We introduce a notion of Krein C*-module over a C*-algebra and more generally over a Krein C*-algebra. Some properties of Krein C*-modules and their categories are investigated.
C*-categories are essentially norm-closed *-categories of bounded linear operators between Hilbert spaces. The purpose of this work is to identify suitable axioms defining Krein C*-categories, i.e. those categories that play the role of C*-categories
whenever Hilbert spaces are replaced by more general indefinite inner product Krein spaces, and provide some basic examples. Finally we provide a Gelfand-Naimark representation theorem for Krein C*-algebras and Krein C*-categories.
