The reconstruction task force (RTF) has been charged with performing a top-down design iteration on the ATLAS reconstruction software, considering in particular the granularity of algorithms and event data model, and requirements coming from both offline and high level trigger. One important aim is to and where possible common solutions to common problems across LVL2, EF and offline reconstruction. The list of tasks derived from this brief and from consultations with the software, physics and high level trigger communities is given in the appendix.