diff --git a/lib/her.rb b/lib/her.rb
index b8852091..a3ae78b3 100644
--- a/lib/her.rb
+++ b/lib/her.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 require "her/api"
 require "her/middleware"
 require "her/errors"
+require "her/collection"
 
 module Her
 end
diff --git a/lib/her/collection.rb b/lib/her/collection.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fccdee6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/her/collection.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+module Her
+  class Collection < ::Array
+    attr_reader :metadata, :errors
+
+    # @private
+    def initialize(items=[], metadata={}, errors=[]) # {{{
+      super(items)
+      @metadata = metadata || {}
+      @errors = errors || []
+    end # }}}
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/her/model/http.rb b/lib/her/model/http.rb
index 9862b5f9..bdcaf0f9 100644
--- a/lib/her/model/http.rb
+++ b/lib/her/model/http.rb
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ def get(path, attrs={}) # {{{
         path = "#{build_request_path(attrs)}/#{path}" if path.is_a?(Symbol)
         get_raw(path, attrs) do |parsed_data|
           if parsed_data[:data].is_a?(Array)
-            new_collection(parsed_data[:data])
+            new_collection(parsed_data)
           else
-            new(parsed_data[:data])
+            new(parsed_data[:data].merge :_metadata => parsed_data[:data], :_errors => parsed_data[:errors])
           end
         end
       end # }}}
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def get_raw(path, attrs={}, &block) # {{{
       def get_collection(path, attrs={}) # {{{
         path = "#{build_request_path(attrs)}/#{path}" if path.is_a?(Symbol)
         get_raw(path, attrs) do |parsed_data|
-          new_collection(parsed_data[:data])
+          new_collection(parsed_data)
         end
       end # }}}
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def get_collection(path, attrs={}) # {{{
       def get_resource(path, attrs={}) # {{{
         path = "#{build_request_path(attrs)}/#{path}" if path.is_a?(Symbol)
         get_raw(path, attrs) do |parsed_data|
-          new(parsed_data[:data])
+          new(parsed_data[:data].merge :_metadata => parsed_data[:data], :_errors => parsed_data[:errors])
         end
       end # }}}
 
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ def post(path, attrs={}) # {{{
         path = "#{build_request_path(attrs)}/#{path}" if path.is_a?(Symbol)
         post_raw(path, attrs) do |parsed_data|
           if parsed_data[:data].is_a?(Array)
-            new_collection(parsed_data[:data])
+            new_collection(parsed_data)
           else
-            new(parsed_data[:data])
+            new(parsed_data[:data].merge :_metadata => parsed_data[:data], :_errors => parsed_data[:errors])
           end
         end
       end # }}}
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def post_raw(path, attrs={}, &block) # {{{
       def post_collection(path, attrs={}) # {{{
         path = "#{build_request_path(attrs)}/#{path}" if path.is_a?(Symbol)
         post_raw(path, attrs) do |parsed_data|
-          new_collection(parsed_data[:data])
+          new_collection(parsed_data)
         end
       end # }}}
 
@@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ def put(path, attrs={}) # {{{
         path = "#{build_request_path(attrs)}/#{path}" if path.is_a?(Symbol)
         put_raw(path, attrs) do |parsed_data|
           if parsed_data[:data].is_a?(Array)
-            new_collection(parsed_data[:data])
+            new_collection(parsed_data)
           else
-            new(parsed_data[:data])
+            new(parsed_data[:data].merge :_metadata => parsed_data[:data], :_errors => parsed_data[:errors])
           end
         end
       end # }}}
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def put_raw(path, attrs={}, &block) # {{{
       def put_collection(path, attrs={}) # {{{
         path = "#{build_request_path(attrs)}/#{path}" if path.is_a?(Symbol)
         put_raw(path, attrs) do |parsed_data|
-          new_collection(parsed_data[:data])
+          new_collection(parsed_data)
         end
       end # }}}
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ def put_collection(path, attrs={}) # {{{
       def put_resource(path, attrs={}) # {{{
         path = "#{build_request_path(attrs)}/#{path}" if path.is_a?(Symbol)
         put_raw(path, attrs) do |parsed_data|
-          new(parsed_data[:data])
+          new(parsed_data[:data].merge :_metadata => parsed_data[:data], :_errors => parsed_data[:errors])
         end
       end # }}}
 
@@ -128,9 +128,9 @@ def patch(path, attrs={}) # {{{
         path = "#{build_request_path(attrs)}/#{path}" if path.is_a?(Symbol)
         patch_raw(path, attrs) do |parsed_data|
           if parsed_data[:data].is_a?(Array)
-            new_collection(parsed_data[:data])
+            new_collection(parsed_data)
           else
-            new(parsed_data[:data])
+            new(parsed_data[:data].merge :_metadata => parsed_data[:data], :_errors => parsed_data[:errors])
           end
         end
       end # }}}
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ def patch_raw(path, attrs={}, &block) # {{{
       def patch_collection(path, attrs={}) # {{{
         path = "#{build_request_path(attrs)}/#{path}" if path.is_a?(Symbol)
         patch_raw(path, attrs) do |parsed_data|
-          new_collection(parsed_data[:data])
+          new_collection(parsed_data)
         end
       end # }}}
 
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ def patch_collection(path, attrs={}) # {{{
       def patch_resource(path, attrs={}) # {{{
         path = "#{build_request_path(attrs)}/#{path}" if path.is_a?(Symbol)
         patch_raw(path, attrs) do |parsed_data|
-          new(parsed_data[:data])
+          new(parsed_data[:data].merge :_metadata => parsed_data[:data], :_errors => parsed_data[:errors])
         end
       end # }}}
 
@@ -162,9 +162,9 @@ def delete(path, attrs={}) # {{{
         path = "#{build_request_path(attrs)}/#{path}" if path.is_a?(Symbol)
         delete_raw(path, attrs) do |parsed_data|
           if parsed_data[:data].is_a?(Array)
-            new_collection(parsed_data[:data])
+            new_collection(parsed_data)
           else
-            new(parsed_data[:data])
+            new(parsed_data[:data].merge :_metadata => parsed_data[:data], :_errors => parsed_data[:errors])
           end
         end
       end # }}}
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ def delete_raw(path, attrs={}, &block) # {{{
       def delete_collection(path, attrs={}) # {{{
         path = "#{build_request_path(attrs)}/#{path}" if path.is_a?(Symbol)
         delete_raw(path, attrs) do |parsed_data|
-          new_collection(parsed_data[:data])
+          new_collection(parsed_data)
         end
       end # }}}
 
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ def delete_collection(path, attrs={}) # {{{
       def delete_resource(path, attrs={}) # {{{
         path = "#{build_request_path(attrs)}/#{path}" if path.is_a?(Symbol)
         delete_raw(path, attrs) do |parsed_data|
-          new(parsed_data[:data])
+          new(parsed_data[:data].merge :_metadata => parsed_data[:data], :_errors => parsed_data[:errors])
         end
       end # }}}
 
diff --git a/lib/her/model/orm.rb b/lib/her/model/orm.rb
index 5b0a4d1c..ffd6f0cc 100644
--- a/lib/her/model/orm.rb
+++ b/lib/her/model/orm.rb
@@ -2,11 +2,15 @@ module Her
   module Model
     # This module adds ORM-like capabilities to the model
     module ORM
+      attr_reader :metadata, :errors
+
       # Initialize a new object with data received from an HTTP request
       # @private
-      def initialize(single_data={}) # {{{
+      def initialize(data={}) # {{{
         @data = {}
-        cleaned_data = single_data.inject({}) do |memo, item|
+        @metadata = data.delete(:_metadata) || {}
+        @errors = data.delete(:_errors) || {}
+        cleaned_data = data.inject({}) do |memo, item|
           key, value = item
           send "#{key}=".to_sym, value unless value.nil?
           respond_to?("#{key}=") ? memo : memo.merge({ key => value })
@@ -16,8 +20,11 @@ def initialize(single_data={}) # {{{
 
       # Initialize a collection of resources
       # @private
-      def self.initialize_collection(name, collection_data) # {{{
-        collection_data.map { |item_data| Object.const_get(name.to_s.classify).new(item_data) }
+      def self.initialize_collection(name, parsed_data={}) # {{{
+        collection_data = parsed_data[:data].map do |item_data|
+          Object.const_get(name.to_s.classify).new(item_data)
+        end
+        Her::Collection.new(collection_data, parsed_data[:metadata], parsed_data[:errors])
       end # }}}
 
       # Handles missing methods by routing them through @data
@@ -45,9 +52,9 @@ def id # {{{
 
       # Initialize a collection of resources with raw data from an HTTP request
       #
-      # @param [Array] collection_data An array of model hashes
-      def new_collection(collection_data) # {{{
-        Her::Model::ORM.initialize_collection(self.to_s.underscore, collection_data)
+      # @param [Array] parsed_data
+      def new_collection(parsed_data) # {{{
+        Her::Model::ORM.initialize_collection(self.to_s.underscore, parsed_data)
       end # }}}
 
       # Return `true` if a resource was not saved yet
@@ -55,6 +62,16 @@ def new? # {{{
         !@data.include?(:id)
       end # }}}
 
+      # Return `true` if a resource does not contain errors
+      def valid? # {{{
+        @errors.empty?
+      end # }}}
+
+      # Return `true` if a resource contains errors
+      def invalid? # {{{
+        @errors.any?
+      end # }}}
+
       # Fetch a specific resource based on an ID
       #
       # @example
@@ -73,7 +90,7 @@ def find(id, params={}) # {{{
       #   # Fetched via GET "/users"
       def all(params={}) # {{{
         request(params.merge(:_method => :get, :_path => "#{build_request_path(params)}")) do |parsed_data|
-          new_collection(parsed_data[:data])
+          new_collection(parsed_data)
         end
       end # }}}
 
@@ -89,6 +106,8 @@ def create(params={}) # {{{
           request(params.merge(:_method => :post, :_path => "#{build_request_path(params)}")) do |parsed_data|
             resource.instance_eval do
               @data = parsed_data[:data]
+              @metadata = parsed_data[:metadata]
+              @errors = parsed_data[:errors]
             end
           end
         end
@@ -133,6 +152,8 @@ def save # {{{
         self.class.wrap_in_hooks(resource, *hooks) do |resource, klass|
           klass.request(params.merge(:_method => method, :_path => "#{request_path}")) do |parsed_data|
             @data = parsed_data[:data]
+            @metadata = parsed_data[:metadata]
+            @errors = parsed_data[:errors]
           end
         end
         self
@@ -150,6 +171,8 @@ def destroy # {{{
         self.class.wrap_in_hooks(resource, :destroy) do |resource, klass|
           klass.request(params.merge(:_method => :delete, :_path => "#{request_path}")) do |parsed_data|
             @data = parsed_data[:data]
+            @metadata = parsed_data[:metadata]
+            @errors = parsed_data[:errors]
           end
         end
         self
diff --git a/lib/her/model/relationships.rb b/lib/her/model/relationships.rb
index 25cc438c..3a2bb1f5 100644
--- a/lib/her/model/relationships.rb
+++ b/lib/her/model/relationships.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def parse_relationships(data) # {{{
             next if !data.include?(name) or data[name].nil?
             data[name] = case type
               when :has_many
-                Her::Model::ORM.initialize_collection(class_name, data[name])
+                Her::Model::ORM.initialize_collection(class_name, :data => data[name])
               when :has_one, :belongs_to
                 Object.const_get(class_name).new(data[name])
               else
diff --git a/spec/model/orm_spec.rb b/spec/model/orm_spec.rb
index f215e957..adb9f6bf 100644
--- a/spec/model/orm_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/model/orm_spec.rb
@@ -62,6 +62,45 @@
     end# }}}
   end
 
+  context "mapping data, metadata and error data to Ruby objects" do
+    before do # {{{
+      api = Her::API.new
+      api.setup :url => "https://api.example.com" do |builder|
+        builder.use Her::Middleware::SecondLevelParseJSON
+        builder.use Faraday::Request::UrlEncoded
+        builder.adapter :test do |stub|
+          stub.get("/users") { |env| [200, {}, { :data => [{ :id => 1, :name => "Tobias Fünke" }, { :id => 2, :name => "Lindsay Fünke" }], :metadata => { :total_pages => 10, :next_page => 2 }, :errors => ["Oh", "My", "God"] }.to_json] }
+          stub.post("/users") { |env| [200, {}, { :data => { :name => "George Michael Bluth" }, :metadata => { :foo => :bar }, :errors => ["Yes", "Sir"] }.to_json] }
+        end
+      end
+
+      spawn_model :User do
+        uses_api api
+      end
+    end # }}}
+
+    it "handles metadata on a collection" do # {{{
+      @users = User.all
+      @users.metadata[:total_pages].should == 10
+    end # }}}
+
+    it "handles error data on a collection" do # {{{
+      @users = User.all
+      @users.errors.length.should == 3
+    end # }}}
+
+    it "handles metadata on a resource" do # {{{
+      @user = User.create(:name => "George Michael Bluth")
+      @user.metadata[:foo].should == "bar"
+    end # }}}
+
+    it "handles error data on a resource" do # {{{
+      @user = User.create(:name => "George Michael Bluth")
+      @user.errors.should == ["Yes", "Sir"]
+      @user.should be_invalid
+    end # }}}
+  end
+
   context "defining custom getters and setters" do
     before do # {{{
       api = Her::API.new