diff --git a/Hash2Pub/FediChord.asn1 b/Hash2Pub/FediChord.asn1
index 643c0ce..bf9ebff 100644
--- a/Hash2Pub/FediChord.asn1
+++ b/Hash2Pub/FediChord.asn1
@@ -2,12 +2,88 @@ FediChordProtocol DEFINITIONS AUTOMATIC TAGS ::= BEGIN
 
 NodeID ::= INTEGER (0..115792089237316195423570985008687907853269984665640564039457584007913129639935)
 
+Domain ::= VisibleString
+
 Request ::= SEQUENCE {
 	requestID		INTEGER,
 	senderID		NodeID,
-	parts			INTEGER,
-	part			INTEGER,
-	action			ENUMERATED {queryID, join, leave, stabilise}
+	parts			INTEGER,	-- number of message parts
+	part			INTEGER,	-- part number of this message
+	action			ENUMERATED {queryID, join, leave, stabilise, ping},
+	actionPayload	CHOICE {
+		queryIDSendPayload		QueryIDSendPayload,
+		joinSendPayload			JoinSendPayload,
+		leaveSendPayload		LeaveSendPayload,
+		stabiliseSendPayload	StabiliseSendPayload
+		}
 	}
 
+Response ::= SEQUENCE {
+	responseTo		INTEGER,
+	senderID		NodeID,
+	parts			INTEGER,
+	part			INTEGER,
+	action			ENUMERATED {queryID, join, leave, stabilise, ping},
+	actionPayload	CHOICE {
+		queryIDReceivePayload	QueryIDReceivePayload,
+		joinReceivePayload		JoinReceivePayload,
+		leaveReceivePayload		LeaveReceivePayload,
+		stabiliseReceivePayload	StabiliseReceivePayload
+		}
+	}
+
+NodeState ::= SEQUENCE {
+	nid				NodeID,
+	domain			Domain,
+	ipAddr			OCTET STRING (SIZE(16)),
+	dhtPort			INTEGER,
+	apPort			INTEGER,
+	vServer			INTEGER
+	}
+
+CacheEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
+	node			NodeState,
+	-- use unix time stamp, as DATE-TIME isn't supported by the Haskell lib
+	timestamp		INTEGER
+	}
+
+NodeCache ::= SEQUENCE OF CacheEntry
+
+JoinSendPayload ::= NodeState
+
+JoinReceivePayload ::= SEQUENCE {
+	successors		SEQUENCE OF NodeID,
+	predecessors	SEQUENCE OF NodeID,
+	cache			NodeCache
+	}
+
+QueryIDSendPayload ::= SEQUENCE {
+	targetID		NodeID,
+	lBestNodes		INTEGER
+	}
+
+QueryResult ::= ENUMERATED { found, forward }
+
+QueryIDReceivePayload ::= SEQUENCE {
+	result			QueryResult,
+	nodeData		NodeCache
+	}
+
+StabiliseSendPayload ::= NodeState
+
+StabiliseReceivePayload ::= SEQUENCE {
+	successors		SEQUENCE OF NodeID,
+	predecessors	SEQUENCE OF NodeID
+	-- ToDo: transfer of handled key data, if newly responsible for it
+	}
+
+LeaveSendPayload ::= SEQUENCE {
+	successors		SEQUENCE OF NodeID,
+	predecessors	SEQUENCE OF NodeID
+	-- ToDo: transfer of own data to newly responsible node
+	}
+
+LeaveReceivePayload ::= NULL	-- just a confirmation
+
+
 END
diff --git a/Hash2Pub/src/Hash2Pub/FediChord.hs b/Hash2Pub/src/Hash2Pub/FediChord.hs
index 91f26ac..f449816 100644
--- a/Hash2Pub/src/Hash2Pub/FediChord.hs
+++ b/Hash2Pub/src/Hash2Pub/FediChord.hs
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ data NodeState = NodeState {
   , apPort :: Maybe PortNumber
   -- ^ port of the ActivityPub relay and storage service
   -- might have to be queried first
+
+  -- ==== internal state ====
   , nodeCache :: NodeCache
   -- ^ EpiChord node cache with expiry times for nodes
   -- as the map is ordered, lookups for the closes preceding node can be done using @lookupLT@
diff --git a/Hash2Pub/src/asn1test.hs b/Hash2Pub/src/asn1test.hs
index cd8fef1..7146d9c 100644
--- a/Hash2Pub/src/asn1test.hs
+++ b/Hash2Pub/src/asn1test.hs
@@ -37,12 +37,6 @@ testParser = do
 getAll :: ASN1P.ParseASN1 [ASN1.ASN1]
 getAll = ASN1P.getMany ASN1P.getNext
 
--- | run a function of the next elements of a container of specified type
-onNextContainer' :: ASN1.ASN1ConstructionType -> ASN1P.ParseASN1 a -> ASN1P.ParseASN1 a
-onNextContainer' ty f = do
-    cont <- ASN1P.getNextContainer ty
-    either ASN1P.throwParseError return . trace (show cont) $ ASN1P.runParseASN1 f cont
-
 --stringParser asn1obj =
 --    fmap (fromMaybe "" $ ASN1.asn1CharacterToString) ASN1P.getNext