Index: jempbox/src/test/java/org/apache/jempbox/xmp/XMPMetadataTest.java
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--- jempbox/src/test/java/org/apache/jempbox/xmp/XMPMetadataTest.java	(revision 0)
+++ jempbox/src/test/java/org/apache/jempbox/xmp/XMPMetadataTest.java	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.jempbox.xmp;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.StringReader;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
+
+public class XMPMetadataTest extends TestCase {
+
+    public void testLoadDublincoreExample() throws IOException {
+        // http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmes-xml/
+        // had to move the dc namespace declaration to get it parsed
+        String xmpmeta = "<x:xmpmeta xmlns:x=\"adobe:ns:meta/\">\n" + 
+            " <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#\"\n" + 
+            //"    xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\">" +
+            ">" +
+            "  <rdf:Description\n" +
+            //">" +
+            "      xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\">" +
+            "    <dc:title>The Mona Lisa</dc:title>\n" + 
+            "    <dc:description>A painting by ...</dc:description>\n" + 
+            "  </rdf:Description>\n" + 
+            " </rdf:RDF>\n" + 
+            "</x:xmpmeta>";
+        XMPMetadata xmp = XMPMetadata.load(new InputSource(new StringReader(xmpmeta)));
+        XMPSchemaDublinCore dc = xmp.getDublinCoreSchema();
+        assertEquals("The Mona Lisa", dc.getTitle());        
+        assertEquals("A painting by ...", dc.getDescription());       
+    }
+    
+	public void testExiv2Xmp() throws IOException {
+		// XMP block as created by exiv2
+		String xmpmeta = "<x:xmpmeta xmlns:x=\"adobe:ns:meta/\" x:xmptk=\"XMP Core 4.4.0-Exiv2\">\n" + 
+				" <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#\">\n" + 
+				"  <rdf:Description rdf:about=\"\"\n" + 
+				"    xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\">\n" + 
+				"   <dc:description>\n" + 
+				"    <rdf:Alt>\n" + 
+				"     <rdf:li xml:lang=\"x-default\">Dublin Core description</rdf:li>\n" + 
+				"    </rdf:Alt>\n" + 
+				"   </dc:description>\n" + 
+				"  </rdf:Description>\n" + 
+				" </rdf:RDF>\n" + 
+				"</x:xmpmeta>";
+		XMPMetadata xmp = XMPMetadata.load(new InputSource(new StringReader(xmpmeta)));
+		assertEquals("Dublin Core description", xmp.getDublinCoreSchema().getDescription());		
+	}
+	
+	public void testDescriptionFromNodeText() throws IOException {
+		// From a jpeg, valid according to http://www.w3.org/RDF/Validator/
+		String xmpmeta = "<x:xmpmeta xmlns:x=\"adobe:ns:meta/\" x:xmptk=\"XMP Core 4.4.0\">\n" + 
+				"   <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#\">\n" + 
+				"      <rdf:Description rdf:about=\"\"\n" + 
+				"            xmlns:exif=\"http://ns.adobe.com/exif/1.0/\">\n" + 
+				"         <exif:UserComment>exif</exif:UserComment>\n" + 
+				"      </rdf:Description>\n" + 
+				"      <rdf:Description rdf:about=\"\"\n" + 
+				"            xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\">\n" + 
+				"         <dc:description>Dublin Core description</dc:description>\n" + 
+				"      </rdf:Description>\n" + 
+				"   </rdf:RDF>\n" + 
+				"</x:xmpmeta>";
+		XMPMetadata xmp = XMPMetadata.load(new InputSource(new StringReader(xmpmeta)));
+		assertEquals("Dublin Core description", xmp.getDublinCoreSchema().getDescription());
+	}
+	
+}
Index: jempbox/src/main/java/org/apache/jempbox/xmp/XMPSchema.java
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--- jempbox/src/main/java/org/apache/jempbox/xmp/XMPSchema.java	(revision 1034047)
+++ jempbox/src/main/java/org/apache/jempbox/xmp/XMPSchema.java	(working copy)
@@ -820,6 +820,10 @@
                     }
                 }
             }
+            else if (property.getChildNodes().getLength() == 1 && Node.TEXT_NODE == property.getFirstChild().getNodeType())
+            {
+                retval = property.getFirstChild().getNodeValue();
+            }
         }
         return retval;
     }