diff --git a/packages/data-store/src/credential/AbstractCredentialStore.ts b/packages/data-store/src/credential/AbstractCredentialStore.ts
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+import {
+  AddCredentialArgs,
+  GetCredentialArgs,
+  GetCredentialsArgs,
+  RemoveCredentialArgs,
+  UpdateCredentialStateArgs,
+} from '../types/credential/IAbstractCredentialStore'
+import { UniformCredential } from '../types/credential/credential'
+
+export abstract class AbstractCredentialStore {
+  abstract getCredential(args: GetCredentialArgs): Promise<UniformCredential>
+  abstract getCredentials(args?: GetCredentialsArgs): Promise<Array<UniformCredential>>
+  abstract addCredential(args: AddCredentialArgs): Promise<UniformCredential>
+  abstract updateCredentialState(args: UpdateCredentialStateArgs): Promise<UniformCredential>
+  abstract removeCredential(args: RemoveCredentialArgs): Promise<void>
+}
diff --git a/packages/data-store/src/credential/CredentialStore.ts b/packages/data-store/src/credential/CredentialStore.ts
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+++ b/packages/data-store/src/credential/CredentialStore.ts
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+import { AbstractCredentialStore } from './AbstractCredentialStore'
+import { AddCredentialArgs, GetCredentialArgs, GetCredentialsArgs, RemoveCredentialArgs } from '../types/credential/IAbstractCredentialStore'
+import { UniformCredential } from '../types/credential/credential'
+import { OrPromise } from '@sphereon/ssi-types'
+import { DataSource, Repository } from 'typeorm'
+import Debug from 'debug'
+import { UniformCredentialEntity } from '../entities/credential/CredentialEntity'
+import { PartyEntity } from '../entities/contact/PartyEntity'
+import { credentialEntityFrom } from '../utils/credential/MappingUtils'
+
+const debug: Debug.Debugger = Debug('sphereon:ssi-sdk:credential-store')
+export class CredentialStore extends AbstractCredentialStore {
+  private readonly dbConnection: OrPromise<DataSource>
+
+  constructor(dbConnection: OrPromise<DataSource>) {
+    super()
+    this.dbConnection = dbConnection
+  }
+
+  addCredential = async (args: AddCredentialArgs): Promise<UniformCredential> => {
+    debug('Adding credential', args)
+    const uniformCredentialRepository: Repository<UniformCredentialEntity> = (await this.dbConnection).getRepository(UniformCredentialEntity)
+    const credentialEntity: UniformCredentialEntity = credentialEntityFrom(args)
+    const createdResult: UniformCredentialEntity = await uniformCredentialRepository.save(credentialEntity)
+    return Promise.resolve(undefined)
+  }
+
+  getCredential = async (args: GetCredentialArgs): Promise<UniformCredential> => {
+    const result: UniformCredentialEntity | null = await (await this.dbConnection).getRepository(UniformCredentialEntity).findOne({
+      where: args,
+    })
+
+    if (!result) {
+      return Promise.reject(Error(`No party found for arg: ${args.toString()}`))
+    }
+
+    //todo: cast to UniformCredential
+    return result
+  }
+
+  getCredentials = async (args?: GetCredentialsArgs): Promise<Array<UniformCredential>> => {
+    return Promise.resolve(undefined)
+  }
+
+  removeCredential = async (args: RemoveCredentialArgs): Promise<void> => {
+    return Promise.resolve(undefined)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/data-store/src/entities/credential/CredentialEntity.ts b/packages/data-store/src/entities/credential/CredentialEntity.ts
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index 000000000..5d846ba8d
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+++ b/packages/data-store/src/entities/credential/CredentialEntity.ts
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+import { BaseEntity, Column, CreateDateColumn, Entity, PrimaryGeneratedColumn, UpdateDateColumn } from 'typeorm'
+import { CredentialCorrelationType, CredentialDocumentFormat, CredentialStateType, CredentialTypeEnum } from '../../types/credential/credential'
+
+@Entity('UniformCredential')
+export class UniformCredentialEntity extends BaseEntity {
+  @PrimaryGeneratedColumn('uuid')
+  id!: string
+
+  @Column('simple-enum', { name: 'credential_type', enum: CredentialTypeEnum, nullable: false })
+  credentialType!: CredentialTypeEnum
+
+  @Column('simple-enum', { name: 'document_format', enum: CredentialDocumentFormat, nullable: false })
+  documentFormat!: CredentialDocumentFormat
+
+  @Column('text', { name: 'raw', nullable: false })
+  raw!: string
+
+  @Column('text', { name: 'uniform_document', nullable: false })
+  uniformDocument!: string
+
+  @Column('text', { name: 'hash', nullable: false, unique: true })
+  hash!: string
+
+  @Column('string', { name: 'type', nullable: false })
+  type!: string
+
+  @Column('simple-enum', { name: 'issuer_correlation_type', enum: CredentialCorrelationType, nullable: false })
+  issuerCorrelationType!: CredentialCorrelationType
+
+  @Column('simple-enum', { name: 'subject_correlation_type', enum: CredentialCorrelationType, nullable: true })
+  subjectCorrelationType?: CredentialCorrelationType
+
+  @Column('text', { name: 'issuer_correlation_type', nullable: false })
+  issuerCorrelationId!: string
+
+  @Column('text', { name: 'subject_correlation_type', nullable: true })
+  subjectCorrelationId?: string
+
+  @Column('simple-enum', { name: 'last_verified_state', enum: CredentialStateType, nullable: true })
+  lastVerifiedState?: CredentialStateType
+
+  @Column('text', { name: 'tenant_id', nullable: true })
+  tenantId?: string
+
+  @CreateDateColumn({ name: 'created_at', nullable: false })
+  createdAt!: Date
+
+  @UpdateDateColumn({ name: 'last_updated_at', nullable: false })
+  lastUpdatedAt!: Date
+
+  @Column('date', { name: 'expires_at', nullable: false })
+  expiresAt!: Date
+}
diff --git a/packages/data-store/src/types/credential/IAbstractCredentialStore.ts b/packages/data-store/src/types/credential/IAbstractCredentialStore.ts
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index 000000000..4f4a82bf7
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+++ b/packages/data-store/src/types/credential/IAbstractCredentialStore.ts
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+import { CredentialCorrelationType, CredentialDocumentFormat, CredentialStateType, CredentialTypeEnum } from './credential'
+
+export type GetCredentialArgs = { id: string } | { hash: string }
+
+// TODO: discuss about what args we want here
+export type GetCredentialsArgs = {}
+
+export type AddCredentialArgs = {
+  credentialType: CredentialTypeEnum
+  documentFormat: CredentialDocumentFormat
+  raw: string
+  issuerCorrelationType: CredentialCorrelationType
+  subjectCorrelationType?: CredentialCorrelationType
+  issuerCorrelationId: string
+  subjectCorrelationId?: string
+  tenantId?: string
+}
+
+export type UpdateCredentialStateArgs = GetCredentialArgs & { verified_state: CredentialStateType }
+
+export type RemoveCredentialArgs = { id: string } | { hash: string }
diff --git a/packages/data-store/src/types/credential/credential.ts b/packages/data-store/src/types/credential/credential.ts
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index 000000000..04b18e7b9
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+++ b/packages/data-store/src/types/credential/credential.ts
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+export type UniformCredential = {
+  id: string
+  credentialType: CredentialTypeEnum
+  documentFormat: CredentialDocumentFormat
+  raw: string
+  hash: string
+  type: string
+  issuerCorrelationType: CredentialCorrelationType
+  subjectCorrelationType?: CredentialCorrelationType
+  issuerCorrelationId: string
+  subjectCorrelationId?: string
+  last_verified_state?: CredentialStateType
+  tenantId?: string
+  createdAt: Date
+  lastUpdatedAt: Date
+  expiresAt: Date
+}
+
+export enum CredentialTypeEnum {
+  VC = 'vc',
+  VP = 'vp',
+}
+
+export enum CredentialDocumentFormat {
+  JSON_LD = 'JSON-LD',
+  JWT = 'JWT',
+  SD_JWT = 'SD-JWT',
+  MDOC = 'MDOC',
+}
+
+export enum CredentialCorrelationType {
+  DID = 'did',
+}
+
+export enum CredentialStateType {
+  REVOKED = 'revoked',
+  VERIFIED = 'verified',
+  EXPIRED = 'expired',
+}
diff --git a/packages/data-store/src/utils/credential/MappingUtils.ts b/packages/data-store/src/utils/credential/MappingUtils.ts
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index 000000000..61d449856
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+++ b/packages/data-store/src/utils/credential/MappingUtils.ts
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+import { AddCredentialArgs } from '../../types/credential/IAbstractCredentialStore'
+import { UniformCredentialEntity } from '../../entities/credential/CredentialEntity'
+import { CredentialMapper, WrappedVerifiableCredential, WrappedVerifiablePresentation } from '@sphereon/ssi-types'
+import { CredentialTypeEnum } from '../../types/credential/credential'
+import { computeEntryHash } from '@veramo/utils'
+
+export const credentialEntityFrom = async (addCredentialArgs: AddCredentialArgs): Promise<UniformCredentialEntity> => {
+  const wrappedCredential: WrappedVerifiableCredential | WrappedVerifiablePresentation =
+    addCredentialArgs.credentialType === CredentialTypeEnum.VC
+      ? CredentialMapper.toWrappedVerifiableCredential(JSON.stringify(addCredentialArgs.raw))
+      : CredentialMapper.toWrappedVerifiablePresentation(addCredentialArgs.raw)
+  const uniformCredentialEntity: UniformCredentialEntity = new UniformCredentialEntity()
+
+  uniformCredentialEntity.credentialType = addCredentialArgs.credentialType
+  uniformCredentialEntity.createdAt = new Date(wrappedCredential.decoded.nbf)
+  console.log(`We have createdAt:`, uniformCredentialEntity.createdAt)
+  uniformCredentialEntity.documentFormat = addCredentialArgs.documentFormat
+  uniformCredentialEntity.lastUpdatedAt = new Date()
+  uniformCredentialEntity.tenantId = addCredentialArgs.tenantId
+  uniformCredentialEntity.raw = addCredentialArgs.raw
+  uniformCredentialEntity.subjectCorrelationId = addCredentialArgs.subjectCorrelationId
+  uniformCredentialEntity.subjectCorrelationType = addCredentialArgs.subjectCorrelationType
+  uniformCredentialEntity.type = wrappedCredential.type
+  uniformCredentialEntity.hash = computeEntryHash(addCredentialArgs.raw)
+  uniformCredentialEntity.uniformDocument =
+    addCredentialArgs.credentialType === CredentialTypeEnum.VC
+      ? JSON.stringify((wrappedCredential as WrappedVerifiableCredential).credential)
+      : JSON.stringify((wrappedCredential as WrappedVerifiablePresentation).presentation)
+  return {} as UniformCredentialEntity
+}