diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8d7bd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+root = true
+[*]
+end_of_line = lf
+insert_final_newline = true
+charset = utf-8
+
+[*.md]
+indent_style = space
+
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43ced20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.DS_Store
+dist
+
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11be340
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Generate documents in the desired output formats.
+
+# Identify source and target files.
+destination=dist/
+exclusions:=README.md
+sources:=$(filter-out $(exclusions), $(wildcard *.md))
+html_targets:=$(patsubst %.md, $(destination)%.html, $(sources))
+pdf_targets:=$(patsubst %.md, $(destination)%.pdf, $(sources))
+docx_targets:=$(patsubst %.md, $(destination)%.docx, $(sources))
+
+# Options
+pandoc_options:=-s -N
+
+# Implicit rules
+$(destination)%.html : %.md $(destination)
+	pandoc $(pandoc_options) $< -o $@
+$(destination)%.pdf : %.md $(destination)
+	pandoc $(pandoc_options) $< -o $@
+$(destination)%.docx : %.md $(destination)
+	pandoc $(pandoc_options) $< -o $@
+
+# Targets
+.PHONY: all html pdf docs clean
+all: html pdf docx
+html: $(html_targets)
+pdf: $(pdf_targets)
+docx: $(docx_targets)
+clean:
+	rm -rf $(destination)
+$(destination):
+	mkdir -p $(destination)
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8d958e3..1a6bbf4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1 +1,11 @@
-# trust-meter
\ No newline at end of file
+# Trust meter Documents
+This repository contains work of the Trust meter Technical Committee.
+
+# Software Prerequisites
+Documentation is written in Pandoc Markdown. Pandoc and GNU Make are required to build rendered versions using the included makefile. A TeX installation is also necessary if PDF output is desired. HTML, PDF and Office Open XML/Microsoft Word format are generated by default when `make` is run.
+
+If TeX is not installed and PDF output is not considered necessary, you can run `make -k` to continue processing the makefile despite the failure of the PDF target.
+
+# Copyright
+[Add license details and copyright information.]
+