diff --git a/image/parse.go b/image/parse.go
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+++ b/image/parse.go
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+package image
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// Reference is an opaque object that include identifier such as a name, tag, repository, registry, etc...
+type Reference struct {
+	named Named
+	tag   string
+}
+
+// Name returns the image's name. (ie: debian[:8.2])
+func (r Reference) Name() string {
+	return r.named.RemoteName() + r.tag
+}
+
+// ShortName returns the image's name (ie: debian)
+func (r Reference) ShortName() string {
+	return r.named.RemoteName()
+}
+
+// Tag returns the image's tag (or digest).
+func (r Reference) Tag() string {
+	if len(r.tag) > 1 {
+		return r.tag[1:]
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+// Registry returns the image's registry. (ie: host[:port])
+func (r Reference) Registry() string {
+	return r.named.Hostname()
+}
+
+// Repository returns the image's repository. (ie: registry/name)
+func (r Reference) Repository() string {
+	return r.named.FullName()
+}
+
+// Remote returns the image's remote identifier. (ie: registry/name[:tag])
+func (r Reference) Remote() string {
+	return r.named.FullName() + r.tag
+}
+
+func clean(url string) string {
+
+	s := url
+
+	if strings.HasPrefix(url, "http://") {
+		s = strings.Replace(url, "http://", "", 1)
+	} else if strings.HasPrefix(url, "https://") {
+		s = strings.Replace(url, "https://", "", 1)
+	}
+
+	return s
+}
+
+// Parse returns a Reference from analyzing the given remote identifier.
+func Parse(remote string) (*Reference, error) {
+
+	n, err := ParseNamed(clean(remote))
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	n = WithDefaultTag(n)
+
+	var t string
+	switch x := n.(type) {
+	case Canonical:
+		t = "@" + x.Digest().String()
+	case NamedTagged:
+		t = ":" + x.Tag()
+	}
+
+	return &Reference{named: n, tag: t}, nil
+}
+
+// ParseRepo - parses remote
+// pretty much the same as Parse but better for testing
+func ParseRepo(remote string) (*Repository, error) {
+
+	n, err := ParseNamed(clean(remote))
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	n = WithDefaultTag(n)
+
+	var t string
+	switch x := n.(type) {
+	case Canonical:
+		t = "@" + x.Digest().String()
+	case NamedTagged:
+		t = ":" + x.Tag()
+	}
+
+	ref := &Reference{named: n, tag: t}
+
+	return &Repository{
+		Name:       ref.Name(),
+		Repository: ref.Repository(),
+		Registry:   ref.Registry(),
+		ShortName:  ref.ShortName(),
+		Tag:        ref.Tag(),
+	}, nil
+}
diff --git a/image/parse_test.go b/image/parse_test.go
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+++ b/image/parse_test.go
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+package image
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestShortParseWithTag(t *testing.T) {
+
+	reference, err := Parse("foo/bar:1.1")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("error while parsing tag: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	if reference.Tag() != "1.1" {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected tag: %s", reference.Tag())
+	}
+
+	if reference.Registry() != DefaultHostname {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected registry: %s", reference.Registry())
+	}
+
+	if reference.ShortName() != "foo/bar" {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected name: %s", reference.ShortName())
+	}
+
+	if reference.Name() != "foo/bar:1.1" {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected name: %s", reference.Name())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestParseRepo(t *testing.T) {
+	type args struct {
+		remote string
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		args    args
+		want    *Repository
+		wantErr bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "foo/bar:1.1",
+			args: args{remote: "foo/bar:1.1"},
+			want: &Repository{
+				Name:       "foo/bar:1.1",
+				Repository: "docker.io/foo/bar",
+				Registry:   DefaultHostname,
+				ShortName:  "foo/bar",
+				Tag:        "1.1",
+			},
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "localhost.localdomain/foo/bar:1.1",
+			args: args{remote: "localhost.localdomain/foo/bar:1.1"},
+			want: &Repository{
+				Name:       "foo/bar:1.1",
+				Repository: "localhost.localdomain/foo/bar",
+				Registry:   "localhost.localdomain",
+				ShortName:  "foo/bar",
+				Tag:        "1.1",
+			},
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got, err := ParseRepo(tt.args.remote)
+			if (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
+				t.Errorf("ParseRepo() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
+				return
+			}
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.want) {
+				t.Errorf("ParseRepo() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/image/reference.go b/image/reference.go
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/image/reference.go
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+package image
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/docker/distribution/digest"
+	"github.com/docker/distribution/reference"
+)
+
+const (
+	// DefaultTag defines the default tag used when performing images related actions and no tag or digest is specified
+	DefaultTag = "latest"
+	// DefaultHostname is the default built-in hostname
+	DefaultHostname = "docker.io"
+	// LegacyDefaultHostname is automatically converted to DefaultHostname
+	LegacyDefaultHostname = "index.docker.io"
+	// DefaultRepoPrefix is the prefix used for default repositories in default host
+	DefaultRepoPrefix = "library/"
+)
+
+// Repository is an object created from Named interface
+type Repository struct {
+	Name       string // Name returns the image's name. (ie: debian[:8.2])
+	Repository string // Repository returns the image's repository. (ie: registry/name)
+	Registry   string // Registry returns the image's registry. (ie: host[:port])
+	ShortName  string // ShortName returns the image's name (ie: debian)
+	Tag        string // Tag returns the image's tag (or digest).
+}
+
+// Named is an object with a full name
+type Named interface {
+	// Name returns normalized repository name, like "ubuntu".
+	Name() string
+	// String returns full reference, like "ubuntu@sha256:abcdef..."
+	String() string
+	// FullName returns full repository name with hostname, like "docker.io/library/ubuntu"
+	FullName() string
+	// Hostname returns hostname for the reference, like "docker.io"
+	Hostname() string
+	// RemoteName returns the repository component of the full name, like "library/ubuntu"
+	RemoteName() string
+}
+
+// NamedTagged is an object including a name and tag.
+type NamedTagged interface {
+	Named
+	Tag() string
+}
+
+// Canonical reference is an object with a fully unique
+// name including a name with hostname and digest
+type Canonical interface {
+	Named
+	Digest() digest.Digest
+}
+
+// ParseNamed parses s and returns a syntactically valid reference implementing
+// the Named interface. The reference must have a name, otherwise an error is
+// returned.
+// If an error was encountered it is returned, along with a nil Reference.
+func ParseNamed(s string) (Named, error) {
+	named, err := reference.ParseNamed(s)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error parsing reference: %q is not a valid repository/tag", s)
+	}
+	r, err := WithName(named.Name())
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if canonical, isCanonical := named.(reference.Canonical); isCanonical {
+		return WithDigest(r, canonical.Digest())
+	}
+
+	if tagged, isTagged := named.(reference.NamedTagged); isTagged {
+		return WithTag(r, tagged.Tag())
+	}
+	return r, nil
+}
+
+// WithName returns a named object representing the given string. If the input
+// is invalid ErrReferenceInvalidFormat will be returned.
+func WithName(name string) (Named, error) {
+	name, err := normalize(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if err := validateName(name); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	r, err := reference.WithName(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &namedRef{r}, nil
+}
+
+// WithTag combines the name from "name" and the tag from "tag" to form a
+// reference incorporating both the name and the tag.
+func WithTag(name Named, tag string) (NamedTagged, error) {
+	r, err := reference.WithTag(name, tag)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &taggedRef{namedRef{r}}, nil
+}
+
+// WithDigest combines the name from "name" and the digest from "digest" to form
+// a reference incorporating both the name and the digest.
+func WithDigest(name Named, digest digest.Digest) (Canonical, error) {
+	r, err := reference.WithDigest(name, digest)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &canonicalRef{namedRef{r}}, nil
+}
+
+type namedRef struct {
+	reference.Named
+}
+type taggedRef struct {
+	namedRef
+}
+type canonicalRef struct {
+	namedRef
+}
+
+func (r *namedRef) FullName() string {
+	hostname, remoteName := splitHostname(r.Name())
+	return hostname + "/" + remoteName
+}
+func (r *namedRef) Hostname() string {
+	hostname, _ := splitHostname(r.Name())
+	return hostname
+}
+func (r *namedRef) RemoteName() string {
+	_, remoteName := splitHostname(r.Name())
+	return remoteName
+}
+func (r *taggedRef) Tag() string {
+	return r.namedRef.Named.(reference.NamedTagged).Tag()
+}
+func (r *canonicalRef) Digest() digest.Digest {
+	return r.namedRef.Named.(reference.Canonical).Digest()
+}
+
+// WithDefaultTag adds a default tag to a reference if it only has a repo name.
+func WithDefaultTag(ref Named) Named {
+	if IsNameOnly(ref) {
+		ref, _ = WithTag(ref, DefaultTag)
+	}
+	return ref
+}
+
+// IsNameOnly returns true if reference only contains a repo name.
+func IsNameOnly(ref Named) bool {
+	if _, ok := ref.(NamedTagged); ok {
+		return false
+	}
+	if _, ok := ref.(Canonical); ok {
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+// splitHostname splits a repository name to hostname and remotename string.
+// If no valid hostname is found, the default hostname is used. Repository name
+// needs to be already validated before.
+func splitHostname(name string) (hostname, remoteName string) {
+	i := strings.IndexRune(name, '/')
+	if i == -1 || (!strings.ContainsAny(name[:i], ".:") && name[:i] != "localhost") {
+		hostname, remoteName = DefaultHostname, name
+	} else {
+		hostname, remoteName = name[:i], name[i+1:]
+	}
+	if hostname == LegacyDefaultHostname {
+		hostname = DefaultHostname
+	}
+	if hostname == DefaultHostname && !strings.ContainsRune(remoteName, '/') {
+		remoteName = DefaultRepoPrefix + remoteName
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+// normalize returns a repository name in its normalized form, meaning it
+// will not contain default hostname nor library/ prefix for official images.
+func normalize(name string) (string, error) {
+	host, remoteName := splitHostname(name)
+	if strings.ToLower(remoteName) != remoteName {
+		return "", errors.New("invalid reference format: repository name must be lowercase")
+	}
+	if host == DefaultHostname {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(remoteName, DefaultRepoPrefix) {
+			return strings.TrimPrefix(remoteName, DefaultRepoPrefix), nil
+		}
+		return remoteName, nil
+	}
+	return name, nil
+}
+
+func validateName(name string) error {
+	if err := ValidateID(name); err == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Invalid repository name (%s), cannot specify 64-byte hexadecimal strings", name)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/image/validation.go b/image/validation.go
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+++ b/image/validation.go
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+package image
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
+)
+
+var validHex = regexp.MustCompile(`^([a-f0-9]{64})$`)
+
+// ValidateID checks whether an ID string is a valid image ID.
+func ValidateID(id string) error {
+	if ok := validHex.MatchString(id); !ok {
+		return fmt.Errorf("image ID '%s' is invalid ", id)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
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