath
+                    [ -e "$t" ] ;;                      #(
+              *)    false ;;
+            esac
+        then
+            arg=$( cygpath --path --ignore --mixed "$arg" )
+        fi
+        # Roll the args list around exactly as many times as the number of
+        # args, so each arg winds up back in the position where it started, but
+        # possibly modified.
+        #
+        # NB: a `for` loop captures its iteration list before it begins, so
+        # changing the positional parameters here affects neither the number of
+        # iterations, nor the values presented in `arg`.
+        shift                   # remove old arg
+        set -- "$@" "$arg"      # push replacement arg
+    done
+fi
+
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+
+# Collect all arguments for the java command;
+#   * $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, $JAVA_OPTS, and $GRADLE_OPTS can contain fragments of
+#     shell script including quotes and variable substitutions, so put them in
+#     double quotes to make sure that they get re-expanded; and
+#   * put everything else in single quotes, so that it's not re-expanded.
+
+set -- \
+        "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
+        -classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
+        org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain \
+        "$@"
+
+# Stop when "xargs" is not available.
+if ! command -v xargs >/dev/null 2>&1
+then
+    die "xargs is not available"
+fi
+
+# Use "xargs" to parse quoted args.
+#
+# With -n1 it outputs one arg per line, with the quotes and backslashes removed.
+#
+# In Bash we could simply go:
+#
+#   readarray ARGS < <( xargs -n1 <<<"$var" ) &&
+#   set -- "${ARGS[@]}" "$@"
+#
+# but POSIX shell has neither arrays nor command substitution, so instead we
+# post-process each arg (as a line of input to sed) to backslash-escape any
+# character that might be a shell metacharacter, then use eval to reverse
+# that process (while maintaining the separation between arguments), and wrap
+# the whole thing up as a single "set" statement.
+#
+# This will of course break if any of these variables contains a newline or
+# an unmatched quote.
+#
+
+eval "set -- $(
+        printf '%s\n' "$DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS" |
+        xargs -n1 |
+        sed ' s~[^-[:alnum:]+,./:=@_]~\\&~g; ' |
+        tr '\n' ' '
+    )" '"$@"'
+
+exec "$JAVACMD" "$@"
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93e3f59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+@rem
+@rem Copyright 2015 the original author or authors.
+@rem
+@rem Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+@rem you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+@rem You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@rem
+@rem      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@rem
+@rem Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+@rem distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+@rem WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+@rem See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+@rem limitations under the License.
+@rem
+
+@if "%DEBUG%"=="" @echo off
+@rem ##########################################################################
+@rem
+@rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
+@rem
+@rem ##########################################################################
+
+@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
+
+set DIRNAME=%~dp0
+if "%DIRNAME%"=="" set DIRNAME=.
+@rem This is normally unused
+set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
+set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
+
+@rem Resolve any "." and ".." in APP_HOME to make it shorter.
+for %%i in ("%APP_HOME%") do set APP_HOME=%%~fi
+
+@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS="-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"
+
+@rem Find java.exe
+if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
+
+set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
+%JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
+if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:findJavaFromJavaHome
+set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
+set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
+
+if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:execute
+@rem Setup the command line
+
+set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+
+@rem Execute Gradle
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %*
+
+:end
+@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto mainEnd
+
+:fail
+rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
+rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
+set EXIT_CODE=%ERRORLEVEL%
+if %EXIT_CODE% equ 0 set EXIT_CODE=1
+if not ""=="%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit %EXIT_CODE%
+exit /b %EXIT_CODE%
+
+:mainEnd
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
+
+:omega
diff --git a/native/build.gradle b/native/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99c40d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2024, WSO2 LLC. (https://www.wso2.com).
+ *
+ * WSO2 LLC. licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
+ * Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+plugins {
+    id 'java'
+    id 'checkstyle'
+    id 'com.github.spotbugs'
+}
+
+description = 'Ballerina - Data.YAML Java Utils'
+
+dependencies {
+    implementation 'junit:junit:4.13.1'
+    checkstyle project(':checkstyle')
+    checkstyle "com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:${puppycrawlCheckstyleVersion}"
+    implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.6'
+
+    implementation group: 'org.ballerinalang', name: 'ballerina-lang', version: "${ballerinaLangVersion}"
+    implementation group: 'org.ballerinalang', name: 'ballerina-runtime', version: "${ballerinaLangVersion}"
+    implementation group: 'org.ballerinalang', name: 'value', version: "${ballerinaLangVersion}"
+}
+
+checkstyle {
+    toolVersion "${checkstyleToolVersion}"
+    configFile rootProject.file("build-config/checkstyle/build/checkstyle.xml")
+    configProperties = ["suppressionFile" : file("${rootDir}/build-config/checkstyle/build/suppressions.xml")]
+}
+
+checkstyleMain.dependsOn(":checkstyle:downloadCheckstyleRuleFiles")
+
+def excludePattern = '**/module-info.java'
+tasks.withType(Checkstyle) {
+    exclude excludePattern
+}
+
+spotbugsMain {
+    enabled=false
+    effort "max"
+    reportLevel "low"
+    reportsDir = file("$project.buildDir/reports/spotbugs")
+    reports {
+        html.enabled true
+        text.enabled = true
+    }
+    def excludeFile = file("${rootDir}/spotbugs-exclude.xml")
+    if(excludeFile.exists()) {
+        excludeFilter = excludeFile
+    }
+}
+
+spotbugsTest {
+    enabled = false
+}
+
+compileJava {
+    doFirst {
+        options.compilerArgs = [
+                '--module-path', classpath.asPath,
+        ]
+        classpath = files()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/native/src/main/java/io/ballerina/stdlib/data/yaml/Native.java b/native/src/main/java/io/ballerina/stdlib/data/yaml/Native.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76f0210
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/src/main/java/io/ballerina/stdlib/data/yaml/Native.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2024, WSO2 LLC. (https://www.wso2.com).
+ *
+ * WSO2 LLC. licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
+ * Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package io.ballerina.stdlib.data.yaml;
+
+import io.ballerina.runtime.api.Environment;
+import io.ballerina.runtime.api.values.BMap;
+import io.ballerina.runtime.api.values.BString;
+import io.ballerina.runtime.api.values.BTypedesc;
+
+/**
+ * This class is used to convert json inform of string, byte[], byte-stream to record or json type.
+ *
+ * @since 0.1.0
+ */
+public class Native {
+
+    public static Object fromYamlStringWithType(Environment env, Object yamlSource, BMap<BString, Object> options,
+                                                BTypedesc typed) {
+        return null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/native/src/main/java/module-info.java b/native/src/main/java/module-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08ac336
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2023, WSO2 LLC. (https://www.wso2.com).
+ *
+ * WSO2 LLC. licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
+ * Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+module io.ballerina.stdlib.data {
+    requires io.ballerina.runtime;
+    requires io.ballerina.lang.value;
+    requires junit;
+    requires org.apache.commons.lang3;
+    exports io.ballerina.stdlib.data.yaml;
+}
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1cab16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2024, WSO2 LLC. (https://www.wso2.com).
+ *
+ * WSO2 LLC. licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
+ * Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+plugins {
+    id "com.gradle.enterprise" version "3.2"
+}
+
+rootProject.name = 'data.yaml'
+include(':checkstyle')
+include(':data.yaml-native')
+include(':data.yaml-ballerina')
+
+project(':checkstyle').projectDir = file("build-config${File.separator}checkstyle")
+project(':data.yaml-native').projectDir = file('native')
+project(':data.yaml-ballerina').projectDir = file('ballerina')
+
+gradleEnterprise {
+    buildScan {
+        termsOfServiceUrl = 'https://gradle.com/terms-of-service'
+        termsOfServiceAgree = 'yes'
+    }
+}