--- a/labs/openlayers/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMSDescribeLayer/v1_1.js
+++ b/labs/openlayers/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMSDescribeLayer/v1_1.js
@@ -1,1 +1,101 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2006-2010 by OpenLayers Contributors (see authors.txt for 
+ * full list of contributors). Published under the Clear BSD license.  
+ * See http://svn.openlayers.org/trunk/openlayers/license.txt for the
+ * full text of the license. */
 
+/**
+ * @requires OpenLayers/Format/WMSDescribeLayer.js
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Class: OpenLayers.Format.WMSDescribeLayer.v1_1
+ * Read SLD WMS DescribeLayer response for WMS 1.1.X
+ * WMS 1.1.X is tightly coupled to SLD 1.0.0
+ *
+ * Example DescribeLayer request: 
+ * http://demo.opengeo.org/geoserver/wms?request=DescribeLayer&version=1.1.1&layers=topp:states
+ *
+ * Inherits from:
+ *  - <OpenLayers.Format.WMSDescribeLayer>
+ */
+OpenLayers.Format.WMSDescribeLayer.v1_1 = OpenLayers.Class(
+    OpenLayers.Format.WMSDescribeLayer, {
+    
+    /**
+     * Constructor: OpenLayers.Format.WMSDescribeLayer
+     * Create a new parser for WMS DescribeLayer responses.
+     *
+     * Parameters:
+     * options - {Object} An optional object whose properties will be set on
+     *     this instance.
+     */
+    initialize: function(options) {
+        OpenLayers.Format.WMSDescribeLayer.prototype.initialize.apply(this, 
+            [options]);
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * APIMethod: read
+     * Read DescribeLayer data from a string, and return the response. 
+     * The OGC defines 2 formats which are allowed for output,
+     * so we need to parse these 2 types for version 1.1.X
+     * 
+     * Parameters: 
+     * data - {String} or {DOMElement} data to read/parse.
+     *
+     * Returns:
+     * {Array} Array of {<LayerDescription>} objects which have:
+     * - {String} owsType: WFS/WCS
+     * - {String} owsURL: the online resource
+     * - {String} typeName: the name of the typename on the service
+     */
+    read: function(data) {
+        if(typeof data == "string") {
+            data = OpenLayers.Format.XML.prototype.read.apply(this, [data]);
+        }
+        var root = data.documentElement;
+        var children = root.childNodes; 
+        var describelayer = [];
+        var childNode, nodeName;
+        for(var i=0; i<children.length; ++i) { 
+            childNode = children[i];
+            nodeName = childNode.nodeName; 
+            if (nodeName == 'LayerDescription') {
+                var layerName = childNode.getAttribute('name');
+                var owsType = '';
+                var owsURL = '';
+                var typeName = '';
+                // check for owsType and owsURL attributes
+                if (childNode.getAttribute('owsType')) {
+                  owsType = childNode.getAttribute('owsType');
+                  owsURL = childNode.getAttribute('owsURL');
+                } else {
+                    // look for wfs or wcs attribute
+                    if (childNode.getAttribute('wfs') != '') {
+                        owsType = 'WFS';
+                        owsURL = childNode.getAttribute('wfs');
+                    } else if (childNode.getAttribute('wcs') != '') {
+                        owsType = 'WCS';
+                        owsURL = childNode.getAttribute('wcs');
+                    }
+                }
+                // look for Query child
+                var query = childNode.getElementsByTagName('Query');
+                if(query.length > 0) {
+                    typeName = query[0].getAttribute('typeName');
+                    if (!typeName) {
+                        // because of Ionic bug
+                        typeName = query[0].getAttribute('typename');
+                    }
+                }
+                describelayer.push({layerName: layerName, owsType: owsType, 
+                    owsURL: owsURL, typeName: typeName}); 
+            }
+        }
+        return describelayer;
+    },
+    
+    CLASS_NAME: "OpenLayers.Format.WMSDescribeLayer.v1_1" 
+
+});
+