diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/Import/Schema.php b/lib/Doctrine/Import/Schema.php
index 2e6c3e430..eff1ebe8e 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/Import/Schema.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/Import/Schema.php
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
  */
 abstract class Doctrine_Import_Schema
 {
-    public $relationColumns = array();
+    public $relations = array();
     
     /**
      * Parse the schema and return it in an array
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ abstract class Doctrine_Import_Schema
             $array = array_merge($array, $this->parseSchema($s));
         }
         
-        $this->buildRelations($array);
+        $this->buildRelationships($array);
         
         foreach ($array as $name => $properties) {
             $options = array();
@@ -101,34 +101,20 @@ abstract class Doctrine_Import_Schema
         }
     }  
     
-    public function buildRelations($array)
+    public function buildRelationships($array)
     {
         foreach($array AS $name => $properties) {
             $className = $properties['className'];     
-            $columns = $properties['columns'];
-                   
-            foreach ($columns as $column) {
-                if ($this->isRelation($column)) {
-                    $this->addRelationColumn($className, $column);
-                }
+            $relations = $properties['relations'];
+            
+            foreach ($relations AS $alias => $relation) {
+                $class = isset($relation['class']) ? $relation['class']:$alias;
+                
+                $relation['alias'] = $alias;
+                $relation['class'] = $class;
+                
+                $this->relations[$className][$class] = $relation;
             }
         }
-        
-        $this->processRelationships();
-    }
-    
-    public function isRelation($column)
-    {
-        return isset($column['foreignClass']) && isset($column['foreignReference']);
-    }
-    
-    public function addRelationColumn($className, $column)
-    {
-        $this->relationColumns[$className][] = $column;
-    }
-    
-    public function processRelationships()
-    {
-        
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/Import/Schema/Yml.php b/lib/Doctrine/Import/Schema/Yml.php
index b53721c88..37901b88b 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/Import/Schema/Yml.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/Import/Schema/Yml.php
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ class Doctrine_Import_Schema_Yml extends Doctrine_Import_Schema
     public function parseSchema($schema)
     {
         $array = $this->parse($schema);
+        
         foreach ($array as $tableName => $table) {
             $columns = array();
             
@@ -70,13 +71,6 @@ class Doctrine_Import_Schema_Yml extends Doctrine_Import_Schema
                 $colDesc['default'] = isset($field['default']) ? (string) $field['default']:null;
                 $colDesc['notnull'] = isset($field['notnull']) ? (bool) (isset($field['notnull']) && $field['notnull']):null;
                 $colDesc['autoinc'] = isset($field['autoinc']) ? (bool) (isset($field['autoinc']) && $field['autoinc']):null;
-                $colDesc['foreignClass'] = isset($field['foreignClass']) ? (string) $field['foreignClass']:null;
-                $colDesc['foreignReference'] = isset($field['foreignReference']) ? (string) $field['foreignReference']:null;
-                $colDesc['localName'] = isset($field['localName']) ? (string) $field['localName']:null;
-                $colDesc['foreignName'] = isset($field['foreignName']) ? (string) $field['foreignName']:null;
-                $colDesc['counterpart'] = isset($field['counterpart']) ? (string) $field['counterpart']:null;
-                $colDesc['onDelete'] = isset($field['onDelete']) ? (string) $field['onDelete']:null;
-                $colDesc['onUpdate'] = isset($field['onUpdate']) ? (string) $field['onUpdate']:null;
                 
                 $columns[(string) $colDesc['name']] = $colDesc;
             }
@@ -85,6 +79,7 @@ class Doctrine_Import_Schema_Yml extends Doctrine_Import_Schema
             $tables[$tableName]['className'] = $className;
 
             $tables[$tableName]['columns'] = $columns;
+            $tables[$tableName]['relations'] = isset($table['relations']) ? $table['relations']:array();
         }
         
         return $tables;