diff --git a/seminar/ovvpfile.py b/seminar/ovvpfile.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59c56a24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/seminar/ovvpfile.py
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+class OvvpFile(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.headers = {}
+        self.columns = []
+        self.rows = []
+
+    def to_lines(self):
+        # header
+        for hk in sorted(self.headers.keys()):
+            yield '%s\t%s\n' % (hk, self.headers[hk])
+        yield '\n'
+        # columns
+        yield '\t'.join([c for c in self.columns]) + '\n'
+        # rows
+        for r in self.rows:
+            yield '\t'.join([r[c] for c in self.columns]) + '\n'
+
+    def to_string(self):
+        return ''.join(self.to_lines())
+
+    def parse_from(self, source):
+        "Parse data from file, string or line iterator, overwriting self"
+        if isinstance(source, str) or isinstance(source, unicode):
+            return self.parse_from(source.split('\n'))
+            
+        it = iter(source)
+
+        # header
+        self.headers = {}
+        for r in it:
+            if isinstance(r, str):
+                r = r.decode('utf8')
+            if r.endswith('\n'):
+                r = r[:-1]
+            assert isinstance(r, unicode)
+            if r == u"":
+                break
+            k, v = r.split(u'\t', 1)
+            self.headers[k] = v
+
+        # columns
+        r = it.next()
+        self.columns = [cn for cn in r.split(u'\t') if cn != ""]
+
+        # rows
+        self.rows = []
+        for r in it:
+            if not r:
+                break
+            rtup = r.split(u'\t')
+            rdict = {}
+            for ci in range(len(self.columns)):
+                rdict[self.columns[ci]] = rtup[ci]
+            self.rows.append(rdict)
+        
+
+
+def parse(source):
+    o = OvvpFile()
+    o.parse_from(source)
+    return o
diff --git a/seminar/tests.py b/seminar/tests.py
index ce61a1b7..4e2193ad 100644
--- a/seminar/tests.py
+++ b/seminar/tests.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from django.core.management import call_command
 
 from seminar.models import Skola, Resitel, Rocnik, Cislo, Problem, Reseni, PrilohaReseni, Soustredeni, Nastaveni
 from seminar.testutils import create_test_data
+from seminar import ovvpfile
 
 class SeminarBasicTests(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
@@ -58,3 +59,17 @@ class SeminarBasicTests(TestCase):
             view = resolve(url)
             assert view
 
+    def test_ovvpfile(self):
+        filetext = "H1\ta\nH2\tb\tc\n\nx\ty\tz\n0\t1\t2\n3\t4\t5\n"
+        o = ovvpfile.parse(filetext)
+        assert len(o.headers) == 2
+        assert o.headers['H2'] == 'b\tc'
+
+        assert o.columns == ['x','y','z']
+        assert len(o.rows) == 2
+        assert o.rows[0]['z'] == '2'
+
+        t = o.to_string()
+        assert t == filetext
+
+