diff --git a/ZCatalog.py b/ZCatalog.py
index 633d2b83..d17c717e 100644
--- a/ZCatalog.py
+++ b/ZCatalog.py
@@ -99,17 +99,46 @@
 from AccessControl.Permission import name_trans
 from Catalog import Catalog, orify
 from SearchIndex import UnIndex, UnTextIndex
+from Vocabulary import Vocabulary
 import IOBTree
 
 manage_addZCatalogForm=HTMLFile('addZCatalog',globals())
 
-def manage_addZCatalog(self,id,title,REQUEST=None):
+def manage_addZCatalog(self, id, title, vocab='', vocab_id='', REQUEST=None):
     """Add a ZCatalog object
     """
-    c=ZCatalog(id,title)
-    self._setObject(id,c)
+    c=ZCatalog(id, title, vocab, vocab_id, self)
+    self._setObject(id, c)
     if REQUEST is not None:
-        return self.manage_main(self,REQUEST)
+        return self.manage_main(self, REQUEST)
+
+
+def VocabularyIDs(self):
+    """ returns a list of acquireable vocabularies.  Stole this from
+    ZSQLMethods """
+
+    ids={}
+    have_id=ids.has_key
+    StringType=type('')
+
+    while self is not None:
+        if hasattr(self, 'objectValues'):
+            for o in self.objectValues():
+                if (hasattr(o,'_isAVocabulary') and o._isAVocabulary
+                    and hasattr(o,'id')):
+                    id=o.id
+                    if type(id) is not StringType: id=id()
+                    if not have_id(id):
+                        if hasattr(o,'title_and_id'): o=o.title_and_id()
+                        else: o=id
+                        ids[id]=id
+        if hasattr(self, 'aq_parent'): self=self.aq_parent
+        else: self=None
+
+    ids=map(lambda item: (item[1], item[0]), ids.items())
+    ids.sort()
+    return ids
+
 
 
 class ZCatalog(Folder, Persistent, Implicit):
@@ -190,14 +219,24 @@ class is that it is not Zope specific.  You can use it in any
 
     threshold=10000
     _v_total=0
+    _v_vocabulary = None
 
-
-    def __init__(self,id,title=''):
+    def __init__(self, id, title='', vocab=0, vocab_id='', container=None):
         self.id=id
         self.title=title
+        self.vocab_id = vocab_id
+        
         self.threshold = 10000
         self._v_total = 0
-        self._catalog = Catalog()
+
+        if not vocab:
+            v = Vocabulary('Vocabulary', 'Vocabulary', globbing=1)
+            self._setObject('Vocabulary', v)
+            v = 'Vocabulary'
+        else:
+            v = vocab_id
+
+        self._catalog = Catalog(vocabulary=v)
 
         self._catalog.addColumn('id')
         self._catalog.addIndex('id', 'FieldIndex')
@@ -213,7 +252,15 @@ def __init__(self,id,title=''):
 
         self._catalog.addColumn('summary')
         self._catalog.addIndex('PrincipiaSearchSource', 'TextIndex')
-        
+
+        self._catalog.addColumn('absolute_url')
+        self._catalog.addIndex('absolute_url', 'FieldIndex')
+
+
+    def getVocabulary(self):
+        """ more ack! """
+        return getattr(self, self.vocab_id)
+
 
     def manage_edit(self, RESPONSE, URL1, threshold=1000, REQUEST=None):
         """ edit the catalog """
@@ -359,7 +406,7 @@ def catalog_object(self, obj, uid):
             if self._v_total > self.threshold:
                 # commit a subtransaction
                 get_transaction().commit(1)
-                # kick the chache
+                # kick the chache, this may be overkill but ya never know
                 self._p_jar.cacheFullSweep(1)
                 self._v_total = 0
 
@@ -545,7 +592,10 @@ def ZopeFindAndApply(self, obj, obj_ids=None, obj_metatypes=None,
                 )
                 ):
                 if apply_func:
-                    apply_func(ob, (apply_path+'/'+p))
+                    if apply_path:
+                        apply_func(ob, (apply_path+'/'+p))
+                    else:
+                        apply_func(ob, p)
                 else:
                     add_result((p, ob))
                     dflag=0