diff --git a/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 5a8e4de..0e2765c 100644
--- a/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,17 +5,16 @@ set(META_PROJECT_TYPE library)
 
 # add project files
 set(HEADER_FILES
-    reflect.h
-    reflectable.h
+    jsonreflector.h
+    jsonserializable.h
 )
 set(SRC_FILES
-    reflect.cpp
 )
 set(TEST_HEADER_FILES
 )
 set(TEST_SRC_FILES
     tests/cppunit.cpp
-    tests/reflector.cpp
+    tests/jsonreflector.cpp
 )
 set(DOC_FILES
     README.md
diff --git a/lib/reflect.h b/lib/jsonreflector.h
similarity index 86%
rename from lib/reflect.h
rename to lib/jsonreflector.h
index 7034d40..37888ca 100644
--- a/lib/reflect.h
+++ b/lib/jsonreflector.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-#ifndef REFLECTIVE_RAPIDJSON_REFLECT_H
-#define REFLECTIVE_RAPIDJSON_REFLECT_H
+#ifndef REFLECTIVE_RAPIDJSON_JSON_REFLECTOR_H
+#define REFLECTIVE_RAPIDJSON_JSON_REFLECTOR_H
 
 #include <c++utilities/conversion/types.h>
 #include <c++utilities/misc/traits.h>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ constexpr ErrorFlags operator|(ErrorFlags lhs, ErrorFlags rhs)
     return static_cast<ErrorFlags>(static_cast<unsigned char>(lhs) | static_cast<unsigned char>(rhs));
 }
 
-template <typename Type> struct Reflectable;
+template <typename Type> struct JSONSerializable;
 
 inline RAPIDJSON_NAMESPACE::StringBuffer documentToString(RAPIDJSON_NAMESPACE::Document &document)
 {
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ inline void pull(Type &reflectable, const char *name, const rapidjson::GenericVa
 
 // define functions providing high-level JSON serialization
 
-template <typename Type, Traits::EnableIfAny<std::is_base_of<Reflectable<Type>, Type>>...>
+template <typename Type, Traits::EnableIfAny<std::is_base_of<JSONSerializable<Type>, Type>>...>
 RAPIDJSON_NAMESPACE::StringBuffer toJson(const Type &reflectable)
 {
     RAPIDJSON_NAMESPACE::Document document(RAPIDJSON_NAMESPACE::kObjectType);
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ template <typename Type, Traits::EnableIfAny<std::is_same<Type, const char *>>..
 
 // define functions providing high-level JSON deserialization
 
-template <typename Type, Traits::EnableIfAny<std::is_base_of<Reflectable<Type>, Type>>...> Type fromJson(const char *json, std::size_t jsonSize)
+template <typename Type, Traits::EnableIfAny<std::is_base_of<JSONSerializable<Type>, Type>>...> Type fromJson(const char *json, std::size_t jsonSize)
 {
     RAPIDJSON_NAMESPACE::Document document(RAPIDJSON_NAMESPACE::kObjectType);
     document.Parse(json, jsonSize);
@@ -290,19 +290,6 @@ template <typename Type> Type fromJson(const std::string &json)
 }
 
 } // namespace Reflector
-
 } // namespace ReflectiveRapidJSON
 
-#define REFLECT(Type)                                                                                                                                \
-    namespace Reflector {                                                                                                                            \
-    template <>                                                                                                                                      \
-    void push<Type>(const Type &reflectable, RAPIDJSON_NAMESPACE::Value &value, RAPIDJSON_NAMESPACE::Document::AllocatorType &allocator);            \
-    template <>                                                                                                                                      \
-    void add<Type>(                                                                                                                                  \
-        const Type &reflectable, const char *name, RAPIDJSON_NAMESPACE::Value &value, RAPIDJSON_NAMESPACE::Document::AllocatorType &allocator);      \
-    template <> std::string toJson<Type>(const Type &reflectable);                                                                                   \
-    template <> Type fromJson<Type>(const char *json, std::size_t jsonSize);                                                                         \
-    template <> Type fromJson<Type>(const std::string &json);                                                                                        \
-    }
-
-#endif // REFLECTIVE_RAPIDJSON_REFLECT_H
+#endif // REFLECTIVE_RAPIDJSON_JSON_REFLECTOR_H
diff --git a/lib/jsonserializable.h b/lib/jsonserializable.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e692228
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/jsonserializable.h
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#ifndef REFLECTIVE_RAPIDJSON_JSON_SERIALIZABLE_H
+#define REFLECTIVE_RAPIDJSON_JSON_SERIALIZABLE_H
+
+#include "./jsonreflector.h"
+
+#include <rapidjson/document.h>
+
+#include <string>
+
+namespace ReflectiveRapidJSON {
+
+template <typename Type> struct JSONSerializable {
+    // RapidJSON-level API
+    void push(RAPIDJSON_NAMESPACE::Value &container);
+    void push(RAPIDJSON_NAMESPACE::Value &container, const char *name);
+
+    // high-level API
+    RAPIDJSON_NAMESPACE::StringBuffer toJson() const;
+    static Type fromJson(const char *json, std::size_t jsonSize);
+    static Type fromJson(const char *json);
+    static Type fromJson(const std::string &json);
+
+    static constexpr const char *qualifiedName = "ReflectiveRapidJSON::JSONSerializable";
+};
+
+template <typename Type> void JSONSerializable<Type>::push(RAPIDJSON_NAMESPACE::Value &container)
+{
+    return Reflector::push<Type>(*this, container);
+}
+
+template <typename Type> void JSONSerializable<Type>::push(RAPIDJSON_NAMESPACE::Value &container, const char *name)
+{
+    return Reflector::push<Type>(*this, name, container);
+}
+
+template <typename Type> RAPIDJSON_NAMESPACE::StringBuffer JSONSerializable<Type>::toJson() const
+{
+    return Reflector::toJson<Type>(static_cast<const Type &>(*this));
+}
+
+template <typename Type> Type JSONSerializable<Type>::fromJson(const char *json, std::size_t jsonSize)
+{
+    return Reflector::fromJson<Type>(json, jsonSize);
+}
+
+template <typename Type> Type JSONSerializable<Type>::fromJson(const char *json)
+{
+    return Reflector::fromJson<Type>(json, std::strlen(json));
+}
+
+template <typename Type> Type JSONSerializable<Type>::fromJson(const std::string &json)
+{
+    return Reflector::fromJson<Type>(json.data(), json.size());
+}
+
+} // namespace ReflectiveRapidJSON
+
+#endif // REFLECTIVE_RAPIDJSON_JSON_SERIALIZABLE_H
diff --git a/lib/reflect.cpp b/lib/reflect.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 3cf03e2..0000000
--- a/lib/reflect.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#include "./reflect.h"
-
-using namespace RAPIDJSON_NAMESPACE;
-
-namespace ReflectiveRapidJSON {
-
-namespace Reflector {
-}
-
-} // namespace ReflectiveRapidJSON
diff --git a/lib/reflectable.h b/lib/reflectable.h
index 1ab1561..f5527fc 100644
--- a/lib/reflectable.h
+++ b/lib/reflectable.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 namespace ReflectiveRapidJSON {
 
-template <typename Type> struct Reflectable {
+template <typename Type> struct JSONSerializable {
     // RapidJSON-level API
     void push(RAPIDJSON_NAMESPACE::Value &container);
     void push(RAPIDJSON_NAMESPACE::Value &container, const char *name);
@@ -21,32 +21,32 @@ template <typename Type> struct Reflectable {
     static Type fromJson(const std::string &json);
 };
 
-template <typename Type> void Reflectable<Type>::push(RAPIDJSON_NAMESPACE::Value &container)
+template <typename Type> void JSONSerializable<Type>::push(RAPIDJSON_NAMESPACE::Value &container)
 {
     return Reflector::push<Type>(*this, container);
 }
 
-template <typename Type> void Reflectable<Type>::push(RAPIDJSON_NAMESPACE::Value &container, const char *name)
+template <typename Type> void JSONSerializable<Type>::push(RAPIDJSON_NAMESPACE::Value &container, const char *name)
 {
     return Reflector::push<Type>(*this, name, container);
 }
 
-template <typename Type> RAPIDJSON_NAMESPACE::StringBuffer Reflectable<Type>::toJson() const
+template <typename Type> RAPIDJSON_NAMESPACE::StringBuffer JSONSerializable<Type>::toJson() const
 {
     return Reflector::toJson<Type>(static_cast<const Type &>(*this));
 }
 
-template <typename Type> Type Reflectable<Type>::fromJson(const char *json, std::size_t jsonSize)
+template <typename Type> Type JSONSerializable<Type>::fromJson(const char *json, std::size_t jsonSize)
 {
     return Reflector::fromJson<Type>(json, jsonSize);
 }
 
-template <typename Type> Type Reflectable<Type>::fromJson(const char *json)
+template <typename Type> Type JSONSerializable<Type>::fromJson(const char *json)
 {
     return Reflector::fromJson<Type>(json, std::strlen(json));
 }
 
-template <typename Type> Type Reflectable<Type>::fromJson(const std::string &json)
+template <typename Type> Type JSONSerializable<Type>::fromJson(const std::string &json)
 {
     return Reflector::fromJson<Type>(json.data(), json.size());
 }
diff --git a/lib/tests/reflector.cpp b/lib/tests/jsonreflector.cpp
similarity index 92%
rename from lib/tests/reflector.cpp
rename to lib/tests/jsonreflector.cpp
index 33a1cd4..6915bfa 100644
--- a/lib/tests/reflector.cpp
+++ b/lib/tests/jsonreflector.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-#include "../reflectable.h"
-
-#include "resources/config.h"
+#include "../jsonreflector.h"
+#include "../jsonserializable.h"
 
 #include <c++utilities/conversion/stringbuilder.h>
 #include <c++utilities/conversion/stringconversion.h>
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ using namespace ReflectiveRapidJSON;
 /// \cond
 
 // define some structs for testing serialization
-struct TestObject : public Reflectable<TestObject> {
+struct TestObject : public JSONSerializable<TestObject> {
     int number;
     double number2;
     vector<int> numbers;
@@ -39,12 +38,12 @@ struct TestObject : public Reflectable<TestObject> {
     bool boolean;
 };
 
-struct NestingObject : public Reflectable<NestingObject> {
+struct NestingObject : public JSONSerializable<NestingObject> {
     string name;
     TestObject testObj;
 };
 
-struct NestingArray : public Reflectable<NestingArray> {
+struct NestingArray : public JSONSerializable<NestingArray> {
     string name;
     vector<TestObject> testObjects;
 };
@@ -104,8 +103,8 @@ template <> inline void pull<NestingArray>(NestingArray &reflectable, const Gene
  * \brief The ReflectorTests class tests RapidJSON wrapper which is used to ease code generation.
  * \remarks In this tests, no reflection or code generation is involved yet.
  */
-class ReflectorTests : public TestFixture {
-    CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE(ReflectorTests);
+class JSONReflectorTests : public TestFixture {
+    CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE(JSONReflectorTests);
     CPPUNIT_TEST(experiment);
     CPPUNIT_TEST(testSerializePrimitives);
     CPPUNIT_TEST(testSerializeSimpleObjects);
@@ -130,20 +129,20 @@ public:
 private:
 };
 
-CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE_REGISTRATION(ReflectorTests);
+CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE_REGISTRATION(JSONReflectorTests);
 
-void ReflectorTests::setUp()
+void JSONReflectorTests::setUp()
 {
 }
 
-void ReflectorTests::tearDown()
+void JSONReflectorTests::tearDown()
 {
 }
 
 /*!
  * \brief Not a real test, just some assertions for experimenting with the RapidJSON library.
  */
-void ReflectorTests::experiment()
+void JSONReflectorTests::experiment()
 {
     Document doc(kArrayType);
     Document::AllocatorType &alloc = doc.GetAllocator();
@@ -170,7 +169,7 @@ void ReflectorTests::experiment()
 /*!
  * \brief Tests serializing strings, numbers, arrays and boolean.
  */
-void ReflectorTests::testSerializePrimitives()
+void JSONReflectorTests::testSerializePrimitives()
 {
     Document doc(kArrayType);
     Document::AllocatorType &alloc = doc.GetAllocator();
@@ -201,7 +200,7 @@ void ReflectorTests::testSerializePrimitives()
 /*!
  * \brief Tests serializing objects.
  */
-void ReflectorTests::testSerializeSimpleObjects()
+void JSONReflectorTests::testSerializeSimpleObjects()
 {
     TestObject testObj;
     testObj.number = 42;
@@ -216,7 +215,7 @@ void ReflectorTests::testSerializeSimpleObjects()
 /*!
  * \brief Tests serializing nested object and arrays.
  */
-void ReflectorTests::testSerializeNestedObjects()
+void JSONReflectorTests::testSerializeNestedObjects()
 {
     NestingObject nestingObj;
     nestingObj.name = "nesting";
@@ -242,7 +241,7 @@ void ReflectorTests::testSerializeNestedObjects()
 /*!
  * \brief Tests deserializing strings, numbers (int, float, double) and boolean.
  */
-void ReflectorTests::testDeserializePrimitives()
+void JSONReflectorTests::testDeserializePrimitives()
 {
     Document doc(kArrayType);
 
@@ -274,7 +273,7 @@ void ReflectorTests::testDeserializePrimitives()
 /*!
  * \brief Tests deserializing simple objects.
  */
-void ReflectorTests::testDeserializeSimpleObjects()
+void JSONReflectorTests::testDeserializeSimpleObjects()
 {
     const TestObject testObj(
         TestObject::fromJson("{\"number\":42,\"number2\":3.141592653589793,\"numbers\":[1,2,3,4],\"text\":\"test\",\"boolean\":false}"));
@@ -289,7 +288,7 @@ void ReflectorTests::testDeserializeSimpleObjects()
 /*!
  * \brief Tests deserializing nested objects and arrays.
  */
-void ReflectorTests::testDeserializeNestedObjects()
+void JSONReflectorTests::testDeserializeNestedObjects()
 {
     const NestingObject nestingObj(NestingObject::fromJson("{\"name\":\"nesting\",\"testObj\":{\"number\":42,\"number2\":3.141592653589793,"
                                                            "\"numbers\":[1,2,3,4],\"text\":\"test\",\"boolean\":false}}"));
diff --git a/moc/CMakeLists.txt b/moc/CMakeLists.txt
index 0b7697c..84b6556 100644
--- a/moc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/moc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,5 +45,6 @@ include(WindowsResources)
 include(AppTarget)
 include(TestTarget)
 include(ShellCompletion)
+include(Doxygen)
 include(ConfigHeader)
 
diff --git a/moc/generator.cpp b/moc/generator.cpp
index 23e70fa..846d597 100644
--- a/moc/generator.cpp
+++ b/moc/generator.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #include "./generator.h"
 #include "./frontendaction.h"
 
+#include "../lib/jsonserializable.h"
+
 #include <c++utilities/application/global.h>
 #include <c++utilities/conversion/stringbuilder.h>
 
@@ -62,8 +64,8 @@ void JSONSerializationCodeGenerator::addDeclaration(clang::Decl *decl)
         if (!record->hasDefinition()) {
             return;
         }
-        // add classes derived from any instantiation of "ReflectiveRapidJSON::Reflectable"
-        if (inheritsFromInstantiationOf(record, "ReflectiveRapidJSON::Reflectable")) {
+        // add classes derived from any instantiation of "ReflectiveRapidJSON::JSONSerializable"
+        if (inheritsFromInstantiationOf(record, JSONSerializable<void>::qualifiedName)) {
             m_relevantClasses.emplace_back(record->getQualifiedNameAsString(), record);
         }
         break;
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ void JSONSerializationCodeGenerator::generate(ostream &os) const
           "namespace Reflector {\n";
 
     // add push and pull functions for each class, for an example of the resulting
-    // output, see ../lib/tests/reflector.cpp (code under comment "pretend serialization code...")
+    // output, see ../lib/tests/jsonserializable.cpp (code under comment "pretend serialization code...")
     for (const RelevantClass &relevantClass : m_relevantClasses) {
         // print push method
         os << "template <> inline void push<::" << relevantClass.qualifiedName << ">(const " << relevantClass.qualifiedName
diff --git a/moc/generator.h b/moc/generator.h
index 32eaa3d..68ee589 100644
--- a/moc/generator.h
+++ b/moc/generator.h
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ inline CodeGenerator::CodeGenerator()
 }
 
 /*!
- * \brief The JSONSerializationCodeGenerator class generates code for JSON (de)serialization.
+ * \brief The JSONSerializationCodeGenerator class generates code for JSON (de)serialization
+ *        of objects inheriting from an instantiation of JSONSerializable.
  */
 class JSONSerializationCodeGenerator : public CodeGenerator {
 public:
diff --git a/moc/testfiles/some_structs.h b/moc/testfiles/some_structs.h
index f063f5c..1a6bebb 100644
--- a/moc/testfiles/some_structs.h
+++ b/moc/testfiles/some_structs.h
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 #define SOME_STRUCTS_H
 
 //#include <string>
-#include "../../lib/reflectable.h"
+#include "../../lib/jsonserializable.h"
 
 namespace TestNamespace1 {
 
 #define SOME_MACRO
 
-struct Person : public ReflectiveRapidJSON::Reflectable<Person>
+struct Person : public ReflectiveRapidJSON::JSONSerializable<Person>
 {
     SOME_MACRO
     //std::string name;