diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 527bf8d..ff9c0fd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,20 +15,65 @@ USAGE
 
 Example of parsing a string containing HTML:
 
-	include (
+	package main
+
+	import (
+		"github.com/iand/microdata"
 		"net/url"
 		"strings"
 	)
-	html = `<div itemscope>
-	 <p>My name is <span itemprop="name">Elizabeth</span>.</p>
-	</div>`
 
-	baseUrl, _ := url.Parse("http://example.com/")
-	p := NewParser(strings.NewReader(html), baseUrl)
+	func main() {
+		html := `<div itemscope>
+		 <p>My name is <span itemprop="name">Elizabeth</span>.</p>
+		</div>`
 
-	data, err := p.Parse()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("Expected no error but got %d", err)
-	}
+		baseUrl, _ := url.Parse("http://example.com/")
+		p := microdata.NewParser(strings.NewReader(html), baseUrl)
 
-	println("Name: ", data.items[0].properties["name"][0]
\ No newline at end of file
+		data, err := p.Parse()
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+
+		println("Name: ", data.Items[0].Properties["name"][0].(string))
+	}		
+
+Extract microdata from a webpage and print the result as JSON
+
+	package main
+
+	import (
+		"bytes"
+		"github.com/iand/microdata"
+		"io/ioutil"
+		"net/http"
+		"net/url"
+		"os"
+	)
+
+	func main() {
+
+		baseUrl, _ := url.Parse("http://tagger.steve.museum/steve/object/44863?offset=6")
+
+		resp, _ := http.Get(baseUrl.String())
+		defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+		html, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+
+		p := microdata.NewParser(bytes.NewReader(html), baseUrl)
+
+		data, _ := p.Parse()
+
+		json, _ := data.Json()
+		os.Stdout.Write(json)
+	}		
+
+
+LICENSE
+=======
+This code and associated documentation is in the public domain.
+
+To the extent possible under law, Ian Davis has waived all copyright
+and related or neighboring rights to this file. This work is published 
+from the United Kingdom. 
diff --git a/microdata.go b/microdata.go
index b98ab7b..67afd60 100644
--- a/microdata.go
+++ b/microdata.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package microdata
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"code.google.com/p/go-html-transform/h5"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"io"
 	"net/url"
 	"strings"
@@ -12,9 +13,9 @@ type ValueList []interface{}
 type PropertyMap map[string]ValueList
 
 type Item struct {
-	Properties PropertyMap
-	Types      []string
-	ID         string
+	Properties PropertyMap `json:"properties"`
+	Types      []string    `json:"type,omitempty"`
+	ID         string      `json:"id,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func NewItem() *Item {
@@ -32,9 +33,12 @@ func (self *Item) SetItem(property string, value *Item) {
 	self.Properties[property] = append(self.Properties[property], value)
 }
 
+func (self *Item) AddType(value string) {
+	self.Types = append(self.Types, value)
+}
 
 type Microdata struct {
-	Items []*Item
+	Items []*Item `json:"items"`
 }
 
 func NewMicrodata() *Microdata {
@@ -43,10 +47,22 @@ func NewMicrodata() *Microdata {
 	}
 }
 
+func (self *Microdata) AddItem(value *Item) {
+	self.Items = append(self.Items, value)
+}
+
+func (self *Microdata) Json() ([]byte, error) {
+	b, err := json.Marshal(self)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return b, nil
+}
+
 type Parser struct {
 	p               *h5.Parser
 	data            *Microdata
-	base 			*url.URL
+	base            *url.URL
 	identifiedNodes map[string]*h5.Node
 }
 
@@ -198,7 +214,6 @@ func (self *Parser) readItem(item *Item, node *h5.Node) {
 
 		}
 
-
 	}
 
 	if len(node.Children) > 0 {
diff --git a/microdata_test.go b/microdata_test.go
index 172d3af..428d830 100644
--- a/microdata_test.go
+++ b/microdata_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package microdata
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"net/url"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -449,7 +450,6 @@ func TestParseMultiValuedItemRef(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-
 func TestParseEmbeddedItem(t *testing.T) {
 	html := `<div itemscope>
 			 <p>Name: <span itemprop="name">Amanda</span></p>
@@ -462,7 +462,6 @@ func TestParseEmbeddedItem(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Expecting 1 item but got %d", len(data.Items))
 	}
 
-
 	if data.Items[0].Properties["name"][0].(string) != "Amanda" {
 		t.Errorf("Property value 'Amanda' not found for 'name'")
 	}
@@ -490,7 +489,6 @@ func TestParseEmbeddedItemWithItemRef(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Expecting 1 item but got %d", len(data.Items))
 	}
 
-
 	if data.Items[0].Properties["name"][0].(string) != "Amanda" {
 		t.Errorf("Property value 'Amanda' not found for 'name'")
 	}
@@ -502,8 +500,6 @@ func TestParseEmbeddedItemWithItemRef(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-
-
 func TestParseRelativeURL(t *testing.T) {
 	html := `
 	<div itemscope>
@@ -535,3 +531,36 @@ func TestParseItemRelativeId(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Expecting id of 'http://example.com/foo' but got %d", item.ID)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestJson(t *testing.T) {
+	item := NewItem()
+	item.SetString("name", "Elizabeth")
+
+	data := NewMicrodata()
+	data.AddItem(item)
+
+	expected := []byte(`{"items":[{"properties":{"name":["Elizabeth"]}}]}`)
+
+	actual, _ := data.Json()
+
+	if !bytes.Equal(actual, expected) {
+		t.Errorf("Expecting %s but got %s", expected, actual)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestJsonWithType(t *testing.T) {
+	item := NewItem()
+	item.AddType("http://example.org/animals#cat")
+	item.SetString("name", "Elizabeth")
+
+	data := NewMicrodata()
+	data.AddItem(item)
+
+	expected := []byte(`{"items":[{"properties":{"name":["Elizabeth"]},"type":["http://example.org/animals#cat"]}]}`)
+
+	actual, _ := data.Json()
+
+	if !bytes.Equal(actual, expected) {
+		t.Errorf("Expecting %s but got %s", expected, actual)
+	}
+}