diff --git a/lib/metaschema-config/config.js b/lib/metaschema-config/config.js
index a0057828..cb4cac62 100644
--- a/lib/metaschema-config/config.js
+++ b/lib/metaschema-config/config.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ const {
   actionCreator,
 } = require('./action');
 
+const { addContext, postprocessContext } = require('./context');
 const { preprocessResources, addResources } = require('./resource');
 const { addApplication, processApplication } = require('./application');
 
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ module.exports = {
     localDecorators,
     pathToType: {
       domains: 'domains',
+      context: 'context',
       category: 'category',
       action: 'action',
       form: 'form',
@@ -151,6 +153,7 @@ module.exports = {
     prepare: ms => {
       ms.categories = new Map();
       ms.domains = new Map();
+      ms.context = new Map();
       ms.actions = new Map();
       ms.resources = {
         common: new Map(),
@@ -186,6 +189,10 @@ module.exports = {
         ...config.processors.domains,
         validateSchema: [validateSchema],
       },
+      context: {
+        add: [addContext],
+        postprocess: [postprocessContext],
+      },
       category: {
         add: [...config.processors.category.add, addCategory],
         postprocess: [
@@ -222,10 +229,11 @@ module.exports = {
     processOrder: {
       domains: 0,
       category: 1,
-      form: 2,
-      action: 3,
-      resource: 4,
-      application: 5,
+      context: 2,
+      form: 3,
+      action: 4,
+      resource: 5,
+      application: 6,
     },
   },
 };
diff --git a/lib/metaschema-config/context.js b/lib/metaschema-config/context.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e6e116a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/metaschema-config/context.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const { SchemaValidationError } = require('metaschema').errors;
+
+const addContext = (context, ms) => {
+  const errors = [];
+  const duplicateContext = ms.context.size > 0;
+  if (duplicateContext) {
+    errors.push(
+      new SchemaValidationError('duplicate', context.name, {
+        type: 'context',
+        value: context.name,
+      })
+    );
+  } else {
+    Object.entries(context.definition).forEach(([name, field]) =>
+      ms.context.set(name, field)
+    );
+  }
+  return errors;
+};
+
+const postprocessContext = (context, ms) => {
+  const errors = [];
+  for (const [fieldName, field] of Object.entries(context.definition)) {
+    const domain = ms.domains.get(field.domain);
+    if (domain) {
+      field.definition = domain;
+    } else {
+      errors.push(
+        new SchemaValidationError(
+          'unresolved',
+          `${context.name}.${fieldName}`,
+          { type: 'domain', value: field.domain }
+        )
+      );
+    }
+  }
+  return errors;
+};
+
+module.exports = {
+  addContext,
+  postprocessContext,
+};
diff --git a/lib/metaschema-config/utils.js b/lib/metaschema-config/utils.js
index 803a3dec..d8eebc96 100644
--- a/lib/metaschema-config/utils.js
+++ b/lib/metaschema-config/utils.js
@@ -6,34 +6,23 @@ const {
   extractDecorator,
 } = require('metaschema');
 
+const propToTypes = {
+  domain: 'domains',
+  category: 'category',
+  context: 'context',
+};
+
+const dataTypes = Object.keys(propToTypes);
+const getDefinition = {
+  domain: domain => domain,
+  category: category => category.definition,
+  context: context => context,
+};
+
 const processFields = (ms, category, fields, source) => {
   const errors = [];
   for (const [key, field] of Object.entries(fields)) {
-    if (field.domain) {
-      const def = ms.domains.get(field.domain);
-      if (!def) {
-        errors.push(
-          new SchemaValidationError('unresolved', `${source}.${key}`, {
-            type: 'domain',
-            value: field.domain,
-          })
-        );
-      } else {
-        Object.assign(field, { domain: field.domain, definition: def });
-      }
-    } else if (field.category) {
-      const cat = ms.categories.get(field.category);
-      if (!cat) {
-        errors.push(
-          new SchemaValidationError('unresolved', `${source}.${key}`, {
-            type: 'category',
-            value: field.category,
-          })
-        );
-      } else {
-        field.definition = cat.definition;
-      }
-    } else if (typeof field === 'string') {
+    if (typeof field === 'string') {
       const src = `${source}.${key}`;
       if (!category) {
         errors.push(
@@ -44,11 +33,25 @@ const processFields = (ms, category, fields, source) => {
         continue;
       }
       try {
-        const def = extractByPath(category, field.field, ms, src);
-        Object.assign(field, def);
+        Object.assign(field, extractByPath(category, field.field, ms, src));
       } catch (error) {
         errors.push(error);
       }
+    } else {
+      for (const type of dataTypes) {
+        const value = field[type];
+        if (value) {
+          const def = ms[propToTypes[type]].get(value);
+          if (!def) {
+            const info = { type, value };
+            errors.push(
+              new SchemaValidationError('unresolved', `${source}.${key}`, info)
+            );
+          } else {
+            field.definition = getDefinition[type](def);
+          }
+        }
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/test/fixtures/context/duplicate/context.context b/test/fixtures/context/duplicate/context.context
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..02e94e61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/context/duplicate/context.context
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+({
+  Nomen: { domain: 'Nomen' },
+});
diff --git a/test/fixtures/context/duplicate/custom.domains b/test/fixtures/context/duplicate/custom.domains
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a16a5cf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/context/duplicate/custom.domains
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+({
+  Nomen: { type: 'string' },
+});
diff --git a/test/fixtures/context/duplicate/duplicateDomain.context b/test/fixtures/context/duplicate/duplicateDomain.context
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ca0433ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/context/duplicate/duplicateDomain.context
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+({
+  DuplicateNomen: { domain: 'Nomen' },
+});
diff --git a/test/fixtures/context/unresolved/context.context b/test/fixtures/context/unresolved/context.context
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..02e94e61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/context/unresolved/context.context
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+({
+  Nomen: { domain: 'Nomen' },
+});
diff --git a/test/ms.context.js b/test/ms.context.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..82cb07a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/ms.context.js
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const metaschema = require('metaschema');
+const metatests = require('metatests');
+
+const { options, config } = require('../lib/metaschema-config/config');
+
+const { MetaschemaError, SchemaValidationError } = metaschema.errors;
+
+metatests.test('metaschema context error on duplicated domains', async test => {
+  await test.rejects(
+    metaschema.fs.load('test/fixtures/context/duplicate', options, config),
+    new MetaschemaError([
+      new SchemaValidationError('duplicate', 'duplicateDomain', {
+        type: 'context',
+        value: 'duplicateDomain',
+      }),
+    ])
+  );
+});
+
+metatests.test('metaschema context error on unresolved domain', async test => {
+  await test.rejects(
+    metaschema.fs.load('test/fixtures/context/unresolved', options, config),
+    new MetaschemaError([
+      new SchemaValidationError('unresolved', 'context.Nomen', {
+        type: 'domain',
+        value: 'Nomen',
+      }),
+    ])
+  );
+});