diff --git a/Search/ParsingException.php b/Search/ParsingException.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..36d02ab8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Search/ParsingException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?php
+namespace Chill\MainBundle\Search;
+
+class ParsingException extends \Exception
+{
+}
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diff --git a/Search/SearchInterface.php b/Search/SearchInterface.php
index c102f229e..80d07871c 100644
--- a/Search/SearchInterface.php
+++ b/Search/SearchInterface.php
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace Chill\MainBundle\Search;
  */
 interface SearchInterface #-> good name ?
 {
-   /* 
+   /** 
     * return the result in a html string. The string will be inclued (as raw)
     * into a global view.
     * 
@@ -40,15 +40,15 @@ interface SearchInterface #-> good name ?
     *    {{ result|raw }}
     * {% endfor %}
     *
-    * @param string $pattern the string to search
+    * @param array  $terms   the string to search
     * @param int    $start   the first result (for pagination)
     * @param int    $limit   the number of result (for pagination)
     * @param array  $option  the options, specific for each search
     * @return string, an HTML string
     */
-   public function renderResult($pattern, $start=0, $limit=50, array $options = array());
+   public function renderResult($terms, $start=0, $limit=50, array $options = array());
 
-   /* 
+   /** 
     * we may desactive the search interface by default. in this case,
     * the search will be launch and rendered only with "advanced search" 
     * 
@@ -58,14 +58,7 @@ interface SearchInterface #-> good name ?
     */
    public function isActiveByDefault();
 
-   /*
-    * a string used in advanced search to activate the search
-    * 
-    * @return string a string which will be translated by twig
-    */
-   public function getLabel();
-
-   /*
+   /**
     * the order in which the results will appears in the global view
     * 
     * (this may be eventually defined in config.yml)
@@ -73,4 +66,12 @@ interface SearchInterface #-> good name ?
     * @return int 
     */
    public function getOrder();
+   
+   /**
+    * indicate if the implementation supports the given domain
+    * 
+    * @return boolean
+    */
+   public function supports($domain);
+   
 }
diff --git a/Search/SearchProvider.php b/Search/SearchProvider.php
index fcf24dd06..2d46cba9b 100644
--- a/Search/SearchProvider.php
+++ b/Search/SearchProvider.php
@@ -39,6 +39,55 @@ class SearchProvider
                 
         return $this->searchServices;
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * parse the search string to extract domain and terms
+     * 
+     * @param string $pattern
+     * @return string[] an array where the keys are _domain, _default (residual terms) or term
+     */
+    public function parse($pattern)
+    {
+        $terms = array();
+        
+        $terms['_domain'] = $this->getDomain($pattern);
+        
+        return $terms;
+    }
+    
+    private function getDomain($subject)
+    {
+        preg_match_all( '/@([a-z]+)/', $subject, $terms);
+        
+        if (count($terms[0]) > 1) {
+            throw new ParsingException('You should not have more than one domain');
+        }
+        
+        return isset($terms[1][0]) ? $terms[1][0] : '';
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * search through services which supports domain and give
+     * results as html string
+     * 
+     * @param string $pattern
+     * @param number $start
+     * @param number $limit
+     * @return array of html results
+     */
+    public function getResults($pattern, $start = 0, $limit = 50)
+    {
+        $terms = $this->parse($pattern);
+        $results = array();
+        
+        foreach ($searchServices as $service) {
+            if ($service->supports($terms['_domain'])) {
+                $results[] = $service->renderResult($terms, $start, $limit);
+            }
+        }
+    
+        return $results;
+    }
 
     /*
      * return search services with a specific name, defined in service
diff --git a/Tests/Search/SearchProviderTest.php b/Tests/Search/SearchProviderTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e99925a11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/Search/SearchProviderTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2014, Champs Libres Cooperative SCRLFS, <http://www.champs-libres.coop>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ *  License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+namespace Chill\MainBundle\Test\Search;
+
+use Chill\MainBundle\Search\SearchProvider;
+
+
+class SearchProviderTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+        $this->search = new SearchProvider();
+    }
+    
+    public function testDomain()
+    {
+        $term = $this->p("@person is not my name");
+        
+        $this->assertEquals('person', $term['_domain']);
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * @expectedException Chill\MainBundle\Search\ParsingException
+     */
+    public function testMultipleDomainError()
+    {
+        $term = $this->p("@person @report");
+        var_dump($term);
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * shortcut for executing parse method
+     * 
+     * @param unknown $pattern
+     * @return string[]
+     */
+    private function p($pattern)
+    {
+        return $this->search->parse($pattern);
+    }
+}
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