diff --git a/src/utilities/data-layer/data-layer-group.js b/src/utilities/data-layer/data-layer-group.js
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+import { DataLayerItem } from './data-layer-item.js';
+
+export class DataLayerGroup {
+	constructor() {
+		this._items = new Map();
+
+		this._initProperties(Object.getPrototypeOf(this), 'data', (key, value) => {
+			this._items.set(key, new DataLayerItem(value, { callingContext: this }));
+			Object.defineProperty(this, key, {
+				configurable: true,
+				get: () => this._items.get(key).value,
+				set: value => { this._items.get(key).value = value; },
+			});
+		});
+
+		this._initProperties(Object.getPrototypeOf(this), 'actions', (key, value) => {
+			this[key] = value.bind(this);
+		});
+	}
+
+	getItem(key) {
+		return this._items.get(key);
+	}
+
+	_initProperties(base, field, initializer) {
+		const properties = base.constructor[field];
+		if (!properties) return;
+
+		this._initProperties(Object.getPrototypeOf(base));
+
+		Object.keys(properties).forEach(key => {
+			if (key in this) throw new Error(`Cannot define duplicate property ${key} in ${base.constructor.name || 'anonymous class'}`);
+			initializer(key, properties[key]);
+		});
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/utilities/data-layer/data-layer-item.js b/src/utilities/data-layer/data-layer-item.js
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+++ b/src/utilities/data-layer/data-layer-item.js
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+import { AbortableGroup } from './util/abortable.js';
+
+let __activeComputedValue = null;
+
+export class DataLayerItem {
+	constructor(value, { defaultValue = null, callingContext = this } = {}) {
+		this.evaluating = false;
+
+		this._isComputed = typeof value === 'function';
+		this._subscribers = new Set();
+
+		if (this._isComputed) {
+			this._defaultValue = defaultValue;
+			this._dependenciesEvaluating = new Set();
+			this._getter = value.bind(callingContext);
+			this._inProgressCompute = new AbortableGroup();
+			this._needsFirstCompute = true;
+			this._value = defaultValue;
+		} else {
+			this._value = value;
+		}
+	}
+
+	get value() {
+		__activeComputedValue?.addDependency(this);
+		if (this._needsFirstCompute) this._firstCompute();
+		return this._value;
+	}
+
+	set value(value) {
+		if (this._isComputed) throw new Error('Cannot set value of computed property');
+		this._setValue(value);
+	}
+
+	addDependency(dependency) {
+		if (dependency === this) return;
+
+		dependency.subscribe(this._onDependencyChange.bind(this));
+		if (dependency.evaluating) this._onDependencyChange(dependency);
+	}
+
+	flush() {
+		if (!this._isComputed) return;
+		this._compute();
+	}
+
+	subscribe(callback, immediate = false) {
+		this._subscribers.add(callback);
+		if (immediate) callback(this);
+	}
+
+	_compute() {
+		this._inProgressCompute.abort();
+		this._setValue(this._defaultValue, true);
+		if (this._dependenciesEvaluating.size) return;
+
+		this._inProgressCompute.add().run(this._getter, value => this._setValue(value, false), err => this._onError(err));
+	}
+
+	_firstCompute() {
+		this._needsFirstCompute = false;
+		__activeComputedValue = this;
+		this._compute();
+		__activeComputedValue = null;
+	}
+
+	_notify() {
+		this._subscribers.forEach(callback => callback(this));
+	}
+
+	_onDependencyChange(dependency) {
+		if (dependency.evaluating) this._dependenciesEvaluating.add(dependency);
+		else this._dependenciesEvaluating.delete(dependency);
+		this.flush();
+	}
+
+	_onError(err) {
+		console.error(err);
+		this._setValue(this._defaultValue, false);
+	}
+
+	_setValue(value, evaluating = false) {
+		evaluating = evaluating || this._dependenciesEvaluating?.size > 0;
+		if (this._value === value && this.evaluating === evaluating) return;
+
+		this._value = value;
+		this.evaluating = evaluating;
+		this._notify();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/utilities/data-layer/demo-component.js b/src/utilities/data-layer/demo-component.js
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+++ b/src/utilities/data-layer/demo-component.js
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+import '@brightspace-ui/core/components/loading-spinner/loading-spinner.js';
+import { css, html, LitElement } from 'lit';
+import { DataLayerGroup, declareDependencies } from './index.js';
+import { DataLayerController } from './lit/index.js';
+
+class FooData extends DataLayerGroup {
+	static actions = {
+		flushBar() { this.getItem('bar').flush(); },
+	};
+
+	static data = {
+		foo: 'foo',
+		async bar() {
+			declareDependencies(this.foo);
+			await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 1000));
+			return `${this.foo}bar`;
+		},
+		baz() { return `${this.bar}baz`; },
+		async baz2() {
+			declareDependencies(this.bar);
+			await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 5000));
+			return `${this.bar}baz2`;
+		},
+	};
+}
+
+const fooData = new FooData();
+
+class DataLayerDemo extends LitElement {
+	static properties = {
+		linkLoading: { type: Boolean, attribute: 'link-loading' },
+		_data: { state: true },
+		_loading: { state: true },
+	};
+
+	static styles = css`
+		:host {
+			display: block;
+		}
+	`;
+
+	constructor() {
+		super();
+
+		this._data = new DataLayerController(this, fooData, [
+			'foo',
+			'bar',
+			'baz',
+			'baz2',
+		]);
+	}
+
+	render() {
+		if (this.linkLoading && this._data.loading) {
+			return html`<d2l-loading-spinner></d2l-loading-spinner>`;
+		}
+
+		return html`
+			${this._renderItem('foo')}
+			${this._renderItem('bar')}
+			${this._renderItem('baz')}
+			${this._renderItem('baz2')}
+		`;
+	}
+
+	_append(e) {
+		fooData.getItem(e.target?.dataset.prop).value += '!';
+	}
+
+	_flush(e) {
+		fooData.getItem(e.target?.dataset.prop).flush();
+	}
+
+	_renderItem(prop) {
+		return html`
+			<div>
+				${prop}:
+				<button @click=${this._flush} data-prop=${prop}>Flush</button>
+				<button @click=${this._append} data-prop=${prop}>Append</button>
+				${this._data.getLoading(prop) ? html`<d2l-loading-spinner></d2l-loading-spinner>` : this._data[prop]}
+			</div>
+		`;
+	}
+}
+
+customElements.define('d2l-data-layer-demo', DataLayerDemo);
diff --git a/src/utilities/data-layer/index.js b/src/utilities/data-layer/index.js
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+++ b/src/utilities/data-layer/index.js
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+export { DataLayerItem } from './data-layer-item.js';
+export { DataLayerGroup } from './data-layer-group.js';
+
+export function declareDependencies() {
+	// No-op, simply passing values to this function will cause the dependencies to be registered.
+}
diff --git a/src/utilities/data-layer/lit/data-layer-controller.js b/src/utilities/data-layer/lit/data-layer-controller.js
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+++ b/src/utilities/data-layer/lit/data-layer-controller.js
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+export class DataLayerController {
+	constructor(host, dataLayerGroup, props = []) {
+		(this.host = host).addController(this);
+		this.loading = false;
+		this._loadingProps = new Set();
+
+		props.forEach(prop => {
+			dataLayerGroup.getItem(prop).subscribe(v => {
+				this._updateProp(prop, v.value);
+				this._updateLoading(prop, v.evaluating);
+				this[prop] = v.value;
+
+				this.host.requestUpdate();
+			}, true);
+		});
+	}
+
+	getLoading(prop) {
+		if (!prop) return this.loading;
+		return this._loadingProps.has(prop);
+	}
+
+	_updateLoading(prop, loading) {
+		if (loading && !this._loadingProps.has(prop)) this._loadingProps.add(prop);
+		else if (!loading && this._loadingProps.has(prop)) this._loadingProps.delete(prop);
+		else return;
+
+		this.loading = !!this._loadingProps.size;
+		this.host.requestUpdate();
+	}
+
+	_updateProp(prop, value) {
+		if (this[prop] === value) return;
+
+		this[prop] = value;
+		this.host.requestUpdate();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/utilities/data-layer/lit/index.js b/src/utilities/data-layer/lit/index.js
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+++ b/src/utilities/data-layer/lit/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { DataLayerController } from './data-layer-controller.js';
diff --git a/src/utilities/data-layer/test.html b/src/utilities/data-layer/test.html
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+++ b/src/utilities/data-layer/test.html
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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+	<head>
+		<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
+		<meta charset="UTF-8">
+		<link rel="stylesheet" href="/node_modules/@brightspace-ui/core/components/demo/styles.css" type="text/css">
+		<script type="module">
+			import '@brightspace-ui/core/components/demo/demo-page.js';
+			import './demo-component.js';
+		</script>
+	</head>
+	<body unresolved>
+		<d2l-demo-page page-title="data-layer">
+
+			<h2>Default</h2>
+
+			<d2l-demo-snippet>
+				<template>
+					<d2l-data-layer-demo></d2l-data-layer-demo>
+				</template>
+			</d2l-demo-snippet>
+
+			<h2>Link-loading</h2>
+
+			<d2l-demo-snippet>
+				<template>
+					<d2l-data-layer-demo link-loading></d2l-data-layer-demo>
+				</template>
+			</d2l-demo-snippet>
+
+		</d2l-demo-page>
+	</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/src/utilities/data-layer/test.js b/src/utilities/data-layer/test.js
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+++ b/src/utilities/data-layer/test.js
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+import { DataLayerGroup, DataLayerItem, declareDependencies } from './index.js';
+
+class FooData extends DataLayerGroup {
+	static actions = {
+		flushBar() { this.getItem('bar').flush(); },
+	};
+
+	static data = {
+		foo: 'foo',
+		async bar() {
+			declareDependencies(this.foo);
+			await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 1000));
+			return `${this.foo}bar`;
+		},
+		baz() { return `${this.bar}baz`; },
+	};
+}
+
+const dataLayer = new FooData();
+
+const immediate = false;
+dataLayer.getItem('bar').subscribe(v => console.log('!!! bar changed', v.value, v.evaluating, v._dependenciesEvaluating.size), immediate);
+dataLayer.getItem('baz').subscribe(v => console.log('!!! baz changed', v.value, v.evaluating, v._dependenciesEvaluating.size), immediate);
+
+console.log('requesting foo');
+console.log('foo', dataLayer.foo); // foo
+console.log('bar', dataLayer.bar); // null
+console.log('baz', dataLayer.baz); // null
+await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 2000));
+console.log('bar', dataLayer.bar); // foobar
+console.log('baz', dataLayer.baz); // foobarbaz
+
+const q = new DataLayerItem(5);
+console.log(q.value);
+
+console.log('updating foo');
+dataLayer.foo = 'foo2'; // foo2bar, foo2barbaz
+
+await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 2000));
+
+console.log('flushing bar');
+dataLayer.flushBar(); // foo2bar, foo2barbaz
+
+try { dataLayer.bar = 'bar'; } catch (e) { console.log('caught', e.message); }
+try {
+	new class extends DataLayerGroup {
+		static data = { getItem: 'foo' };
+	}()
+	// new FooData2();
+} catch (e) { console.log('caught', e.message); }
diff --git a/src/utilities/data-layer/util/abortable.js b/src/utilities/data-layer/util/abortable.js
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+++ b/src/utilities/data-layer/util/abortable.js
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+export class Abortable {
+	constructor(cleanup = () => {}) {
+		this._abortPromise = new Promise((_, reject) => { this.abort = () => reject('Abortable_aborted'); });
+		this._cleanup = cleanup;
+	}
+
+	run(fn, onFulfilled, onRejected = () => {}) {
+		Promise.race([this._abortPromise, fn()]).finally(this._cleanup).then(onFulfilled).catch(err => {
+			if (err !== 'Abortable_aborted') onRejected(err);
+		});
+	}
+}
+
+export class AbortableGroup {
+	constructor() {
+		this._abortables = new Set();
+	}
+
+	abort() {
+		this._abortables.forEach(abortable => abortable.abort());
+	}
+
+	add() {
+		const abortable = new Abortable(() => this._abortables.delete(abortable));
+		this._abortables.add(abortable);
+		return abortable;
+	}
+}