--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+
+use strict;
+use Test::More 'no_plan';
+$| = 1;
+
+
+
+# =begin testing
+{
+use_ok( 'Text::Tradition', "can use module" );
+
+my $t = Text::Tradition->new( 'name' => 'empty' );
+is( ref( $t ), 'Text::Tradition', "initialized an empty Tradition object" );
+is( $t->name, 'empty', "object has the right name" );
+is( scalar $t->witnesses, 0, "object has no witnesses" );
+
+my $simple = 't/data/simple.txt';
+my $s = Text::Tradition->new(
+ 'name' => 'inline',
+ 'input' => 'Tabular',
+ 'file' => $simple,
+ );
+is( ref( $s ), 'Text::Tradition', "initialized a Tradition object" );
+is( $s->name, 'inline', "object has the right name" );
+is( scalar $s->witnesses, 3, "object has three witnesses" );
+
+my $w = $s->add_witness( 'sigil' => 'D' );
+is( ref( $w ), 'Text::Tradition::Witness', "new witness created" );
+is( $w->sigil, 'D', "witness has correct sigil" );
+is( scalar $s->witnesses, 4, "object now has four witnesses" );
+
+# TODO test initialization by witness list when we have it
+}
+
+
+
+# =begin testing
+{
+use Text::Tradition;
+
+my $simple = 't/data/simple.txt';
+my $s = Text::Tradition->new(
+ 'name' => 'inline',
+ 'input' => 'Tabular',
+ 'file' => $simple,
+ );
+my $wit_a = $s->witness('A');
+is( ref( $wit_a ), 'Text::Tradition::Witness', "Found a witness A" );
+if( $wit_a ) {
+ is( $wit_a->sigil, 'A', "Witness A has the right sigil" );
+}
+is( $s->witness('X'), undef, "There is no witness X" );
+}
+
+
+
+
+1;