diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f8691be62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Spring Data Rest Exporter
+
+The Spring Data Rest exporter is a project that aims to make it easy to expose various
+services as Rest endpoints. The goal of the project is to provide a flexible and configurable
+mechanism for writing simple services that can expose arbitrary services over HTTP.
+
+The first exporter implemented is a JPA Repository exporter. This takes your JPA repositories
+and front-ends them with HTTP, allowing you full CRUD capability over your entities, to include
+managing associations.
+
+### Installation
+
+To use the Spring Data Rest exporter, first package your domain classes and repositories into a JAR
+file. Include some Spring XML configuration files in the `META-INF/spring-data-rest` directory in
+that JAR file (including an applicable EntityManager and DataSource).
+
+You can either deploy this JAR file into your Servlet container in a "shared" configuration, or you
+can add this JAR file (and any other application dependencies to the exporter WAR file's `WEB-INF/lib`
+directory.
diff --git a/core/build.gradle b/core/build.gradle
index 1b01ab021..f317c756a 100644
--- a/core/build.gradle
+++ b/core/build.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+archivesBaseName = "spring-data-rest-core"
+
 dependencies {
 
   // Google Guava
diff --git a/core/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/data/rest/core/UriUtilsSpec.groovy b/core/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/data/rest/core/spec/UriUtilsSpec.groovy
similarity index 96%
rename from core/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/data/rest/core/UriUtilsSpec.groovy
rename to core/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/data/rest/core/spec/UriUtilsSpec.groovy
index 60910deb8..d9afdb0d6 100644
--- a/core/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/data/rest/core/UriUtilsSpec.groovy
+++ b/core/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/data/rest/core/spec/UriUtilsSpec.groovy
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package org.springframework.data.rest.core
+package org.springframework.data.rest.core.spec
 
 import org.springframework.data.rest.core.util.UriUtils
 import spock.lang.Specification
diff --git a/repository/build.gradle b/repository/build.gradle
index 4b8a8c85a..bad6e92c3 100644
--- a/repository/build.gradle
+++ b/repository/build.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+archivesBaseName = "spring-data-rest-repository"
+
 dependencies {
 
   // Spring
diff --git a/repository/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/data/rest/repository/spec/JpaMetadataSpec.groovy b/repository/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/data/rest/repository/spec/JpaMetadataSpec.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a09905ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repository/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/data/rest/repository/spec/JpaMetadataSpec.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package org.springframework.data.rest.repository.spec
+
+import javax.persistence.Entity
+import javax.persistence.EntityManager
+import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue
+import javax.persistence.Id
+import javax.persistence.PersistenceContext
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext
+import org.springframework.data.repository.CrudRepository
+import org.springframework.data.rest.repository.JpaRepositoryMetadata
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration
+import spock.lang.Specification
+
+/**
+ * @author Jon Brisbin <jon@jbrisbin.com>
+ */
+@ContextConfiguration(locations = ["/JpaMetadataSpec-test.xml"])
+class JpaMetadataSpec extends Specification {
+
+  @Autowired
+  ApplicationContext applicationContext
+  @PersistenceContext
+  EntityManager entityManager
+  @Autowired
+  Collection<CrudRepository> repositories
+  JpaRepositoryMetadata repoMeta
+
+  def setup() {
+    repoMeta = new JpaRepositoryMetadata(
+        repositories: repositories,
+        applicationContext: applicationContext,
+        entityManager: entityManager
+    )
+    repoMeta.afterPropertiesSet()
+  }
+
+  def "finds repositories in ApplicationContext"() {
+
+    when:
+    def repo = repoMeta.repositoryFor("simple")
+
+    then:
+    null != repo
+    repo instanceof SimpleRepository
+
+    when:
+    repo = repoMeta.repositoryFor(Simple)
+
+    then:
+    null != repo
+    repo instanceof SimpleRepository
+
+  }
+
+}
+
+@Entity
+class Simple {
+  @Id @GeneratedValue Long id
+  String name
+}
+
+interface SimpleRepository extends CrudRepository<Simple, Long> {}
diff --git a/repository/src/test/resources/JpaMetadataSpec-persistence.xml b/repository/src/test/resources/JpaMetadataSpec-persistence.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..abaac1ce0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repository/src/test/resources/JpaMetadataSpec-persistence.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<persistence xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence" version="2.0">
+  <persistence-unit name="jpa.sample">
+    <class>org.springframework.data.rest.repository.spec.Simple</class>
+    <properties>
+      <property name="hibernate.dialect" value="org.hibernate.dialect.HSQLDialect"/>
+      <property name="hibernate.connection.url" value="jdbc:hsqldb:mem:spring"/>
+      <property name="hibernate.connection.driver_class" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver"/>
+      <property name="hibernate.connection.username" value="sa"/>
+      <property name="hibernate.connection.password" value=""/>
+      <property name="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto" value="create-drop"/>
+    </properties>
+  </persistence-unit>
+</persistence>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/repository/src/test/resources/JpaMetadataSpec-test.xml b/repository/src/test/resources/JpaMetadataSpec-test.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..988ff37af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repository/src/test/resources/JpaMetadataSpec-test.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+       xmlns:jdbc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc"
+       xmlns:jpa="http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/jpa"
+       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
+       http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc/spring-jdbc.xsd
+       http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/jpa http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/jpa/spring-jpa-1.0.xsd">
+
+  <bean id="entityManagerFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean">
+    <property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource"/>
+    <property name="jpaVendorAdapter">
+      <bean class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.HibernateJpaVendorAdapter">
+        <property name="generateDdl" value="true"/>
+        <property name="database" value="HSQL"/>
+      </bean>
+    </property>
+    <property name="persistenceUnitName" value="jpa.sample"/>
+    <property name="persistenceXmlLocation" value="/JpaMetadataSpec-persistence.xml"/>
+  </bean>
+
+  <jdbc:embedded-database id="dataSource" type="HSQL"/>
+
+  <jpa:repositories base-package="org.springframework.data.rest.repository.spec"/>
+
+</beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rest/build.gradle b/rest/build.gradle
index afc9cf583..37e3fdc8b 100644
--- a/rest/build.gradle
+++ b/rest/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 apply plugin: "war"
 apply plugin: "jetty"
 
+archivesBaseName = "spring-data-rest"
+
 dependencies {
 
   // APIS
diff --git a/rest/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/mvc/RepositoryRestConfiguration.java b/rest/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/mvc/RepositoryRestConfiguration.java
index 1f5672703..4d6b09c2c 100644
--- a/rest/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/mvc/RepositoryRestConfiguration.java
+++ b/rest/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/mvc/RepositoryRestConfiguration.java
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.ImportResource;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.support.DefaultConversionService;
 import org.springframework.data.rest.repository.JpaRepositoryMetadata;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageConverter;
@@ -27,6 +29,8 @@ public class RepositoryRestConfiguration {
   @Autowired(required = false)
   JpaRepositoryMetadata jpaRepositoryMetadata;
   @Autowired(required = false)
+  ConversionService conversionService;
+  @Autowired(required = false)
   List<HttpMessageConverter<?>> httpMessageConverters = new ArrayList<HttpMessageConverter<?>>();
 
   @Bean URI baseUri() {
@@ -36,6 +40,13 @@ public class RepositoryRestConfiguration {
     return baseUri;
   }
 
+  @Bean ConversionService conversionService() {
+    if (null == conversionService) {
+      conversionService = new DefaultConversionService();
+    }
+    return conversionService;
+  }
+
   @Bean List<HttpMessageConverter<?>> httpMessageConverters() {
     if (httpMessageConverters.isEmpty()) {
       MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverter json = new MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverter();
diff --git a/rest/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/mvc/RepositoryRestController.java b/rest/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/mvc/RepositoryRestController.java
index 4633b112b..75b224fd5 100644
--- a/rest/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/mvc/RepositoryRestController.java
+++ b/rest/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/mvc/RepositoryRestController.java
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ public class RepositoryRestController implements InitializingBean {
                       model.addAttribute(RESOURCE, child);
                     }
                   }
-                } else if (uriCnt == 4) {
+                } else {
                   final String childId = UriUtils.path(uris.get(3));
                   Class<? extends Serializable> childIdType = childEntityInfo.getIdType();
                   final Serializable childSerId;
diff --git a/rest/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/mvc/RepositoryRestMvcConfiguration.java b/rest/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/mvc/RepositoryRestMvcConfiguration.java
index 6a4bfb31c..6b4350ded 100644
--- a/rest/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/mvc/RepositoryRestMvcConfiguration.java
+++ b/rest/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/mvc/RepositoryRestMvcConfiguration.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ public class RepositoryRestMvcConfiguration {
       this.repositoryRestController = new RepositoryRestController()
           .baseUri(repositoryRestConfiguration.baseUri())
           .repositoryMetadata(repositoryRestConfiguration.jpaRepositoryMetadata())
+          .conversionService(repositoryRestConfiguration.conversionService())
           .httpMessageConverters(repositoryRestConfiguration.httpMessageConverters())
           .jsonMediaType("application/json");
     }