diff --git a/dspace-rest/LICENSE b/dspace-rest/LICENSE
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+The contents of this file are subject to the license and copyright
+detailed in the LICENSE and NOTICE files at the root of the source
+tree and available online at
+
+http://www.dspace.org/license/
diff --git a/dspace-rest/README b/dspace-rest/README
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+A RESTful web services API for DSpace.
+
+Built on JERSEY
+
+mvn clean package
+Deploy /target/rest.war to tomcat.
+
+Endpoints:
+- http://localhost:8080/dspace-rest/collections
+-- http://localhost:8080/dspace-rest/collections/{collectionID}
+-- http://localhost:8080/dspace-rest/collections/{collectionID}?expand=parentCommunityID,parentCommunityIDList,itemIDList
+-- http://localhost:8080/dspace-rest/collections/123
+
+- http://localhost:8080/dspace-rest/communities
+
+There is an ?expand= query parameter for expensive operations. You can tack it on the end of /collections endpoints. It is optional, all, some or none.
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diff --git a/dspace-rest/pom.xml b/dspace-rest/pom.xml
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+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <groupId>org.dspace.rest</groupId>
+    <artifactId>dspace-rest</artifactId>
+    <packaging>war</packaging>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <name>DSpace RESTful web services API</name>
+    <url>http://demo.dspace.org</url>
+    <dependencies>
+        <!-- Jersey, for RESTful web services -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jersey-server</artifactId>
+            <version>1.8</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jersey-servlet</artifactId>
+            <version>1.17</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- JSON serialization, should I use jackson?-->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jersey-json</artifactId>
+            <version>1.8</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- Use DSpace, for now, an older version to minimize spring generated dependency on Discovery -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
+            <artifactId>dspace-api</artifactId>
+            <version>1.8.2</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- Connecting to DSpace datasource sets a dependency on Postgres DB-->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>
+            <version>1.4</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>postgresql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
+            <version>9.0-801.jdbc3</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>1.6</source>
+                    <target>1.6</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+        <finalName>${artifactId}</finalName>
+    </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/dspace-rest/src/main/java/org/dspace/rest/CollectionsResource.java b/dspace-rest/src/main/java/org/dspace/rest/CollectionsResource.java
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+package org.dspace.rest;
+
+import org.dspace.content.Collection;
+import org.dspace.core.Context;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.*;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+/*
+The "Path" annotation indicates the URI this class will be available at relative to your base URL.  For
+example, if this web-app is launched at localhost using a context of "hello" and no URL pattern is defined
+in the web.xml servlet mapping section, then the web service will be available at:
+
+http://localhost:8080/<webapp>/collections
+ */
+@Path("/collections")
+public class CollectionsResource {
+    final String collectionsPath = "/dspace-rest/collections/";
+
+    private static Context context;
+
+    /*
+    The "GET" annotation indicates this method will respond to HTTP Get requests.
+    The "Produces" annotation indicates the MIME response the method will return.
+     */
+    @GET
+    @Path("/")
+    @Produces(MediaType.TEXT_HTML)
+    public String listHTML() {
+        StringBuilder everything = new StringBuilder();
+        try {
+            Context context = new Context();
+
+            Collection[] collections = Collection.findAll(context);
+            for(Collection collection : collections) {
+                everything.append("<li><a href='" + collectionsPath + collection.getID() + "'>" + collection.getID() + " - " + collection.getName() + "</a></li>\n");
+            }
+
+        } catch (SQLException e) {
+            return "ERROR: " + e.getMessage();
+        }
+
+        return "<html><title>Hello!</title><body>Collections<br/><ul>" + everything.toString() + "</ul>.</body></html> ";
+    }
+
+    @GET
+    @Path("/")
+    @Produces({MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON, MediaType.APPLICATION_XML})
+    public org.dspace.rest.common.Collection[] list(@QueryParam("expand") String expand) {
+        try {
+            if(context == null || !context.isValid() ) {
+                context = new Context();
+            }
+
+            Collection[] collections = Collection.findAll(context);
+            ArrayList<org.dspace.rest.common.Collection> collectionArrayList = new ArrayList<org.dspace.rest.common.Collection>();
+            for(Collection collection : collections) {
+                org.dspace.rest.common.Collection restCollection = new org.dspace.rest.common.Collection(collection, expand);
+                collectionArrayList.add(restCollection);
+            }
+
+            return collectionArrayList.toArray(new org.dspace.rest.common.Collection[0]);
+
+        } catch (SQLException e) {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @GET
+    @Path("/{collection_id}")
+    @Produces({MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON, MediaType.APPLICATION_XML})
+    public org.dspace.rest.common.Collection getCollection(@PathParam("collection_id") Integer collection_id, @QueryParam("expand") String expand) {
+        return new org.dspace.rest.common.Collection(collection_id, expand);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dspace-rest/src/main/java/org/dspace/rest/CommunitiesResource.java b/dspace-rest/src/main/java/org/dspace/rest/CommunitiesResource.java
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+package org.dspace.rest;
+
+import org.dspace.content.Community;
+import org.dspace.core.Context;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.GET;
+import javax.ws.rs.Path;
+import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+
+/*
+The "Path" annotation indicates the URI this class will be available at relative to your base URL.  For
+example, if this web-app is launched at localhost using a context of "hello" and no URL pattern is defined
+in the web.xml servlet mapping section, then the web service will be available at:
+
+http://localhost:8080/<webapp>/communities
+ */
+@Path("/communities")
+public class CommunitiesResource {
+    private static Context context;
+
+    /*
+    The "GET" annotation indicates this method will respond to HTTP Get requests.
+    The "Produces" annotation indicates the MIME response the method will return.
+     */
+    @GET
+    @Produces(MediaType.TEXT_HTML)
+    public String list() {
+        StringBuilder everything = new StringBuilder();
+        try {
+            if(context == null || !context.isValid() ) {
+                context = new Context();
+            }
+            Community[] communities = Community.findAllTop(context);
+            for(Community community : communities) {
+                everything.append(community.getName() + "<br/>\n");
+            }
+
+        } catch (SQLException e) {
+            return "ERROR: " + e.getMessage();
+        }
+
+        return "<html><title>Hello!</title><body>Communities:<br/>" + everything.toString() + ".</body></html> ";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dspace-rest/src/main/java/org/dspace/rest/HelloWorld.java b/dspace-rest/src/main/java/org/dspace/rest/HelloWorld.java
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+package org.dspace.rest;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.GET;
+import javax.ws.rs.Path;
+import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+
+/*
+The "Path" annotation indicates the URI this class will be available at relative to your base URL.  For
+example, if this web-app is launched at localhost using a context of "hello" and no URL pattern is defined
+in the web.xml servlet mapping section, then the web service will be available at:
+
+http://localhost:8080/<webapp>/helloworld
+ */
+@Path("/helloworld")
+public class HelloWorld {
+
+    /*
+    The "GET" annotation indicates this method will respond to HTTP Get requests.
+    The "Produces" annotation indicates the MIME response the method will return.
+     */
+    @GET
+    @Produces(MediaType.TEXT_HTML)
+    public String sayHtmlHello() {
+        return "<html><title>Hello!</title><body>Hello, world.</body></html> ";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dspace-rest/src/main/java/org/dspace/rest/common/Collection.java b/dspace-rest/src/main/java/org/dspace/rest/common/Collection.java
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+package org.dspace.rest.common;
+
+import org.dspace.content.Community;
+import org.dspace.content.Item;
+import org.dspace.content.ItemIterator;
+import org.dspace.core.Context;
+
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Created with IntelliJ IDEA.
+ * User: peterdietz
+ * Date: 5/22/13
+ * Time: 9:41 AM
+ * To change this template use File | Settings | File Templates.
+ */
+@XmlRootElement
+public class Collection {
+    //Internal value
+    private Integer collectionID;
+
+    //Relationships to other objects
+    private Integer logoID;
+
+    //Exandable relationships
+    private Integer parentCommunityID;
+    private List<Integer> parentCommunityIDList = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+    private List<Integer> itemIDList = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+
+
+    private List<String> expand = new ArrayList<String>();
+
+    //Internal metadata
+    private String name;
+    private String handle;
+    private String license;
+
+    //Calculated
+    private Integer numberItems;
+
+    private static Context context;
+
+    public Collection(){}
+
+    public Collection(org.dspace.content.Collection collection, String expand) {
+       setup(collection, expand);
+    }
+
+    public Collection(Integer collectionID, String expand) {
+        try {
+            if(context == null || !context.isValid() ) {
+                context = new Context();
+            }
+
+            org.dspace.content.Collection collection = org.dspace.content.Collection.find(context, collectionID);
+            setup(collection, expand);
+
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            this.setName(e.getMessage());
+
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void setup(org.dspace.content.Collection collection, String expand) {
+        List<String> expandFields = new ArrayList<String>();
+        if(expand != null) {
+            expandFields = Arrays.asList(expand.split(","));
+        }
+
+
+        try {
+            this.setCollectionID(collection.getID());
+            this.setName(collection.getName());
+            this.setHandle(collection.getHandle());
+
+            if(expandFields.contains("parentCommunityIDList")) {
+                Community[] parentCommunities = collection.getCommunities();
+                for(Community parentCommunity : parentCommunities) {
+                    this.addParentCommunityIDList(parentCommunity.getID());
+                }
+            } else {
+                this.addExpand("parentCommunityIDList");
+            }
+
+            if(expandFields.contains("parentCommunityID")) {
+                Community parentCommunity = (Community) collection.getParentObject();
+                this.setParentCommunityID(parentCommunity.getID());
+            } else {
+                this.addExpand("parentCommunityID");
+            }
+
+            if(expandFields.contains("itemIDList")) {
+                ItemIterator childItems = collection.getItems();
+                while(childItems.hasNext()) {
+                    Item item = childItems.next();
+                    this.addItemIDToList(item.getID());
+                }
+            } else {
+                this.addExpand("itemIDList");
+            }
+
+            if(collection.getLogo() != null) {
+                this.setLogoID(collection.getLogo().getID());
+            }
+
+            this.setLicense(collection.getLicense());
+            this.setNumberItems(collection.countItems());
+            //collection.getMetadata()
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    //metadata                                                                         s
+    //String provenance_description;
+    //String short_description;
+    //String introductory_text;
+    //String copyright_text;
+    //String side_bar_text;
+
+    public Integer getCollectionID() {
+        return collectionID;
+    }
+
+    public void setCollectionID(Integer id) {
+        this.collectionID = id;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public String getHandle() {
+        return handle;
+    }
+
+    public void setHandle(String handle) {
+        this.handle = handle;
+    }
+
+    public Integer getLogoID() {
+        return logoID;
+    }
+
+    public void setLogoID(Integer logoID) {
+        this.logoID = logoID;
+    }
+
+    public String getLicense() {
+        return license;
+    }
+
+    public void setLicense(String license) {
+        this.license = license;
+    }
+
+    public Integer getNumberItems() {
+        return numberItems;
+    }
+
+    public void setNumberItems(Integer numberItems) {
+        this.numberItems = numberItems;
+    }
+
+    public Integer getParentCommunityID() {
+        return parentCommunityID;
+    }
+
+    public void setParentCommunityID(Integer parentCommunityID) {
+        this.parentCommunityID = parentCommunityID;
+    }
+
+    public List<Integer> getParentCommunityIDList() {
+        return parentCommunityIDList;
+    }
+
+    public void setParentCommunityIDList(List<Integer> parentCommunityIDList) {
+        this.parentCommunityIDList = parentCommunityIDList;
+    }
+
+    public void addParentCommunityIDList(Integer communityParentID) {
+        this.parentCommunityIDList.add(communityParentID);
+    }
+
+
+    public List<Integer> getItemIDList() {
+        return itemIDList;
+    }
+
+    public void setItemIDList(List<Integer> itemIDList) {
+        this.itemIDList = itemIDList;
+    }
+
+    public void addItemIDToList(Integer itemID) {
+        this.itemIDList.add(itemID);
+    }
+
+    public List<String> getExpand() {
+        return expand;
+    }
+
+    public void setExpand(List<String> expand) {
+        this.expand = expand;
+    }
+
+    public void addExpand(String expandableAttribute) {
+        this.expand.add(expandableAttribute);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dspace-rest/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml b/dspace-rest/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans
+        xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+        xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
+        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.0.xsd
+                           http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-2.0.xsd">
+
+    <!-- Acquires the DSpace Utility Class with initialized Service Manager -->
+    <bean id="dspace" class="org.dspace.utils.DSpace"/>
+</beans>
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diff --git a/dspace-rest/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/dspace-rest/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
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+<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
+         xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
+         id="WebApp_ID" version="2.5">
+    <servlet>
+        <servlet-name>DSpace REST API</servlet-name>
+        <servlet-class>com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer</servlet-class>
+        <init-param>
+            <!--
+             The jersey ServletContainer will look for our Root Resource Class
+             (i.e. our HelloWorld class) in the foo.bar package
+             There are other ways to register this; see the jersey documentation for
+             more details
+            -->
+            <param-name>com.sun.jersey.config.property.packages</param-name>
+            <param-value>org.dspace.rest</param-value>
+        </init-param>
+        <init-param>
+            <param-name>com.sun.jersey.api.json.POJOMappingFeature</param-name>
+            <param-value>true</param-value>
+        </init-param>
+        <!--
+        Load the ServletContainer at startup.  A value of 1 indicates the ServletContainer
+        is a high priority servlet to load
+         -->
+        <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
+    </servlet>
+    <servlet-mapping>
+        <servlet-name>DSpace REST API</servlet-name>
+        <!--
+        The url-pattern can be used to define your URL.
+        Example, running local host with a context of "hello" and path annotation of "world"
+        on the HelloWorld class:
+
+         <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
+          The web service will be available at: http://localhost:8080/hello/world
+
+
+         <url-pattern>/jersey/*</url-pattern>
+        The web service will be available at http://localhost:8080/hello/jersey/world
+        -->
+        <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
+    </servlet-mapping>
+
+    <context-param>
+        <param-name>dspace-config</param-name>
+        <param-value>/dspace/config/dspace.cfg</param-value>
+    </context-param>
+
+    <!-- ConfigurationService initialization for dspace.dir -->
+    <context-param>
+        <description>The location of the main DSpace configuration file</description>
+        <param-name>dspace.dir</param-name>
+        <!-- param-value>${dspace.dir}</param-value -->
+        <param-value>/dspace</param-value>
+    </context-param>
+
+    <context-param>
+        <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
+        <param-value>
+            /WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml
+        </param-value>
+        <!--
+            Add this context if using Spring Security
+            /WEB-INF/applicationContext-security.xml
+        -->
+    </context-param>
+
+    <listener>
+        <listener-class>org.dspace.app.util.DSpaceContextListener</listener-class>
+    </listener>
+
+    <!-- kernel start listener (from impl)
+    	The following listener can be used instead of the filter below, it is simpler, cleaner
+    	and eliminates the need for a DSpaceKernelServletFilter filter to be involved with the
+    	request cycle.
+    -->
+    <listener>
+        <listener-class>org.dspace.servicemanager.servlet.DSpaceKernelServletContextListener</listener-class>
+    </listener>
+
+
+</web-app>
diff --git a/dspace/modules/rest/pom.xml b/dspace/modules/rest/pom.xml
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diff --git a/dspace/modules/rest/src/main/webapp/.gitignore b/dspace/modules/rest/src/main/webapp/.gitignore
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