No way it's this easy.

app/models/datastream/oregon_rdf.rb

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def self.resource_class
     index.as :searchable, :facetable, :displayable
   end
   property :coverage, :predicate => RDF::DC11.coverage do |index|
-    index.as :searchable, :facetable, :displayable  
+    index.as :searchable, :facetable, :displayable
   end
   property :rights, :predicate => RDF::DC.rights, :class_name => OregonDigital::ControlledVocabularies::RightsStatement do |index|
     index.as :displayable
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def self.resource_class
     index.as :displayable
   end
   property :replacesUrl, :predicate => RDF::DC.replaces
-  
+
   # MARCRel
   property :photographer, :predicate => OregonDigital::Vocabularies::MARCREL.pht do |index|
     index.as :searchable, :facetable, :displayable
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def self.resource_class
   # PREMIS
   property :preservation, :predicate => OregonDigital::Vocabularies::PREMIS.hasOriginalName
   property :hasFixity, :predicate => OregonDigital::Vocabularies::PREMIS.hasFixity
-  
+
   # MODS RDF
   property :physicalExtent, :predicate => RDF::URI('http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/modsrdf/v1/#physicalExtent') do |index|
     index.as :displayable
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ def self.resource_class
   property :locationCopyShelfLocator, :predicate => RDF::URI('http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/modsrdf/v1/#locationCopyShelfLocator') do |index|
        index.as :displayable
          end
-  
+
   # CCO
   property :view, :predicate => RDF::URI('http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/cco/viewDescription') do |index|
     index.as :displayable
@@ -201,13 +201,13 @@ def self.resource_class
   end
   property :firstLine, :predicate => OregonDigital::Vocabularies::SHEETMUSIC.firstLine do |index|
     index.as :searchable, :displayable
-  end 
+  end
   property :firstLineChorus, :predicate => OregonDigital::Vocabularies::SHEETMUSIC.firstLineChorus do |index|
     index.as :searchable, :displayable
-  end 
+  end
   property :largerWork, :predicate => OregonDigital::Vocabularies::SHEETMUSIC.largerWork do |index|
     index.as :searchable, :displayable
-  end   
+  end
   property :hostItem, :predicate => OregonDigital::Vocabularies::SHEETMUSIC.hostItem do |index|
     index.as  :displayable
   end
@@ -231,4 +231,22 @@ def to_solr(solr_doc = Hash.new)
     solr_doc
   end
 
+  def resource
+    @resource ||= begin
+      r = self.singleton_class.resource_class.new(digital_object ? self.class.rdf_subject.call(self) : nil)
+      r.singleton_class.properties = self.class.properties
+      r.singleton_class.properties.keys.each do |property|
+        r.singleton_class.send(:register_property, property)
+      end
+      r.datastream = self
+      r.singleton_class.accepts_nested_attributes_for(*nested_attributes_options.keys) unless nested_attributes_options.blank?
+      r
+    end
+  end
+
+  def save(*args)
+    resource.persist!
+    super(*args)
+  end
+
 end

lib/oregon_digital/controlled_vocabularies/set.rb

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ module OregonDigital::ControlledVocabularies
   class Set < OregonDigital::RDF::ObjectResource
     include OregonDigital::RDF::Controlled
 
-    def self.repository
-      :parent
-    end
+    #def self.repository
+    #  :parent
+    #end
 
     use_vocabulary :set
 

lib/oregon_digital/rdf/object_resource.rb

@@ -4,9 +4,14 @@ module OregonDigital::RDF
   # with a Datastream and ActiveFedora::Base object.
   #
   # @see OregonDigital::RdfResourceDatastream
-  class ObjectResource < ActiveFedora::Rdf::ObjectResource
+  class ObjectResource < ActiveFedora::Rdf::Resource
     configure :base_uri => "http://oregondigital.org/resource/"
+    configure :repository => :vocabs
+    attr_accessor :datastream
 
+    def persisted?
+      @persisted ||= (not datastream.new?)
+    end
     # No point in fetching - everything comes from Fedora and is loaded by the datastream.
     def fetch
     end

spec/models/fun_spec.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe "fun functionality" do
+  let(:asset) {GenericAsset.new}
+  context "when content is set" do
+    before(:each) do
+      asset.title = "Test Title"
+    end
+    it "should return" do
+      expect(asset.title).to eq "Test Title"
+    end
+    context "after it is saved" do
+      before(:each) do
+        asset.save
+      end
+      it "should maintain that data" do
+        a = GenericAsset.find(asset.pid)
+        expect(a.title).to eq "Test Title"
+      end
+      it "should work on reload" do
+        asset.reload
+        expect(asset.title).to eq "Test Title"
+      end
+      it "should not call datastream content" do
+        asset.reload
+        expect(asset.descMetadata).not_to receive(:datastream_content)
+        expect(asset.title).to eq "Test Title"
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end