diff --git a/src/depiction_targeted_preproc/panel/__init__.py b/src/depiction_targeted_preproc/panel/__init__.py
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diff --git a/src/depiction_targeted_preproc/panel/standardize_input_panel.py b/src/depiction_targeted_preproc/panel/standardize_input_panel.py
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+import polars as pl
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+
+
+class StandardizeConfig(BaseModel):
+    column_names: dict[str, set[str]] = {
+        "mass": {"m/z", "mass", "pc-mt (m+h)+"},
+        "label": {"marker", "label"},
+        "type": {"type"},
+    }
+    select_columns: list[str] = ["mass", "label", "type"]
+    default_values: dict[str, str] = {"type": "target"}
+
+
+def _identify_column_correspondence(config: StandardizeConfig, raw_df: pl.DataFrame) -> dict[str, str]:
+    identified_columns = {}
+    for column_name in raw_df.columns:
+        for key, values in config.column_names.items():
+            if column_name.lower() in values:
+                if key not in identified_columns:
+                    identified_columns[key] = column_name
+                else:
+                    raise ValueError(
+                        f"Column {column_name} is ambiguous, it could be {key} or {identified_columns[key]}"
+                    )
+    required_columns = set(config.select_columns) - set(config.default_values.keys())
+    missing_columns = required_columns - set(identified_columns.keys())
+    if missing_columns:
+        raise ValueError(f"Missing columns: {missing_columns}")
+    # reverse the mapping
+    return {original: target for target, original in identified_columns.items()}
+
+
+def standardize(config: StandardizeConfig, raw_df: pl.DataFrame):
+    column_correspondence = _identify_column_correspondence(config=config, raw_df=raw_df)
+    renamed_df = raw_df.select(column_correspondence.keys()).rename(column_correspondence)
+    full_df = renamed_df.with_columns(
+        **{
+            column: pl.lit(config.default_values[column])
+            for column in config.default_values
+            if column not in renamed_df.columns
+        }
+    )
+    return full_df.select(config.select_columns)
diff --git a/tests/unit/to_be_migrated/test_standardize_input_panel.py b/tests/unit/to_be_migrated/test_standardize_input_panel.py
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+import polars as pl
+import polars.testing
+import pytest
+
+from depiction_targeted_preproc.panel.standardize_input_panel import StandardizeConfig, standardize
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def config() -> StandardizeConfig:
+    return StandardizeConfig(
+        column_names={"mass": {"m/z"}, "label": {"label", "x"}},
+        select_columns=["mass", "label", "type"],
+        default_values={"type": "something"},
+    )
+
+
+def test_standardize(config: StandardizeConfig) -> None:
+    raw_df = pl.DataFrame({"m/z": [1, 2, 3], "x": ["a", "b", "c"]})
+    result = standardize(config=config, raw_df=raw_df)
+    expected_df = pl.DataFrame(
+        {"mass": [1, 2, 3], "label": ["a", "b", "c"], "type": ["something", "something", "something"]}
+    )
+    pl.testing.assert_frame_equal(result, expected_df)