diff --git a/correlation_parser.go b/correlation_parser.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2df4f47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/correlation_parser.go
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+package sigma
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type Correlation struct {
+	RuleMetadata
+
+	Type     CorrelationType // the type of correlation
+	Rule     Rules           // a list of (possibly one) rule IDs that this correlates over
+	GroupBy  []string        // a list of fields to group the correlation by
+	Timespan Timespan        // the time window that correlated events must occur within
+
+	Condition CorrelationCondition // for event_count or value_count rules, a numeric condition on the count necessary for this rule to fire
+}
+
+type CorrelationType string
+
+var (
+	CorrelationEventCount CorrelationType = "event_count"
+	CorrelationValueCount CorrelationType = "value_count"
+	CorrelationTemporal   CorrelationType = "temporal"
+)
+
+type Timespan time.Time
+
+type CorrelationCondition struct {
+	GreaterThan        *int
+	GreaterThanEqual   *int
+	LessThan           *int
+	LessThanEqual      *int
+	RangeMin, RangeMax *int
+}
+
+func (c *CorrelationCondition) UnmarshalYAML(value *yaml.Node) error {
+	switch {
+	case value.Kind != yaml.MappingNode:
+		return fmt.Errorf("expected correlation condition to be a map")
+	case len(value.Content) != 2:
+		return fmt.Errorf("expected a single key-value pair, got %d", len(value.Content)/2)
+	}
+
+	operator := value.Content[0].Value
+	threshold := value.Content[1]
+	switch operator {
+	case "gt":
+		return threshold.Decode(c.GreaterThan)
+	case "gte":
+		return threshold.Decode(c.GreaterThanEqual)
+	case "lt":
+		return threshold.Decode(c.LessThan)
+	case "lte":
+		return threshold.Decode(c.LessThanEqual)
+	case "range":
+		min, max, _ := strings.Cut(threshold.Value, "..")
+		var err error
+		*c.RangeMin, err = strconv.Atoi(min)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid range minimum: %v", err)
+		}
+		*c.RangeMax, err = strconv.Atoi(max)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid range maximum: %v", err)
+		}
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("unknown operator \"%s\"", operator)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c CorrelationCondition) Matches(i int) bool {
+	switch {
+	case c.GreaterThan != nil:
+		return i > *c.GreaterThan
+	case c.GreaterThanEqual != nil:
+		return i >= *c.GreaterThanEqual
+	case c.LessThan != nil:
+		return i < *c.LessThan
+	case c.LessThanEqual != nil:
+		return i <= *c.LessThanEqual
+	case c.RangeMin != nil && c.RangeMax != nil:
+		return i >= *c.RangeMin && i <= *c.RangeMax
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
+type Rules []string
+
+func (i *Rules) UnmarshalYAML(value *yaml.Node) error {
+	switch value.Kind {
+	case yaml.ScalarNode:
+		*i = []string{value.Value}
+		return nil
+
+	case yaml.SequenceNode:
+		v := []string{}
+		err := value.Decode(&v)
+		*i = v
+		return err
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected node kind %v", value.Kind)
+	}
+}
+
+func ParseCorrelation(input []byte) (Correlation, error) {
+	correlation := Correlation{}
+	err := yaml.Unmarshal(input, &correlation)
+	return correlation, err
+}
diff --git a/rule_parser.go b/rule_parser.go
index d1d968d..df3ab40 100644
--- a/rule_parser.go
+++ b/rule_parser.go
@@ -9,19 +9,21 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Rule struct {
-	// Required fields
-	Title     string
+	RuleMetadata
 	Logsource Logsource
 	Detection Detection
+}
 
-	ID          string        `yaml:",omitempty"`
-	Related     []RelatedRule `yaml:",omitempty"`
-	Status      string        `yaml:",omitempty"`
-	Description string        `yaml:",omitempty"`
-	Author      string        `yaml:",omitempty"`
-	Level       string        `yaml:",omitempty"`
-	References  []string      `yaml:",omitempty"`
-	Tags        []string      `yaml:",omitempty"`
+type RuleMetadata struct {
+	ID          string   `yaml:",omitempty"` // a unique ID identifying this rule
+	Title       string   `yaml:",omitempty"` // a human-readable summary
+	Description string   `yaml:",omitempty"` // a longer description of the rule
+	Related     []string `yaml:",omitempty"` // a list of related rules (referenced by ID) TODO: update this to reflect the new Sigma format for this field
+	Status      string   `yaml:",omitempty"` // the stability of this rule
+	Level       string   `yaml:",omitempty"` // the severity of this rule
+	Author      string   `yaml:",omitempty"` // who wrote this rule
+	References  []string `yaml:",omitempty"` // hyperlinks to any supporting research
+	Tags        []string `yaml:",omitempty"` // a set of tags (e.g. MITRE ATT&CK techniques)
 
 	// Any non-standard fields will end up in here
 	AdditionalFields map[string]interface{} `yaml:",inline"`