diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/InstrumentDescriptor.ts b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/InstrumentDescriptor.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..452356e3cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/InstrumentDescriptor.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { MetricOptions, ValueType } from '@opentelemetry/api-metrics';
+import { InstrumentType } from './Instruments';
+
+export interface InstrumentDescriptor {
+  readonly name: string;
+  readonly description: string;
+  readonly unit: string;
+  readonly type: InstrumentType;
+  readonly valueType: ValueType;
+}
+
+export function createInstrumentDescriptor(name: string, type: InstrumentType, options?: MetricOptions): InstrumentDescriptor {
+  return {
+    name,
+    type,
+    description: options?.description ?? '',
+    unit: options?.unit ?? '1',
+    valueType: options?.valueType ?? ValueType.DOUBLE,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/Instruments.ts b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/Instruments.ts
index 8c5d1212d3..3953c9ecff 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/Instruments.ts
+++ b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/Instruments.ts
@@ -16,55 +16,51 @@
 
 import * as api from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import * as metrics from '@opentelemetry/api-metrics';
-import { Meter } from './Meter';
+import { InstrumentDescriptor } from './InstrumentDescriptor';
+import { WritableMetricStorage } from './state/WritableMetricStorage';
 
 // https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/main/specification/metrics/api.md#instrument
 
 export enum InstrumentType {
-    COUNTER = 'COUNTER',
-    HISTOGRAM = 'HISTOGRAM',
-    UP_DOWN_COUNTER = 'UP_DOWN_COUNTER',
-    OBSERVABLE_COUNTER = 'OBSERVABLE_COUNTER',
-    OBSERVABLE_GAUGE = 'OBSERVABLE_GAUGE',
-    OBSERVABLE_UP_DOWN_COUNTER = 'OBSERVABLE_UP_DOWN_COUNTER',
+  COUNTER = 'COUNTER',
+  HISTOGRAM = 'HISTOGRAM',
+  UP_DOWN_COUNTER = 'UP_DOWN_COUNTER',
+  OBSERVABLE_COUNTER = 'OBSERVABLE_COUNTER',
+  OBSERVABLE_GAUGE = 'OBSERVABLE_GAUGE',
+  OBSERVABLE_UP_DOWN_COUNTER = 'OBSERVABLE_UP_DOWN_COUNTER',
 }
 
 export class SyncInstrument {
-    constructor(private _meter: Meter, private _name: string) { }
+  constructor(private _writableMetricStorage: WritableMetricStorage, private _descriptor: InstrumentDescriptor) { }
 
-    getName(): string {
-        return this._name;
-    }
+  getName(): string {
+    return this._descriptor.name;
+  }
 
- 
-    aggregate(value: number, attributes: metrics.Attributes = {}, ctx: api.Context = api.context.active()) {
-        this._meter.aggregate(this, {
-            value,
-            attributes,
-            context: ctx,
-        });
-    }
+  aggregate(value: number, attributes: metrics.Attributes = {}, context: api.Context = api.context.active()) {
+    this._writableMetricStorage.record(value, attributes, context);
+  }
 }
 
 export class UpDownCounter extends SyncInstrument implements metrics.Counter {
-    add(value: number, attributes?: metrics.Attributes, ctx?: api.Context): void {
-        this.aggregate(value, attributes, ctx);
-    }
+  add(value: number, attributes?: metrics.Attributes, ctx?: api.Context): void {
+    this.aggregate(value, attributes, ctx);
+  }
 }
 
 export class Counter extends SyncInstrument implements metrics.Counter {
-    add(value: number, attributes?: metrics.Attributes, ctx?: api.Context): void {
-        if (value < 0) {
-            api.diag.warn(`negative value provided to counter ${this.getName()}: ${value}`);
-            return;
-        }
-
-        this.aggregate(value, attributes, ctx);
+  add(value: number, attributes?: metrics.Attributes, ctx?: api.Context): void {
+    if (value < 0) {
+      api.diag.warn(`negative value provided to counter ${this.getName()}: ${value}`);
+      return;
     }
+
+    this.aggregate(value, attributes, ctx);
+  }
 }
 
 export class Histogram extends SyncInstrument implements metrics.Histogram {
-    record(value: number, attributes?: metrics.Attributes, ctx?: api.Context): void {
-        this.aggregate(value, attributes, ctx);
-    }
+  record(value: number, attributes?: metrics.Attributes, ctx?: api.Context): void {
+    this.aggregate(value, attributes, ctx);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/Meter.ts b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/Meter.ts
index c7e16406ba..1fa967e6a4 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/Meter.ts
+++ b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/Meter.ts
@@ -16,50 +16,68 @@
 
 import * as metrics from '@opentelemetry/api-metrics';
 import { InstrumentationLibrary } from '@opentelemetry/core';
-import { Counter, Histogram, UpDownCounter } from './Instruments';
-import { Measurement } from './Measurement';
-import { MeterProvider } from './MeterProvider';
+import { createInstrumentDescriptor, InstrumentDescriptor } from './InstrumentDescriptor';
+import { Counter, Histogram, InstrumentType, UpDownCounter } from './Instruments';
+import { MeterProviderSharedState } from './state/MeterProviderSharedState';
+import { MultiMetricStorage } from './state/MultiWritableMetricStorage';
+import { NoopWritableMetricStorage, WritableMetricStorage } from './state/WritableMetricStorage';
 
 // https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/main/specification/metrics/api.md#meter
 
 export class Meter implements metrics.Meter {
-    // instrumentation library required by spec to be on meter
-    // spec requires provider config changes to apply to previously created meters, achieved by holding a reference to the provider
-    constructor(private _provider: MeterProvider, private _instrumentationLibrary: InstrumentationLibrary, private _schemaUrl?: string) { }
+  private _metricStorageRegistry = new Map<string, WritableMetricStorage>();
 
-    /** this exists just to prevent ts errors from unused variables and may be removed */
-    getSchemaUrl(): string | undefined {
-        return this._schemaUrl;
-    }
+  // instrumentation library required by spec to be on meter
+  // spec requires provider config changes to apply to previously created meters, achieved by holding a reference to the provider
+  constructor(private _meterProviderSharedState: MeterProviderSharedState, private _instrumentationLibrary: InstrumentationLibrary) { }
 
-    /** this exists just to prevent ts errors from unused variables and may be removed */
-    getInstrumentationLibrary(): InstrumentationLibrary {
-        return this._instrumentationLibrary;
-    }
+  /** this exists just to prevent ts errors from unused variables and may be removed */
+  getInstrumentationLibrary(): InstrumentationLibrary {
+    return this._instrumentationLibrary;
+  }
 
-    createHistogram(_name: string, _options?: metrics.MetricOptions): Histogram {
-        return new Histogram(this, _name);
-    }
-    
-    createCounter(_name: string, _options?: metrics.MetricOptions): metrics.Counter {
-        return new Counter(this, _name);
-    }
+  createHistogram(name: string, options?: metrics.MetricOptions): Histogram {
+    const descriptor = createInstrumentDescriptor(name, InstrumentType.HISTOGRAM, options);
+    const storage = this._registerMetricStorage(descriptor);
+    return new Histogram(storage, descriptor);
+  }
 
-    createUpDownCounter(_name: string, _options?: metrics.MetricOptions): metrics.UpDownCounter {
-        return new UpDownCounter(this, _name);
-    }
+  createCounter(name: string, options?: metrics.MetricOptions): metrics.Counter {
+    const descriptor = createInstrumentDescriptor(name, InstrumentType.COUNTER, options);
+    const storage = this._registerMetricStorage(descriptor);
+    return new Counter(storage, descriptor);
+  }
 
-    createObservableGauge(_name: string, _options?: metrics.MetricOptions, _callback?: (observableResult: metrics.ObservableResult) => void): metrics.ObservableBase {
-        throw new Error('Method not implemented.');
-    }
-    createObservableCounter(_name: string, _options?: metrics.MetricOptions, _callback?: (observableResult: metrics.ObservableResult) => void): metrics.ObservableBase {
-        throw new Error('Method not implemented.');
-    }
-    createObservableUpDownCounter(_name: string, _options?: metrics.MetricOptions, _callback?: (observableResult: metrics.ObservableResult) => void): metrics.ObservableBase {
-        throw new Error('Method not implemented.');
-    }
+  createUpDownCounter(name: string, options?: metrics.MetricOptions): metrics.UpDownCounter {
+    const descriptor = createInstrumentDescriptor(name, InstrumentType.UP_DOWN_COUNTER, options);
+    const storage = this._registerMetricStorage(descriptor);
+    return new UpDownCounter(storage, descriptor);
+  }
+
+  createObservableGauge(_name: string, _options?: metrics.MetricOptions, _callback?: (observableResult: metrics.ObservableResult) => void): metrics.ObservableBase {
+    throw new Error('Method not implemented.');
+  }
+
+  createObservableCounter(_name: string, _options?: metrics.MetricOptions, _callback?: (observableResult: metrics.ObservableResult) => void): metrics.ObservableBase {
+    throw new Error('Method not implemented.');
+  }
+
+  createObservableUpDownCounter(_name: string, _options?: metrics.MetricOptions, _callback?: (observableResult: metrics.ObservableResult) => void): metrics.ObservableBase {
+    throw new Error('Method not implemented.');
+  }
 
-    public aggregate(metric: unknown, measurement: Measurement) {
-        this._provider.aggregate(this, metric, measurement);
+  private _registerMetricStorage(descriptor: InstrumentDescriptor) {
+    const views = this._meterProviderSharedState.viewRegistry.findViews(descriptor, this._instrumentationLibrary);
+    const storages = views.map(_view => {
+      // TODO: create actual metric storages.
+      const storage = new NoopWritableMetricStorage();
+      // TODO: handle conflicts
+      this._metricStorageRegistry.set(descriptor.name, storage);
+      return storage;
+    });
+    if (storages.length === 1)  {
+      return storages[0];
     }
+    return new MultiMetricStorage(storages);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/MeterProvider.ts b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/MeterProvider.ts
index b52af2ec65..501c9bf239 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/MeterProvider.ts
+++ b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/MeterProvider.ts
@@ -17,132 +17,109 @@
 import * as api from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import * as metrics from '@opentelemetry/api-metrics';
 import { Resource } from '@opentelemetry/resources';
-import { Measurement } from './Measurement';
 import { Meter } from './Meter';
 import { MetricExporter } from './MetricExporter';
 import { MetricReader } from './MetricReader';
-import { View } from './View';
+import { MeterProviderSharedState } from './state/MeterProviderSharedState';
+import { InstrumentSelector } from './view/InstrumentSelector';
+import { MeterSelector } from './view/MeterSelector';
+import { View } from './view/View';
+
 
 // https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/main/specification/metrics/sdk.md#meterprovider
 
 export type MeterProviderOptions = {
-    resource?: Resource;
+  resource?: Resource;
 }
 
 export class MeterProvider {
-    private _resource: Resource;
-    private _shutdown = false;
-    private _metricReaders: MetricReader[] = [];
-    private _metricExporters: MetricExporter[] = [];
-    private _views: View[] = [];
-
-    constructor(options: MeterProviderOptions) {
-        this._resource = options.resource ?? Resource.empty();
+  private _sharedState: MeterProviderSharedState;
+  private _shutdown = false;
+  private _metricReaders: MetricReader[] = [];
+  private _metricExporters: MetricExporter[] = [];
+
+  constructor(options: MeterProviderOptions) {
+    this._sharedState = new MeterProviderSharedState(options.resource ?? Resource.empty());
+  }
+
+  getMeter(name: string, version = '', options: metrics.MeterOptions = {}): metrics.Meter {
+    // https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/main/specification/metrics/sdk.md#meter-creation
+    if (this._shutdown) {
+        api.diag.warn('A shutdown MeterProvider cannot provide a Meter')
+        return metrics.NOOP_METER;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * **Unstable**
-     * 
-     * This method is only here to prevent typescript from complaining and may be removed.
-     */
-    getResource() {
-        return this._resource;
+    // Spec leaves it unspecified if creating a meter with duplicate
+    // name/version returns the same meter. We create a new one here
+    // for simplicity. This may change in the future.
+    // TODO: consider returning the same meter if the same name/version is used
+    return new Meter(this._sharedState, { name, version, schemaUrl: options.schemaUrl });
+  }
+
+  addMetricReader(metricReader: MetricReader) {
+    this._metricReaders.push(metricReader);
+  }
+
+  addView(view: View, instrumentSelector: InstrumentSelector, meterSelector: MeterSelector) {
+    // https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/main/specification/metrics/sdk.md#view
+    this._sharedState.viewRegistry.addView(view, instrumentSelector, meterSelector);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Flush all buffered data and shut down the MeterProvider and all exporters and metric readers.
+   * Returns a promise which is resolved when all flushes are complete.
+   *
+   * TODO: return errors to caller somehow?
+   */
+  async shutdown(): Promise<void> {
+    // https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/main/specification/metrics/sdk.md#shutdown
+
+    if (this._shutdown) {
+      api.diag.warn('shutdown may only be called once per MeterProvider');
+      return;
     }
 
-    getMeter(name: string, version = '', options: metrics.MeterOptions = {}): metrics.Meter {
-        // https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/main/specification/metrics/sdk.md#meter-creation
-        if (this._shutdown) {
-            api.diag.warn('A shutdown MeterProvider cannot provide a Meter')
-            return metrics.NOOP_METER;
+    // TODO add a timeout - spec leaves it up the the SDK if this is configurable
+    this._shutdown = true;
+
+    // Shut down all exporters and readers.
+    // Log all Errors.
+    for (const exporter of this._metricExporters) {
+      try {
+        await exporter.shutdown();
+      } catch (e) {
+        if (e instanceof Error) {
+          api.diag.error(`Error shutting down: ${e.message}`)
         }
-
-        // Spec leaves it unspecified if creating a meter with duplicate
-        // name/version returns the same meter. We create a new one here
-        // for simplicity. This may change in the future.
-        // TODO: consider returning the same meter if the same name/version is used
-        return new Meter(this, { name, version }, options.schemaUrl);
-    }
-
-    addMetricReader(metricReader: MetricReader) {
-        this._metricReaders.push(metricReader);
+      }
     }
-
-    addView(view: View) {
-        // https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/main/specification/metrics/sdk.md#view
-        this._views.push(view);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Flush all buffered data and shut down the MeterProvider and all exporters and metric readers.
-     * Returns a promise which is resolved when all flushes are complete.
-     * 
-     * TODO: return errors to caller somehow?
-     */
-    async shutdown(): Promise<void> {
-        // https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/main/specification/metrics/sdk.md#shutdown
-
-        if (this._shutdown) {
-            api.diag.warn('shutdown may only be called once per MeterProvider');
-            return;
-        }
-
-        // TODO add a timeout - spec leaves it up the the SDK if this is configurable
-        this._shutdown = true;
-
-        // Shut down all exporters and readers.
-        // Log all Errors.
-        for (const exporter of this._metricExporters) {
-            try {
-                await exporter.shutdown();
-            } catch (e) {
-                if (e instanceof Error) {
-                    api.diag.error(`Error shutting down: ${e.message}`)
-                }
-            }
-        }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Notifies all exporters and metric readers to flush any buffered data.
+   * Returns a promise which is resolved when all flushes are complete.
+   *
+   * TODO: return errors to caller somehow?
+   */
+  async forceFlush(): Promise<void> {
+    // https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/main/specification/metrics/sdk.md#forceflush
+
+    // TODO add a timeout - spec leaves it up the the SDK if this is configurable
+
+    // do not flush after shutdown
+    if (this._shutdown) {
+      api.diag.warn('invalid attempt to force flush after shutdown')
+      return;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Notifies all exporters and metric readers to flush any buffered data.
-     * Returns a promise which is resolved when all flushes are complete.
-     * 
-     * TODO: return errors to caller somehow?
-     */
-    async forceFlush(): Promise<void> {
-        // https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/main/specification/metrics/sdk.md#forceflush
-
-        // TODO add a timeout - spec leaves it up the the SDK if this is configurable
-
-        // do not flush after shutdown
-        if (this._shutdown) {
-            api.diag.warn('invalid attempt to force flush after shutdown')
-            return;
+    for (const exporter of [...this._metricExporters, ...this._metricReaders]) {
+      try {
+        await exporter.forceFlush();
+      } catch (e) {
+        if (e instanceof Error) {
+          api.diag.error(`Error flushing: ${e.message}`)
         }
-
-        for (const exporter of [...this._metricExporters, ...this._metricReaders]) {
-            try {
-                await exporter.forceFlush();
-            } catch (e) {
-                if (e instanceof Error) {
-                    api.diag.error(`Error flushing: ${e.message}`)
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    public aggregate(_meter: Meter, _metric: unknown, _measurement: Measurement) {
-        // TODO actually aggregate
-
-        /**
-         * if there are no views:
-         *   apply the default configuration
-         * else:
-         *   for each view:
-         *     if view matches:
-         *       apply view configuration
-         *   if no view matched:
-         *     if user has not disabled default fallback:
-         *       apply default configuration
-         */
+      }
     }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/View.ts b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/View.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2abbf8760f..0000000000
--- a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/View.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,113 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import { InstrumentType } from './Instruments';
-
-// https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/main/specification/metrics/sdk.md#view
-
-/**
- * A metric view selects a stream of metrics from a MeterProvider and applies
- * a configuration to that stream. If no configuration is provided, the default
- * configuration is used.
- */
-export class View {
-    private _selector: Partial<ViewMetricSelector>;
-
-    /**
-     * Construct a metric view
-     * 
-     * @param options a required object which describes the view selector and configuration
-     */
-    constructor(options: ViewOptions) {
-        if (typeof options.selector == null) {
-            throw new Error('Missing required view selector')
-        }
-
-        if (
-            options.selector.instrumentType == null &&
-            options.selector.instrumentName == null &&
-            options.selector.meterName == null &&
-            options.selector.meterVersion == null &&
-            options.selector.meterSchemaUrl == null
-        ) {
-            // It is recommended by the SDK specification to fail fast when invalid options are provided
-            throw new Error('Cannot create a view which selects no options');
-        }
-
-        this._selector = options.selector;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Given a metric selector, determine if all of this view's metric selectors match.
-     * 
-     * @param selector selector to match
-     * @returns boolean
-     */
-    public match(selector: ViewMetricSelector) {
-        return this._matchSelectorProperty('instrumentType', selector.instrumentType) &&
-            this._matchInstrumentName(selector.instrumentName) &&
-            this._matchSelectorProperty('meterName', selector.meterName) &&
-            this._matchSelectorProperty('meterVersion', selector.meterVersion) &&
-            this._matchSelectorProperty('meterSchemaUrl', selector.meterSchemaUrl);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Match instrument name against the configured selector metric name, which may include wildcards
-     */
-    private _matchInstrumentName(name: string) {
-        if (this._selector.instrumentName == null) {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        // TODO wildcard support
-        return this._selector.instrumentName === name;
-    }
-
-    private _matchSelectorProperty<Prop extends keyof ViewMetricSelector>(property: Prop, metricProperty: ViewMetricSelector[Prop]): boolean {
-        if (this._selector[property] == null) {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        if (this._selector[property] === metricProperty) {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        return false;
-    }
-}
-
-export type ViewMetricSelector = {
-    instrumentType: InstrumentType;
-    instrumentName: string;
-    meterName: string;
-    meterVersion?: string;
-    meterSchemaUrl?: string;
-}
-
-export type ViewOptions = {
-    name?: string;
-    selector: Partial<ViewMetricSelector>;
-    streamConfig?: ViewStreamConfig;
-}
-
-export type ViewStreamConfig = {
-    description: string;
-    attributeKeys?: string[];
-
-    // TODO use these types when they are defined
-    aggregation?: unknown;
-    exemplarReservoir?: unknown;
-}
diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/Aggregation.ts b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/state/MeterProviderSharedState.ts
similarity index 67%
rename from experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/Aggregation.ts
rename to experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/state/MeterProviderSharedState.ts
index fac07ef4c2..57a2b022b0 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/Aggregation.ts
+++ b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/state/MeterProviderSharedState.ts
@@ -14,12 +14,14 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { Measurement } from './Measurement';
+import { Resource } from '@opentelemetry/resources';
+import { ViewRegistry } from '../view/ViewRegistry';
 
-// https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/main/specification/metrics/sdk.md#aggregation
+/**
+ * An internal record for shared meter provider states.
+ */
+export class MeterProviderSharedState {
+  viewRegistry = new ViewRegistry();
 
-export interface Aggregator {
-    aggregate(measurement: Measurement): void;
+  constructor(public resource: Resource) {}
 }
-
-// TODO define actual aggregator classes
diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/state/MultiWritableMetricStorage.ts b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/state/MultiWritableMetricStorage.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..43c064828f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/state/MultiWritableMetricStorage.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { Context } from '@opentelemetry/api';
+import { Attributes } from '@opentelemetry/api-metrics';
+import { WritableMetricStorage } from './WritableMetricStorage';
+
+export class MultiMetricStorage implements WritableMetricStorage {
+  constructor(private readonly _backingStorages: WritableMetricStorage[]) {}
+
+  record(value: number, attributes: Attributes, context: Context) {
+    this._backingStorages.forEach(it => {
+      it.record(value, attributes, context);
+    });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/state/WritableMetricStorage.ts b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/state/WritableMetricStorage.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..147cc21654
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/state/WritableMetricStorage.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { Context } from '@opentelemetry/api';
+import { Attributes } from '@opentelemetry/api-metrics';
+
+export interface WritableMetricStorage {
+  record(value: number, attributes: Attributes, context: Context): void;
+}
+
+export class NoopWritableMetricStorage implements WritableMetricStorage {
+  record(_value: number, _attributes: Attributes, _context: Context): void {}
+}
diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/view/Aggregation.ts b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/view/Aggregation.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..41bb6ec73c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/view/Aggregation.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { InstrumentDescriptor } from '../InstrumentDescriptor';
+
+// https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/main/specification/metrics/sdk.md#aggregation
+
+/**
+ * Configures how measurements are combined into metrics for {@link View}s.
+ *
+ * Aggregation provides a set of built-in aggregations via static methods.
+ */
+export abstract class Aggregation {
+  // TODO: define the actual aggregator classes
+  abstract createAggregator(instrument: InstrumentDescriptor): unknown;
+
+  static None(): Aggregation {
+    return NONE_AGGREGATION;
+  }
+}
+
+export class NoneAggregation extends Aggregation {
+  createAggregator(_instrument: InstrumentDescriptor) {
+    // TODO: define aggregator type
+    return;
+  }
+}
+
+const NONE_AGGREGATION = new NoneAggregation();
diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/view/AttributesProcessor.ts b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/view/AttributesProcessor.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5cdfa2dda4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/view/AttributesProcessor.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { Context } from '@opentelemetry/api';
+import { Attributes } from '@opentelemetry/api-metrics';
+
+/**
+ * The {@link AttributesProcessor} is responsible for customizing which
+ * attribute(s) are to be reported as metrics dimension(s) and adding
+ * additional dimension(s) from the {@link Context}.
+ */
+export abstract class AttributesProcessor {
+  abstract process(incoming: Attributes, context: Context): Attributes;
+
+  static Noop() {
+    return NOOP;
+  }
+}
+
+export class NoopAttributesProcessor extends AttributesProcessor {
+  process(incoming: Attributes, _context: Context) {
+    return incoming;
+  }
+}
+
+const NOOP = new NoopAttributesProcessor;
diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/view/InstrumentSelector.ts b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/view/InstrumentSelector.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..40aa4778a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/view/InstrumentSelector.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { InstrumentType } from '../Instruments';
+import { PatternPredicate, Predicate } from './Predicate';
+
+export interface InstrumentSelectorCriteria {
+  name?: string;
+  type?: InstrumentType;
+}
+
+export class InstrumentSelector {
+  private _nameFilter: Predicate;
+  private _type?: InstrumentType;
+
+  constructor(criteria?: InstrumentSelectorCriteria) {
+    this._nameFilter = new PatternPredicate(criteria?.name ?? '*');
+    this._type = criteria?.type;
+  }
+
+  getType() {
+    return this._type
+  }
+
+  getNameFilter() {
+    return this._nameFilter;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/view/MeterSelector.ts b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/view/MeterSelector.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..23947b345d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/view/MeterSelector.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { ExactPredicate, Predicate } from './Predicate';
+
+export interface MeterSelectorCriteria {
+  name?: string;
+  version?: string;
+  schemaUrl?: string;
+}
+
+export class MeterSelector {
+  private _nameFilter: Predicate;
+  private _versionFilter: Predicate;
+  private _schemaUrlFilter: Predicate;
+
+  constructor(criteria?: MeterSelectorCriteria) {
+    this._nameFilter = new ExactPredicate(criteria?.name);
+    this._versionFilter = new ExactPredicate(criteria?.version);
+    this._schemaUrlFilter = new ExactPredicate(criteria?.schemaUrl);
+  }
+
+  getNameFilter() {
+    return this._nameFilter;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * TODO: semver filter? no spec yet.
+   */
+  getVersionFilter() {
+    return this._versionFilter;
+  }
+
+  getSchemaUrlFilter() {
+    return this._schemaUrlFilter;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/view/Predicate.ts b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/view/Predicate.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dd86990da6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/view/Predicate.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+// https://tc39.es/proposal-regex-escaping
+// escape ^ $ \ .  + ? ( ) [ ] { } |
+// do not need to escape * as we are interpret it as wildcard
+const ESCAPE = /[\^$\\.+?()[\]{}|]/g;
+
+export interface Predicate {
+  match(str: string): boolean;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Wildcard pattern predicate, support patterns like `*`, `foo*`, `*bar`.
+ */
+export class PatternPredicate implements Predicate {
+  private _matchAll: boolean;
+  private _regexp?: RegExp;
+
+  constructor(pattern: string) {
+    if (pattern === '*') {
+      this._matchAll = true;
+    } else {
+      this._matchAll = false;
+      this._regexp = new RegExp(PatternPredicate.escapePattern(pattern));
+    }
+  }
+
+  match(str: string): boolean {
+    if (this._matchAll) {
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    return this._regexp!.test(str);
+  }
+
+  static escapePattern(pattern: string): string {
+    return `^${pattern.replace(ESCAPE, '\\$&').replace('*', '.*')}$`;
+  }
+}
+
+export class ExactPredicate implements Predicate {
+  private _matchAll: boolean;
+  private _pattern?: string;
+
+  constructor(pattern?: string) {
+    this._matchAll = pattern === undefined;
+    this._pattern = pattern;
+  }
+
+  match(str: string): boolean {
+    if (this._matchAll) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    if (str === this._pattern) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/view/View.ts b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/view/View.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9dfbcb07ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/view/View.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { Aggregation } from './Aggregation';
+import { AttributesProcessor } from './AttributesProcessor';
+
+// https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/main/specification/metrics/sdk.md#view
+
+export interface ViewStreamConfig {
+  /**
+   * the name of the resulting metric to generate, or null if the same as the instrument.
+   */
+  name?: string;
+  /**
+   * the name of the resulting metric to generate, or null if the same as the instrument.
+   */
+  description?: string;
+  /**
+   * the aggregation used for this view.
+   */
+  aggregation?: Aggregation;
+  /**
+   * processor of attributes before performing aggregation.
+   */
+  attributesProcessor?: AttributesProcessor;
+}
+
+/**
+ * A View provides the flexibility to customize the metrics that are output by
+ * the SDK. For example, the view can
+ * - customize which Instruments are to be processed/ignored.
+ * - customize the aggregation.
+ * - customize which attribute(s) are to be reported as metrics dimension(s).
+ * - add additional dimension(s) from the {@link Context}.
+ */
+export class View {
+  readonly name?: string;
+  readonly description?: string;
+  readonly aggregation: Aggregation;
+  readonly attributesProcessor: AttributesProcessor;
+
+  /**
+   * Construct a metric view
+   *
+   * @param config how the result metric streams were configured
+   */
+  constructor(config?: ViewStreamConfig) {
+    this.name = config?.name;
+    this.description = config?.description;
+    // TODO: the default aggregation should be Aggregation.Default().
+    // https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/main/specification/metrics/sdk.md#default-aggregation
+    this.aggregation = config?.aggregation ?? Aggregation.None();
+    this.attributesProcessor = config?.attributesProcessor ?? AttributesProcessor.Noop();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/view/ViewRegistry.ts b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/view/ViewRegistry.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e792e574b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/view/ViewRegistry.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { InstrumentationLibrary } from '@opentelemetry/core';
+import { InstrumentDescriptor } from '../InstrumentDescriptor';
+import { InstrumentSelector } from './InstrumentSelector';
+import { MeterSelector } from './MeterSelector';
+import { View } from './View';
+
+interface RegisteredView {
+  instrumentSelector: InstrumentSelector;
+  meterSelector: MeterSelector;
+  view: View;
+}
+
+export class ViewRegistry {
+  private static DEFAULT_VIEW = new View();
+  private _registeredViews: RegisteredView[] = [];
+
+  addView(view: View, instrumentSelector: InstrumentSelector = new InstrumentSelector(), meterSelector: MeterSelector = new MeterSelector()) {
+    this._registeredViews.push({
+      instrumentSelector,
+      meterSelector,
+      view,
+    });
+  }
+
+  findViews(instrument: InstrumentDescriptor, meter: InstrumentationLibrary): View[] {
+    const views = this._registeredViews
+      .filter(registeredView => {
+        return this._matchInstrument(registeredView.instrumentSelector, instrument) &&
+          this._matchMeter(registeredView.meterSelector, meter);
+      })
+      .map(it => it.view);
+
+    if (views.length === 0) {
+      return [ViewRegistry.DEFAULT_VIEW];
+    }
+    return views;
+  }
+
+  private _matchInstrument(selector: InstrumentSelector, instrument: InstrumentDescriptor): boolean {
+    return (selector.getType() === undefined || instrument.type === selector.getType()) &&
+      selector.getNameFilter().match(instrument.name);
+  }
+
+  private _matchMeter(selector: MeterSelector, meter: InstrumentationLibrary): boolean {
+    return selector.getNameFilter().match(meter.name) &&
+      (meter.version === undefined || selector.getVersionFilter().match(meter.version)) &&
+      (meter.schemaUrl === undefined || selector.getSchemaUrlFilter().match(meter.schemaUrl));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/test/view/AttributesProcessor.test.ts b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/test/view/AttributesProcessor.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fd7ea105fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/test/view/AttributesProcessor.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import * as assert from 'assert';
+import { context } from '@opentelemetry/api';
+import { NoopAttributesProcessor } from '../../src/view/AttributesProcessor';
+
+describe('NoopAttributesProcessor', () => {
+  const processor = new NoopAttributesProcessor();
+
+  it('should return identical attributes on process', () => {
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(
+      processor.process({ foo: 'bar' }, context.active()),
+      {
+        foo: 'bar',
+      }
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/test/view/Predicate.test.ts b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/test/view/Predicate.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..608ff20a17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/test/view/Predicate.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import * as assert from 'assert';
+import { ExactPredicate, PatternPredicate } from '../../src/view/Predicate';
+
+describe('PatternPredicate', () => {
+  describe('asterisk match', () => {
+    it('should match anything', () => {
+      const predicate = new PatternPredicate('*');
+      assert.ok(predicate.match('foo'));
+      assert.ok(predicate.match(''));
+    });
+
+    it('should match trailing part', () => {
+      const predicate = new PatternPredicate('foo*');
+      assert.ok(predicate.match('foo'));
+      assert.ok(predicate.match('foobar'));
+
+      assert.ok(!predicate.match('_foo'));
+      assert.ok(!predicate.match('bar'));
+      assert.ok(!predicate.match(''));
+    });
+
+    it('should match leading part', () => {
+      const predicate = new PatternPredicate('*bar');
+      assert.ok(predicate.match('foobar'));
+      assert.ok(predicate.match('bar'));
+
+      assert.ok(!predicate.match('foo'));
+      assert.ok(!predicate.match('bar_'));
+      assert.ok(!predicate.match(''));
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('exact match', () => {
+    it('should match exactly', () => {
+      const predicate = new PatternPredicate('foobar');
+      assert.ok(predicate.match('foobar'));
+
+      assert.ok(!predicate.match('foo'));
+      assert.ok(!predicate.match('_foobar_'));
+      assert.ok(!predicate.match(''));
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('escapePattern', () => {
+    it('should escape regexp elements', () => {
+      assert.strictEqual(PatternPredicate.escapePattern('^$\\.+?()[]{}|'), '^\\^\\$\\\\\\.\\+\\?\\(\\)\\[\\]\\{\\}\\|$');
+      assert.strictEqual(PatternPredicate.escapePattern('*'), '^.*$');
+      assert.strictEqual(PatternPredicate.escapePattern('foobar'), '^foobar$');
+      assert.strictEqual(PatternPredicate.escapePattern('foo*'), '^foo.*$');
+      assert.strictEqual(PatternPredicate.escapePattern('*bar'), '^.*bar$');
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+describe('ExactPredicate', () => {
+  it('should match all', () => {
+    const predicate = new ExactPredicate();
+    assert.ok(predicate.match('foo'));
+    assert.ok(predicate.match(''));
+  });
+
+  it('should exact match', () => {
+    const predicate = new ExactPredicate('foobar');
+    assert.ok(!predicate.match('foo'));
+    assert.ok(!predicate.match('bar'));
+    assert.ok(!predicate.match(''));
+
+    assert.ok(predicate.match('foobar'));
+  });
+});
diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/test/view/View.test.ts b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/test/view/View.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..11e3658744
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/test/view/View.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import * as assert from 'assert';
+import { Aggregation } from '../../src/view/Aggregation';
+import { AttributesProcessor } from '../../src/view/AttributesProcessor';
+import { View } from '../../src/view/View';
+
+describe('View', () => {
+  describe('constructor', () => {
+    it('should construct view without arguments', () => {
+      const view = new View();
+      assert.strictEqual(view.name, undefined);
+      assert.strictEqual(view.description, undefined);
+      assert.strictEqual(view.aggregation, Aggregation.None());
+      assert.strictEqual(view.attributesProcessor, AttributesProcessor.Noop());
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/test/view/ViewRegistry.test.ts b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/test/view/ViewRegistry.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9aae44dea2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/test/view/ViewRegistry.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import * as assert from 'assert';
+import { ValueType } from '@opentelemetry/api-metrics';
+import { InstrumentationLibrary } from '@opentelemetry/core';
+import { InstrumentType } from '../../src/Instruments';
+import { ViewRegistry } from '../../src/view/ViewRegistry';
+import { View } from '../../src/view/View';
+import { InstrumentSelector } from '../../src/view/InstrumentSelector';
+import { MeterSelector } from '../../src/view/MeterSelector';
+import { InstrumentDescriptor } from '../../src/InstrumentDescriptor';
+
+const defaultInstrumentDescriptor: InstrumentDescriptor = {
+  name: '',
+  description: '',
+  type: InstrumentType.COUNTER,
+  unit: '',
+  valueType: ValueType.DOUBLE,
+};
+
+const defaultInstrumentationLibrary: InstrumentationLibrary = {
+  name: 'default',
+  version: '1.0.0',
+  schemaUrl: 'https://opentelemetry.io/schemas/1.7.0'
+};
+
+describe('ViewRegistry', () => {
+  describe('findViews', () => {
+    it('should return default view if no view registered', () => {
+      const registry = new ViewRegistry();
+      const views = registry.findViews(defaultInstrumentDescriptor, defaultInstrumentationLibrary);
+      assert.strictEqual(views.length, 1);
+      assert.strictEqual(views[0], ViewRegistry['DEFAULT_VIEW']);
+    });
+
+    describe('InstrumentSelector', () => {
+      it('should match view with instrument name', () => {
+        const registry = new ViewRegistry();
+        registry.addView(new View({ name: 'no-filter' }));
+        registry.addView(new View({ name: 'foo' }), new InstrumentSelector({
+          name: 'foo',
+        }));
+        registry.addView(new View({ name: 'bar' }), new InstrumentSelector({
+          name: 'bar'
+        }));
+
+        {
+          const views = registry.findViews({
+            ...defaultInstrumentDescriptor,
+            name: 'foo'
+          }, defaultInstrumentationLibrary);
+
+          assert.strictEqual(views.length, 2);
+          assert.strictEqual(views[0].name, 'no-filter')
+          assert.strictEqual(views[1].name, 'foo');
+        }
+
+        {
+          const views = registry.findViews({
+            ...defaultInstrumentDescriptor,
+            name: 'bar'
+          }, defaultInstrumentationLibrary);
+
+          assert.strictEqual(views.length, 2);
+          assert.strictEqual(views[0].name, 'no-filter');
+          assert.strictEqual(views[1].name, 'bar');
+        }
+      });
+
+      it('should match view with instrument type', () => {
+        const registry = new ViewRegistry();
+        registry.addView(new View({ name: 'no-filter' }));
+        registry.addView(new View({ name: 'counter' }), new InstrumentSelector({
+          type: InstrumentType.COUNTER,
+        }));
+        registry.addView(new View({ name: 'histogram' }), new InstrumentSelector({
+          type: InstrumentType.HISTOGRAM,
+        }));
+
+        {
+          const views = registry.findViews({
+            ...defaultInstrumentDescriptor,
+            type: InstrumentType.COUNTER
+          }, defaultInstrumentationLibrary);
+
+          assert.strictEqual(views.length, 2);
+          assert.strictEqual(views[0].name, 'no-filter')
+          assert.strictEqual(views[1].name, 'counter');
+        }
+
+        {
+          const views = registry.findViews({
+            ...defaultInstrumentDescriptor,
+            type: InstrumentType.HISTOGRAM
+          }, defaultInstrumentationLibrary);
+
+          assert.strictEqual(views.length, 2);
+          assert.strictEqual(views[0].name, 'no-filter');
+          assert.strictEqual(views[1].name, 'histogram');
+        }
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('MeterSelector', () => {
+      it('should match view with meter name', () => {
+        const registry = new ViewRegistry();
+        registry.addView(new View({ name: 'no-filter' }));
+        registry.addView(new View({ name: 'foo' }), undefined, new MeterSelector({
+          name: 'foo'
+        }));
+        registry.addView(new View({ name: 'bar' }), undefined, new MeterSelector({
+          name: 'bar'
+        }));
+
+        {
+          const views = registry.findViews(defaultInstrumentDescriptor, {
+            ...defaultInstrumentationLibrary,
+            name: 'foo',
+          });
+
+          assert.strictEqual(views.length, 2);
+          assert.strictEqual(views[0].name, 'no-filter')
+          assert.strictEqual(views[1].name, 'foo');
+        }
+
+        {
+          const views = registry.findViews(defaultInstrumentDescriptor, {
+            ...defaultInstrumentationLibrary,
+            name: 'bar'
+          });
+
+          assert.strictEqual(views.length, 2);
+          assert.strictEqual(views[0].name, 'no-filter');
+          assert.strictEqual(views[1].name, 'bar');
+        }
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});