diff --git a/src/Dataset.php b/src/Dataset.php
index e740795..0eb2f1a 100644
--- a/src/Dataset.php
+++ b/src/Dataset.php
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 namespace NoccyLabs\Dataset;
 
+use NoccyLabs\Dataset\Readers\CsvReader;
+use NoccyLabs\Dataset\Readers\JsonReader;
 
 class Dataset
 {
@@ -20,5 +22,25 @@ class Dataset
         return $this->identifier;
     }
 
+    public function open(): ReaderInterface
+    {
+        $filename = $this->options['filename'];
+        $reader = $this->determineReaderForFile($filename);
+        $inst = new $reader($filename, $this->options);
+        return $inst;
+    }
+
+    private function determineReaderForFile(string $filename): string
+    {
+        if ($reader = $this->options['reader']??null) {
+            return $reader;
+        }
+        $ext = pathinfo($filename, PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
+        return match ($ext) {
+            'json' => JsonReader::class,
+            'csv' => CsvReader::class,
+            default => throw new \RuntimeException("Unable to determine reader for dataset file")
+        };
+    }
     
 }
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diff --git a/src/DatasetManager.php b/src/DatasetManager.php
index f6de99d..3324565 100644
--- a/src/DatasetManager.php
+++ b/src/DatasetManager.php
@@ -27,6 +27,16 @@ class DatasetManager
         return self::$datasets;
     }
 
+    public function getDataset(string $identifier): Dataset
+    {
+        return self::$dataset[$identifier];
+    }
+
+    public function openDataset(string $identifier): ReaderInterface
+    {
+        return $this->getDataset($identifier)->open();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Find the vendor directory and try to locate all bundled datasets
      * 
diff --git a/src/ReaderInterface.php b/src/ReaderInterface.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce8abef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ReaderInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace NoccyLabs\Dataset;
+
+interface ReaderInterface
+{
+    public function __construct(string $filename, array $options);
+}
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diff --git a/src/Readers/CsvReader.php b/src/Readers/CsvReader.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d7fdcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Readers/CsvReader.php
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace NoccyLabs\Dataset\Readers;
+
+use NoccyLabs\Dataset\ReaderInterface;
+
+class CsvReader implements ReaderInterface
+{
+    public function __construct(string $filename, array $options)
+    {
+        
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/Readers/JsonReader.php b/src/Readers/JsonReader.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e3906c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Readers/JsonReader.php
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace NoccyLabs\Dataset\Readers;
+
+use NoccyLabs\Dataset\ReaderInterface;
+
+class JsonReader implements ReaderInterface
+{
+    public function __construct(string $filename, array $options)
+    {
+        
+    }
+}
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