diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4a1d197cd..3d1eab226 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2008-07-10  Wolfgang Sourdeau  <wsourdeau@inverse.ca>
 
+	* SoObjects/SOGo/NSString+DAV.m ([NSString -asWebDAVTuple]): new
+	method that parses a webdav tag in the form "{ns:}tag" and returns
+	a dictionary.
+
 	* SoObjects/Appointments/SOGoUserFolder+Appointments.m
 	([SOGoUserFolder -davPrincipalPropertySearch:queryContext]): new
 	method to answer to "principal-property-search" report.
diff --git a/SoObjects/SOGo/NSString+DAV.h b/SoObjects/SOGo/NSString+DAV.h
index 068e8f8ba..0292ff940 100644
--- a/SoObjects/SOGo/NSString+DAV.h
+++ b/SoObjects/SOGo/NSString+DAV.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 
 - (NSString *)
  asWebDavStringWithNamespaces: (NSMutableDictionary *) namespaces;
+- (NSDictionary *) asWebDAVTuple;
 
 @end
 
diff --git a/SoObjects/SOGo/NSString+DAV.m b/SoObjects/SOGo/NSString+DAV.m
index 25d886618..2c0b06073 100644
--- a/SoObjects/SOGo/NSString+DAV.m
+++ b/SoObjects/SOGo/NSString+DAV.m
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
  * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
  */
 
+#import <Foundation/NSDictionary.h>
+
 #import <NGExtensions/NSString+misc.h>
 
 #import "NSString+DAV.h"
@@ -32,4 +34,19 @@
   return [self stringByEscapingXMLString];
 }
 
+#warning we should use the same nomenclature as the webdav values...
+- (NSDictionary *) asWebDAVTuple
+{
+  NSString *namespace, *nodeName;
+  NSRange nsEnd;
+
+  nsEnd = [self rangeOfString: @"}"];
+  namespace = [self substringFromRange: NSMakeRange (1, nsEnd.location - 1)];
+  nodeName = [self substringFromIndex: nsEnd.location + 1];
+
+  return [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys: namespace, @"ns",
+		       nodeName, @"method", nil];
+}
+
+
 @end