diff --git a/lodel/mlnamedobject/__init__.py b/lodel/mlnamedobject/__init__.py
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diff --git a/lodel/mlnamedobject/mlnamedobject.py b/lodel/mlnamedobject/mlnamedobject.py
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+#-*- coding:utf-8 -*-
+
+from lodel.context import LodelContext
+LodelContext.expose_modules(globals(), {
+    'lodel.utils.mlstring': ['MlString'],
+    'lodel.logger': 'logger',
+    'lodel.settings': ['Settings'],
+    'lodel.settings.utils': ['SettingsError']})
+
+class MlNamedObject(object):
+    
+    def __init__(self, display_name, help_text):
+        self.display_name = MlString(display_name)
+        self.help_text = MlString(help_text)
+