diff --git a/parser/body.go b/parser/body.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd05305
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parser/body.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package parser
+
+import "git.tebibyte.media/sashakoshka/arf/lexer"
+
+// parse body parses the body of an arf file, after the metadata header.
+func (parser *ParsingOperation) parseBody () (err error) {
+	err = parser.nextToken(lexer.TokenKindName)
+	if err != nil { return }
+
+	switch parser.token.Value().(string) {
+	case "data":
+	case "type":
+	case "func":
+	case "face":
+	}
+
+	return
+}
diff --git a/parser/data.go b/parser/data.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f72e54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parser/data.go
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package parser
+
+// parseData parses a data section
+func (parser *ParsingOperation) parseData () (err error) {
+	
+}
diff --git a/parser/meta.go b/parser/meta.go
index 1ea5970..94fa46f 100644
--- a/parser/meta.go
+++ b/parser/meta.go
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ func (parser *ParsingOperation) parseMeta () (err error) {
 		if err != nil { return }
 
 		if parser.token.Is(lexer.TokenKindSeparator) {
+			err = parser.nextToken(lexer.TokenKindNewline)
+			if err != nil { return }
+			
 			err = parser.nextToken()
 			return
 		}
diff --git a/parser/parser.go b/parser/parser.go
index 90d2603..3907a53 100644
--- a/parser/parser.go
+++ b/parser/parser.go
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ func (parser *ParsingOperation) parse (sourceFile *file.File) (err error) {
 	err = parser.parseMeta()
 	if err != nil { return }
 
+	err = parser.parseBody()
+	if err != nil { return }
+
 	return
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/parser/data/main.arf b/tests/parser/data/main.arf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3419cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/parser/data/main.arf
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+:arf
+---
+
+data wr integer:Int 3202
+
+data wr integerPointer:{Int}
+# TODO: data wr integerPointer:{Int} [& integer]
+
+data wr integerArray16:{Int 16}
+
+data wr integerArrayVariable:{Int ...}
+
+data wr integerArrayInitialized:{Int 16}
+	3948 293 293049 948 912
+	340 0 2304 0 4785 92
+
+data wr object:Obj
+	: this 324
+	: that 2139
+
+data wr nestedObject:Obj
+	: this
+		: bird0 324
+		: bird1 "hello world"
+	: that
+		: bird2 123.8439
+		: bird3 9328.21348239