diff --git a/RestConnection.inc b/RestConnection.inc
index b1535ff1..3d74d85b 100644
--- a/RestConnection.inc
+++ b/RestConnection.inc
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ require_once 'sites/all/libraries/tuque/RepositoryConnection.php';
 require_once 'sites/all/libraries/tuque/Cache.php';
 require_once 'sites/all/libraries/tuque/RepositoryException.php';
 require_once 'sites/all/libraries/tuque/Repository.php';
+require_once 'sites/all/libraries/tuque/FedoraRelationships.php';
 
 class RestConnection {
 
diff --git a/islandora-object-default-view.tpl.php b/islandora-object-default-view.tpl.php
index dc350009..fc7a1841 100644
--- a/islandora-object-default-view.tpl.php
+++ b/islandora-object-default-view.tpl.php
@@ -33,11 +33,10 @@
  * 
  */
  
-  $mods = $variables['object'];
-  $title = $mods['title'];
+  
   //dsm($object);
   
   print('this is the default view for '. $object->label .' ' .$object->id); 
-  //print($object['MODS']->contentasJson->'key')
+  
 ?>
 
diff --git a/islandora.module b/islandora.module
index 5ef3741e..2a6fbae9 100644
--- a/islandora.module
+++ b/islandora.module
@@ -316,9 +316,6 @@ function islandora_theme() {
 
 function islandora_datastream_as_attachment($object_id, $dsid){
   module_load_include('inc', 'islandora', 'RestConnection');
-  //$user = new stdClass();
-  //$user->name = 'fedoraAdmin';
-  //$user->password = 'islandora';
   global $user;
   try {
     $restConnection = new RestConnection($user);
diff --git a/islandora_basic_image/islandora-basic-image-view-object.tpl.php b/islandora_basic_image/islandora-basic-image.tpl.php
similarity index 85%
rename from islandora_basic_image/islandora-basic-image-view-object.tpl.php
rename to islandora_basic_image/islandora-basic-image.tpl.php
index 6a03a0df..ee381cd5 100644
--- a/islandora_basic_image/islandora-basic-image-view-object.tpl.php
+++ b/islandora_basic_image/islandora-basic-image.tpl.php
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@
 
 ?>
 <?php 
-  $object = $variables['object'];
+  $object = $variables['islandora_object'];
+  $image_url = $variables['islandora_image_url'];
   print($object->label); 
+  print('<img src = "'.$image_url.'"/>');
 ?>
 
diff --git a/islandora_basic_image/islandora_basic_image.module b/islandora_basic_image/islandora_basic_image.module
index ce3d5ff5..bc15c5d2 100644
--- a/islandora_basic_image/islandora_basic_image.module
+++ b/islandora_basic_image/islandora_basic_image.module
@@ -77,13 +77,13 @@ function theme_islandora_basic_image_view_object($variables) {
  */
 function islandora_basic_image_theme() {
   return array(
-    'islandora_basic_image_view_objects' => array(
+    'islandora_basic_image_objects' => array(
       'template' => 'islandora-basic-image-view-objects',
-      'variables' => array('objects' => NULL),
+      'variables' => array('islandor_objects' => NULL),
     ),
-    'islandora_basic_image_view_object' => array(
-      'template' => 'islandora-basic-image-view-object',
-      'variables' => array('object' => NULL),
+    'islandora_basic_image' => array(
+      'template' => 'islandora-basic-image',
+      'variables' => array('islandora_object' => NULL),
     )
   );
 }
@@ -118,26 +118,28 @@ function islandora_basic_image_islandora_view_object($object, $user, $page_numbe
   if (empty($combined_list)) {
     return NULL;//we don't handle any of this objects cmodels
   }
-  $output = theme('islandora_basic_image_view_object', array('object' => $object));
+  $output = theme('islandora_basic_image', array('islandora_object' => $object));
   
   return $output;
 }
 
-function islandora_preprocess_islandora_basic_image_view_object(&$variables){
-  $object = $variables['object'];
+function islandora_preprocess_islandora_basic_image(&$variables){
+  $islandora_object = $variables['islandora_object'];
+  module_load_include('inc','islandora','utils/islandora_dublin_core');
   try{
-    $dc = $object['DC']->content;
-    $dc_xml = simplexml_load_string($dc);
-    $dc_json = json_decode(json_encode((array)simplexml_load_string($dc)),1);
+    $dc = $islandora_object['DC']->content;
+    //$dc_xml = simplexml_load_string($dc);
+    $dc_object = Dublin_Core::import_from_xml_string($dc);
   }catch(Exception $e){
-    drupal_set_message(t('Error retrieving object %s %t', array('%s' => $object->id,'%t'=>$e->getMessage())),'error');
+    drupal_set_message(t('Error retrieving object %s %t', array('%s' => $islandora_object->id,'%t'=>$e->getMessage())),'error');
   }
-  $variables['dc'] = $dc_json;
-  $variables['label'] = $object->label;
+  $variables['islandora_dublin_core'] = $dc_object;
+  $variables['islandora_object_label'] = $islandora_object->label;
   global $base_url;
-  $variables['image_url'] = $base_url.'islandora/object/'.$object->id.'/datastream/OBJ/view';
-  $variables['thumbnail_url'] = $base_url.'islandora/object/'.$object->id.'datastream/TN/view';
-  //return;
+  $variables['islandora_image_url'] = $base_url.'/islandora/object/'.$islandora_object->id.'/datastream/OBJ/view';
+  $variables['islandora_thumbnail_url'] = $base_url.'/islandora/object/'.$islandora_object->id.'/datastream/TN/view';
+  $variables['islandora_medium_size_url'] = $base_url . '/islandora/object/'.$islandora_object->id.'/datastream/MEDIUM/view';
 }
 
+
 ?>
diff --git a/utils/islandora_dublin_core.inc b/utils/islandora_dublin_core.inc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9ea4aa35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/islandora_dublin_core.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Implements a simple class for working with Dublin Core data and exporting it
+ * back to XML. Inspiration and design shamelessly stolen from the pyfedora
+ * project at http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyfedora/0.1.0
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Dublin Core Class
+ */
+class Dublin_Core {
+
+  public $dc = array(
+    'dc:title' => array(),
+    'dc:creator' => array(),
+    'dc:subject' => array(),
+    'dc:description' => array(),
+    'dc:publisher' => array(),
+    'dc:contributor' => array(),
+    'dc:date' => array(),
+    'dc:type' => array(),
+    'dc:format' => array(),
+    'dc:identifier' => array(),
+    'dc:source' => array(),
+    'dc:language' => array(),
+    'dc:relation' => array(),
+    'dc:coverage' => array(),
+    'dc:rights' => array(),
+  );
+  public $owner;
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a Dublin_Core object from a Fedora_Item object and populates
+   * the $dc array.
+   * @param <type> $item
+   */
+  function Dublin_Core($dc_xml = NULL) {
+    if (!empty($dc_string)) {
+      $this->dc = self::import_from_xml_string($dc_xml);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Add Elements
+   * @param <type> $element_name
+   * @param <type> $value
+   */
+  function add_element($element_name, $value) {
+    if (is_string($value) && is_array($this->dc[$element_name])) {
+      $this->dc[$element_name][] = $value;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Replace the given DC element with the values in $values
+   * @param string $elemnt_name
+   * @param array $values
+   */
+  function set_element($element_name, $values) {
+    if (is_array($values)) {
+      $this->dc[$element_name] = $values;
+    }
+    elseif (is_string($values)) {
+      $this->dc[$element_name] = array($values);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Serialize this object to XML and return it.
+   * @param type $with_preamble
+   * @return type 
+   */
+  function as_xml($with_preamble = FALSE) {
+    $dc_xml = new DomDocument();
+    $oai_dc = $dc_xml->createElementNS('http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/', 'oai_dc:dc');
+    $oai_dc->setAttribute('xmlns:dc', 'http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/');
+    foreach ($this->dc as $dc_element => $values) {
+      if (is_array($values) && !empty($values)) {
+        foreach ($values as $value) {
+          $new_item = $dc_xml->createElement($dc_element, $value);
+          $oai_dc->appendChild($new_item);
+        }
+      }
+      else {
+        $new_item = $dc_xml->createElement($dc_element);
+        $oai_dc->appendChild($new_item);
+      }
+    }
+    $dc_xml->appendChild($oai_dc);
+    return $dc_xml->saveXML();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create dc from dict ( does nothing )
+   */
+  static function create_dc_from_dict() {
+    
+  }
+
+  
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a new instance of the class by parsing dc_xml
+   * @param string $dc_xml
+   * @return Dublin_Core
+   */
+  static function import_from_xml_string($dc_xml) {
+    $dc_doc = new DomDocument();
+    if ($dc_doc->loadXML($dc_xml)) {
+      $oai_dc = $dc_doc->getElementsByTagNameNS('http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/', '*');
+      $new_dc = new Dublin_Core();
+      foreach ($oai_dc as $child) {
+        array_push($new_dc->dc[$child->nodeName], $child->nodeValue);
+      }
+      return $new_dc;
+    }
+    else {
+      return NULL;
+    }
+  }
+
+}
+