diff --git a/src/Acl.php b/src/Acl.php
index 27f50d3..80717b1 100644
--- a/src/Acl.php
+++ b/src/Acl.php
@@ -5,17 +5,11 @@
  * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
  * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
  * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
- * @package   Zend_Permissions
  */
 
 namespace Zend\Permissions\Acl;
 
-/**
- * @category   Zend
- * @package    Zend_Permissions
- * @subpackage Acl
- */
-class Acl
+class Acl implements AclInterface
 {
     /**
      * Rule type: allow
diff --git a/src/AclInterface.php b/src/AclInterface.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc61b7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/AclInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Zend Framework (http://framework.zend.com/)
+ *
+ * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2012 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
+ * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
+ */
+
+namespace Zend\Permissions\Acl;
+
+interface AclInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * Returns true if and only if the Resource exists in the ACL
+     *
+     * The $resource parameter can either be a Resource or a Resource identifier.
+     *
+     * @param  Resource\ResourceInterface|string $resource
+     * @return boolean
+     */
+    public function hasResource($resource);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns true if and only if the Role has access to the Resource
+     *
+     * The $role and $resource parameters may be references to, or the string identifiers for,
+     * an existing Resource and Role combination.
+     *
+     * If either $role or $resource is null, then the query applies to all Roles or all Resources,
+     * respectively. Both may be null to query whether the ACL has a "blacklist" rule
+     * (allow everything to all). By default, Zend_Acl creates a "whitelist" rule (deny
+     * everything to all), and this method would return false unless this default has
+     * been overridden (i.e., by executing $acl->allow()).
+     *
+     * If a $privilege is not provided, then this method returns false if and only if the
+     * Role is denied access to at least one privilege upon the Resource. In other words, this
+     * method returns true if and only if the Role is allowed all privileges on the Resource.
+     *
+     * This method checks Role inheritance using a depth-first traversal of the Role registry.
+     * The highest priority parent (i.e., the parent most recently added) is checked first,
+     * and its respective parents are checked similarly before the lower-priority parents of
+     * the Role are checked.
+     *
+     * @param  Role\RoleInterface|string            $role
+     * @param  Resource\ResourceInterface|string    $resource
+     * @param  string                               $privilege
+     * @return boolean
+     */
+    public function isAllowed($role = null, $resource = null, $privilege = null);
+}
diff --git a/src/Assertion/AssertionInterface.php b/src/Assertion/AssertionInterface.php
index 5cd392b..84ab695 100644
--- a/src/Assertion/AssertionInterface.php
+++ b/src/Assertion/AssertionInterface.php
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
  * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
  * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
  * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
- * @package   Zend_Permissions
  */
 
 namespace Zend\Permissions\Acl\Assertion;
@@ -14,11 +13,6 @@
 use Zend\Permissions\Acl\Resource\ResourceInterface;
 use Zend\Permissions\Acl\Role\RoleInterface;
 
-/**
- * @category   Zend
- * @package    Zend_Permissions
- * @subpackage Acl
- */
 interface AssertionInterface
 {
     /**
diff --git a/src/Exception/ExceptionInterface.php b/src/Exception/ExceptionInterface.php
index e087eac..c1cec52 100644
--- a/src/Exception/ExceptionInterface.php
+++ b/src/Exception/ExceptionInterface.php
@@ -5,15 +5,9 @@
  * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
  * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
  * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
- * @package   Zend_Permissions
  */
 
 namespace Zend\Permissions\Acl\Exception;
 
-/**
- * @category   Zend
- * @package    Zend_Permissions
- * @subpackage Acl
- */
 interface ExceptionInterface
 {}
diff --git a/src/Exception/InvalidArgumentException.php b/src/Exception/InvalidArgumentException.php
index 1d08f04..e88ec39 100644
--- a/src/Exception/InvalidArgumentException.php
+++ b/src/Exception/InvalidArgumentException.php
@@ -5,16 +5,10 @@
  * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
  * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
  * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
- * @package   Zend_Permissions
  */
 
 namespace Zend\Permissions\Acl\Exception;
 
-/**
- * @category   Zend
- * @package    Zend_Permissions
- * @subpackage Acl
- */
 class InvalidArgumentException extends \InvalidArgumentException implements
     ExceptionInterface
 {}
diff --git a/src/Exception/RuntimeException.php b/src/Exception/RuntimeException.php
index 220e88c..608b35a 100644
--- a/src/Exception/RuntimeException.php
+++ b/src/Exception/RuntimeException.php
@@ -5,16 +5,10 @@
  * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
  * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
  * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
- * @package   Zend_Permissions
  */
 
 namespace Zend\Permissions\Acl\Exception;
 
-/**
- * @category   Zend
- * @package    Zend_Permissions
- * @subpackage Acl
- */
 class RuntimeException extends \RuntimeException implements
     ExceptionInterface
 {
diff --git a/src/Resource/GenericResource.php b/src/Resource/GenericResource.php
index 16aa171..b9b8946 100644
--- a/src/Resource/GenericResource.php
+++ b/src/Resource/GenericResource.php
@@ -5,16 +5,10 @@
  * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
  * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
  * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
- * @package   Zend_Permissions
  */
 
 namespace Zend\Permissions\Acl\Resource;
 
-/**
- * @category   Zend
- * @package    Zend_Permissions
- * @subpackage Acl
- */
 class GenericResource implements ResourceInterface
 {
     /**
diff --git a/src/Resource/ResourceInterface.php b/src/Resource/ResourceInterface.php
index 6483789..1e98f46 100644
--- a/src/Resource/ResourceInterface.php
+++ b/src/Resource/ResourceInterface.php
@@ -5,16 +5,10 @@
  * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
  * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
  * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
- * @package   Zend_Permissions
  */
 
 namespace Zend\Permissions\Acl\Resource;
 
-/**
- * @category   Zend
- * @package    Zend_Permissions
- * @subpackage Acl
- */
 interface ResourceInterface
 {
     /**
diff --git a/src/Role/GenericRole.php b/src/Role/GenericRole.php
index c055f9c..e2c17b2 100644
--- a/src/Role/GenericRole.php
+++ b/src/Role/GenericRole.php
@@ -5,16 +5,10 @@
  * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
  * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
  * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
- * @package   Zend_Permissions
  */
 
 namespace Zend\Permissions\Acl\Role;
 
-/**
- * @category   Zend
- * @package    Zend_Permissions
- * @subpackage Acl
- */
 class GenericRole implements RoleInterface
 {
     /**
diff --git a/src/Role/Registry.php b/src/Role/Registry.php
index 2bb2a04..0ea49d0 100644
--- a/src/Role/Registry.php
+++ b/src/Role/Registry.php
@@ -5,18 +5,12 @@
  * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
  * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
  * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
- * @package   Zend_Permissions
  */
 
 namespace Zend\Permissions\Acl\Role;
 
 use Zend\Permissions\Acl\Exception;
 
-/**
- * @category   Zend
- * @package    Zend_Permissions
- * @subpackage Acl
- */
 class Registry
 {
     /**
diff --git a/src/Role/RoleInterface.php b/src/Role/RoleInterface.php
index f314a25..588de55 100644
--- a/src/Role/RoleInterface.php
+++ b/src/Role/RoleInterface.php
@@ -5,16 +5,10 @@
  * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
  * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
  * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
- * @package   Zend_Permissions
  */
 
 namespace Zend\Permissions\Acl\Role;
 
-/**
- * @category   Zend
- * @package    Zend_Permissions
- * @subpackage Acl
- */
 interface RoleInterface
 {
     /**