diff --git a/src/parser/affiliated_keyword.rs b/src/parser/affiliated_keyword.rs
index b51b8b4..0f88c77 100644
--- a/src/parser/affiliated_keyword.rs
+++ b/src/parser/affiliated_keyword.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,23 @@
+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+
+use crate::context::GlobalSettings;
+use crate::types::AffiliatedKeywordValue;
+use crate::types::AffiliatedKeywords;
 use crate::types::Keyword;
 use crate::types::Object;
 use crate::types::PlainList;
 
+pub(crate) fn parse_affiliated_keywords<'g, 's>(
+    global_settings: &'g GlobalSettings<'g, 's>,
+    input: Vec<Keyword<'s>>,
+) -> AffiliatedKeywords<'s> {
+    let mut ret = BTreeMap::new();
+    for kw in input.into_iter() {
+        // foo
+    }
+    AffiliatedKeywords { keywords: ret }
+}
+
 // pub struct AffiliatedKeyword<'s> {
 //     name: &'s str,
 // }
diff --git a/src/parser/plain_list.rs b/src/parser/plain_list.rs
index 62a6263..b5f0f83 100644
--- a/src/parser/plain_list.rs
+++ b/src/parser/plain_list.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ use nom::multi::many1;
 use nom::multi::many_till;
 use nom::sequence::tuple;
 
+use super::affiliated_keyword::parse_affiliated_keywords;
 use super::element_parser::element;
 use super::keyword::affiliated_keyword;
 use super::object_parser::standard_set_object;
@@ -164,7 +165,10 @@ pub(crate) fn plain_list<'b, 'g, 'r, 's>(
         remaining,
         PlainList {
             source: source.into(),
-            affiliated_keywords,
+            affiliated_keywords: parse_affiliated_keywords(
+                context.get_global_settings(),
+                affiliated_keywords,
+            ),
             name,
             list_type: first_item_list_type.expect("Plain lists require at least one element."),
             children: children.into_iter().map(|(_start, item)| item).collect(),
diff --git a/src/types/affiliated_keyword.rs b/src/types/affiliated_keyword.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c16adf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/types/affiliated_keyword.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+
+use super::Object;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum AffiliatedKeywordValue<'s> {
+    SingleString(&'s str),
+    ListOfStrings(Vec<&'s str>),
+    ListOfObjects(Vec<Object<'s>>),
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct AffiliatedKeyword<'s> {
+    pub name: &'s str,
+    pub value: AffiliatedKeywordValue<'s>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct AffiliatedKeywords<'s> {
+    pub(crate) keywords: BTreeMap<&'s str, AffiliatedKeywordValue<'s>>,
+}
diff --git a/src/types/greater_element.rs b/src/types/greater_element.rs
index d2aeab4..f2dbfb1 100644
--- a/src/types/greater_element.rs
+++ b/src/types/greater_element.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use super::element::Element;
 use super::lesser_element::TableCell;
+use super::AffiliatedKeywords;
 use super::Keyword;
 use super::Object;
 use super::StandardProperties;
@@ -7,7 +8,7 @@ use super::StandardProperties;
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct PlainList<'s> {
     pub source: &'s str,
-    pub affiliated_keywords: Vec<Keyword<'s>>,
+    pub affiliated_keywords: AffiliatedKeywords<'s>,
     pub name: Option<&'s str>,
     pub list_type: PlainListType,
     pub children: Vec<PlainListItem<'s>>,
diff --git a/src/types/mod.rs b/src/types/mod.rs
index fc93c5a..506ffe3 100644
--- a/src/types/mod.rs
+++ b/src/types/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+mod affiliated_keyword;
 mod ast_node;
 mod document;
 mod element;
@@ -9,6 +10,9 @@ mod object;
 mod source;
 mod standard_properties;
 mod util;
+pub use affiliated_keyword::AffiliatedKeyword;
+pub use affiliated_keyword::AffiliatedKeywordValue;
+pub use affiliated_keyword::AffiliatedKeywords;
 pub(crate) use ast_node::AstNode;
 pub use document::Document;
 pub use document::DocumentElement;