diff --git a/lib/avm/contact.rb b/lib/avm/contact.rb
index 00dff9b..62ecfa0 100644
--- a/lib/avm/contact.rb
+++ b/lib/avm/contact.rb
@@ -20,5 +20,9 @@ module AVM
     def <=>(other)
       self.name <=> other.name
     end
+
+    def to_creator_list_element
+      %{<rdf:li>#{self.name}</rdf:li>}
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/avm/creator.rb b/lib/avm/creator.rb
index 7e9fb85..65bac09 100644
--- a/lib/avm/creator.rb
+++ b/lib/avm/creator.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 require 'avm/contact'
+require 'nokogiri'
 
 module AVM
   class Creator
     attr_reader :contacts
 
+    PRIMARY_CONTACT_FIELDS = [ :address, :city, :state, :province, :postal_code, :zip, :country ]
+
     def initialize
       @options = {}
       @contacts = []
@@ -13,18 +16,36 @@ module AVM
       @options.merge!(hash)
     end
 
-    def address
-      primary_contact_field :address
-    end
-
     def method_missing(key, *opts)
       if key.to_s[-1..-1] == '='
         @options[key.to_s[0..-2].to_sym] = opts.first
       else
-        @options[key]
+        if PRIMARY_CONTACT_FIELDS.include?(key)
+          primary_contact_field key
+        else
+          @options[key]
+        end
       end
     end
 
+    def add_to_rdf(rdf)
+      creator = rdf.add_child('<dc:creator><rdf:Seq></rdf:Seq></dc:creator>')
+      
+      list = creator.at_xpath('.//rdf:Seq')
+
+      contacts.sort.each { |contact| list.add_child(contact.to_creator_list_element) }
+    end
+
+    def primary_contact
+      @contacts.find(&:primary) || @contacts.sort.first
+    end
+
+    def create_contact(info)
+      contact = Contact.new(info)
+      contacts << contact
+      contact
+    end
+
     private
       def primary_contact_field(field)
         if contact = primary_contact
@@ -33,10 +54,6 @@ module AVM
           nil
         end
       end
-
-      def primary_contact
-        @contacts.find(&:primary) || @contacts.sort.first
-      end
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/lib/avm/image.rb b/lib/avm/image.rb
index 1e99bd3..6ba015f 100644
--- a/lib/avm/image.rb
+++ b/lib/avm/image.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,34 @@ module AVM
     def initialize
       @creator = AVM::Creator.new
     end
+
+    def to_xml
+      document = empty_xml_doc
+
+      rdf = document.at_xpath('//rdf:RDF')
+
+      creator.add_to_rdf(rdf)
+
+      document
+    end
+
+    private
+      def empty_xml_doc
+        document = Nokogiri::XML(<<-XML)
+<x:xmpmeta xmlns:x="adobe:ns:meta/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"><rdf:RDF></rdf:RDF></x:xmpmeta>
+        XML
+           
+        {
+          :dc => "http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/",
+          :photoshop => "http://ns.adobe.com/photoshop/1.0/",
+          :avm => "http://www.communicatingastronomy.org/avm/1.0/",
+          :Iptc4xmlCore => "http://iptc.org/std/Iptc4xmpCore/1.0/xmlns/"
+        }.each do |namespace, url|
+          document.root.add_namespace_definition(namespace.to_s, url)
+        end
+
+        document
+      end
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/ruby-avm-library.gemspec b/ruby-avm-library.gemspec
index beb794d..ef7efee 100644
--- a/ruby-avm-library.gemspec
+++ b/ruby-avm-library.gemspec
@@ -21,4 +21,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec'
   s.add_development_dependency 'mocha'
+
+  s.add_dependency 'nokogiri'
 end
diff --git a/spec/avm/contact_spec.rb b/spec/avm/contact_spec.rb
index c28371f..0c3e8df 100644
--- a/spec/avm/contact_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/avm/contact_spec.rb
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ describe AVM::Contact do
   its(:zip) { should == postal_code }
   its(:country) { should == country }
 
+  its(:to_creator_list_element) { should == "<rdf:li>John Bintz</rdf:li>" }
+
   describe 'mappings' do
     AVM::Contact::FIELD_MAP.each do |key, value|
       context "#{key} => #{value}" do
diff --git a/spec/avm/creator_spec.rb b/spec/avm/creator_spec.rb
index 87ceb2a..42d9546 100644
--- a/spec/avm/creator_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/avm/creator_spec.rb
@@ -40,29 +40,80 @@ describe AVM::Creator do
     end
 
     context 'one contact, must be primary' do
-      let(:first_contact) { AVM::Contact.new(:name => 'zz bill', :address => first_contact_address) }
+      let(:first_contact) { AVM::Contact.new(
+        :name => 'zz bill', 
+        :address => first_contact_address,
+        :city => first_contact_address,
+        :state => first_contact_address,
+        :postal_code => first_contact_address,
+        :country => first_contact_address
+      ) }
       let(:first_contact_address) { 'first contact' }
 
       before { creator.contacts << first_contact }
 
-      its(:address) { should == first_contact_address }
+      fields = [ :address, :city, :state, :province, :postal_code, :zip, :country ]
+      fields.each { |field| its(field) { should == first_contact_address } }
       
       context 'two contacts' do
-        let(:second_contact) { AVM::Contact.new(:name => 'aa bill', :address => second_contact_address) }
+        let(:second_contact) { AVM::Contact.new(
+          :name => 'aa bill',
+          :address => second_contact_address,
+          :city => second_contact_address,
+          :state => second_contact_address,
+          :postal_code => second_contact_address,
+          :country => second_contact_address
+        ) }
         let(:second_contact_address) { 'second contact' }
 
         before { creator.contacts << second_contact }
 
         context 'no primary, first alphabetical is primary' do
-          its(:address) { should == second_contact_address }
+          fields.each { |field| its(field) { should == second_contact_address } }
         end
 
         context 'one is primary, use it' do
           before { first_contact.primary = true }
 
-          its(:address) { should == first_contact_address }
+          fields.each { |field| its(field) { should == first_contact_address } }
         end
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe '#create_contact' do
+    let(:first_name) { 'John' }
+    let(:first_contact) { creator.create_contact(:name => first_name) }
+
+    subject { creator.primary_contact }
+    before { first_contact }
+
+    its(:name) { should == first_name }
+  end
+
+  describe 'contact name node' do
+    let(:first_name) { 'John' }
+    let(:second_name) { 'Zohn' }
+
+    let(:first_contact) { creator.create_contact(:name => first_name) }
+    let(:second_contact) { creator.create_contact(:name => second_name) }
+
+    subject { image.to_xml.search('//dc:creator/rdf:Seq/rdf:li').collect { |node| node.text } }
+
+    context 'no contacts' do
+      it { should == [] }
+    end
+
+    context 'one contact' do
+      before { first_contact }
+
+      it { should == [ first_name ] }
+    end
+
+    context 'second contact' do
+      before { second_contact ; first_contact }
+
+      it { should == [ first_name, second_name ] }
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/avm/image_spec.rb b/spec/avm/image_spec.rb
index ff60f5e..a043fa5 100644
--- a/spec/avm/image_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/avm/image_spec.rb
@@ -11,5 +11,14 @@ describe AVM::Image do
 
     its(:creator) { should be_a_kind_of(AVM::Creator) }
   end
+
+  describe '#to_xml' do
+    let(:xml) { image.to_xml }
+
+    context 'nothing in it' do
+      subject { xml.at_xpath('//rdf:RDF').should_not be_nil }
+      subject { xml.search('//rdf:RDF/rdf:Description').should be_empty }
+    end
+  end
 end