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diff --git a/sfa/rspecs/elements/element.py b/sfa/rspecs/elements/element.py
index abfb7fcc..7dcfa007 100644
--- a/sfa/rspecs/elements/element.py
+++ b/sfa/rspecs/elements/element.py
@@ -2,58 +2,22 @@ class Element(dict):
 
     fields = {}
 
-    def __init__(self, fields={}, element=None, keys=None):
+    def __init__(self, fields=None, element=None, keys=None):
+        if fields is None:
+            fields = {}
         self.element = element
-        dict.__init__(self, self.fields)
+        dict.__init__(self, dict.fromkeys(self.fields))
         if not keys:
-            keys = fields.keys()
+            keys = list(fields.keys())
         for key in keys:
             if key in fields:
-                self[key] = fields[key] 
+                self[key] = fields[key]
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def get_elements(xml, xpath, element_class=None, fields=None):
-        """
-        Search the specifed xml node for elements that match the 
-        specified xpath query. 
-        Returns a list of objectes instanced by the specfied element_class.
-        """
-        if not element_class:
-            element_class = Element
-        if not fields:
-           fields = element_class.fields.keys()
-        elems = xml.xpath(xpath)
-        objs = []
-        for elem in elems:
-            if not fields:
-                obj = element_class(elem.attrib, elem)
-            else:
-                obj = element_class({}, elem)
-                for field in fields:
-                    if field in elem.attrib:
-                        obj[field] = elem.attrib[field]    
-            objs.append(obj)
-        generic_elems = [element_class(elem.attrib, elem) for elem in elems]
-        return objs
-
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def add_elements(xml, name, objs, fields=None):
-        """
-        Adds a child node to the specified xml node based on
-        the specified name , element class and object.    
-        """
-        if not isinstance(objs, list):
-            objs = [objs]
-        elems = []
-        for obj in objs:
-            if not obj:
-                continue
-            if not fields:
-                fields = obj.keys()
-            elem = xml.add_element(name)
-            for field in fields:
-                if field in obj and obj[field]:
-                    elem.set(field, obj[field])
-            elems.append(elem)
-        return elems
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        if hasattr(self.__dict__, name):
+            return getattr(self.__dict__, name)
+        elif hasattr(self.element, name):
+            return getattr(self.element, name)
+        else:
+            raise AttributeError("class Element of type {} has no attribute {}"
+                                 .format(self.__class__.__name__, name))