diff --git a/roa/README.txt b/roa/README.txt
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+==============================
+Resource-oriented Architecture
+==============================
+
+  ($Id$)
+
+  >>> from zope import component
+  >>> from zope.publisher.browser import TestRequest
+
+
+Providing object data in JSON format
+====================================
+
+  >>> class Demo(object):
+  ...     def __init__(self, name):
+  ...         self.name = name
+
+  >>> from cybertools.roa.json import JSONView
+
+  >>> obj = Demo('test')
+  >>> jsv = JSONView(obj, TestRequest())
+  >>> jsv()
+  '{"name": "test"}'
diff --git a/roa/__init__.py b/roa/__init__.py
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+"""
+$Id$
+"""
diff --git a/roa/json.py b/roa/json.py
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+#
+#  Copyright (c) 2009 Helmut Merz helmutm@cy55.de
+#
+#  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+#  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+#
+
+"""
+Adapter(s)/view(s) for providing object attributes and other data in JSON format.
+
+$Id$
+"""
+
+from cybertools.util import json
+
+
+class JSONView(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, context, request):
+        self.context = context
+        self.request = request
+
+    def __call__(self):
+        return json.dumps(self.context.__dict__)
+
+    def traverse(self, name):
+        # To be implemented by subclass
+        print '*** traversing', self.context, name
+        return None
diff --git a/roa/tests.py b/roa/tests.py
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+#! /usr/bin/python
+
+"""
+Tests for the 'cybertools.roa' (Resource-oriented Architecture) package.
+
+$Id$
+"""
+
+import unittest, doctest
+from zope.testing.doctestunit import DocFileSuite
+from zope import component
+from cybertools.roa import json
+
+
+class Test(unittest.TestCase):
+    "Basic tests for the rest package."
+
+    def testBasicStuff(self):
+        pass
+
+
+def test_suite():
+    flags = doctest.NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE | doctest.ELLIPSIS
+    return unittest.TestSuite((
+        unittest.makeSuite(Test),
+        DocFileSuite('README.txt', optionflags=flags),
+        ))
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main(defaultTest='test_suite')
diff --git a/roa/traversal.py b/roa/traversal.py
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+#
+#  Copyright (c) 2009 Helmut Merz - helmutm@cy55.de
+#
+#  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+#  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+#
+"""
+IPublishTraverse adapter that checks the 'Accept' header.
+
+$Id$
+"""
+
+from zope.app.container.traversal import ItemTraverser
+from zope import component
+
+
+jsonMimeTypes = ('application/json',)
+
+
+class CheckJSONTraverser(ItemTraverser):
+
+    def publishTraverse(self, request, name):
+        if self.isJSONRequest(request):
+            return self.jsonTraverse(request, name)
+        return self.defaultTraverse(request, name)
+
+    def isJSONRequest(self, request):
+        return request.get('CONTENT_TYPE') in jsonMimeTypes
+
+    def jsonTraverse(self, request, name):
+        item = self.context.get(name)
+        if item is not None:
+            return item
+        # TODO: specify provides=IJSONView
+        view = component.getMultiAdapter((self.context, request), name='json')
+        if view is None:
+            return self.defaultTraverse(request, name)
+        return view.traverse(name)
+
+    def defaultTraverse(self, request, name):
+        return super(CheckAcceptTraverser, self).publishTraverse(request, name)
diff --git a/roa/z2/__init__.py b/roa/z2/__init__.py
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+"""
+$Id$
+"""
diff --git a/roa/z2/traversal.py b/roa/z2/traversal.py
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+#
+#  Copyright (c) 2009 Helmut Merz - helmutm@cy55.de
+#
+#  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+#  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+#
+"""
+IPublishTraverse adapter for Zope 2 that checks the 'Accept' header.
+
+$Id$
+"""
+
+from ZPublisher.BaseRequest import DefaultPublishTraverse
+from cybertools.roa.traversal import CheckJSONTraverser as BaseTraverser
+
+
+class CheckJSONTraverser(BaseTraverser, DefaultPublishTraverse):
+
+    defaultTraverse = DefaultPublishTraverse.publishTraverse
+    browserDefault = DefaultPublishTraverse.browserDefault
+