diff --git a/Text/Atom/Feed.hs b/Text/Atom/Feed.hs
--- a/Text/Atom/Feed.hs
+++ b/Text/Atom/Feed.hs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 -- Copyright : (c) Galois, Inc. 2008
 -- License   : BSD3
 --
--- Maintainer: Don Stewart <dons@galois.com>
+-- Maintainer: Isaac Potoczny-Jones <ijones@syntaxpolice.org>
 -- Stability : provisional
 -- Portability:
 --
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 
 import qualified Text.XML.Light as XML
 
+-- *Core types
+
 -- NOTE: In the future we may want to have more structured
 -- types for these.
 type URI        = String
@@ -39,25 +41,7 @@
       , feedAttrs        :: [XML.Attr]
       , feedOther        :: [XML.Element]
       }
-
-nullFeed :: String -> TextContent -> Date -> Feed
-nullFeed i t u = Feed
-      { feedId           = i
-      , feedTitle        = t
-      , feedUpdated      = u
-      , feedAuthors      = []
-      , feedCategories   = []
-      , feedContributors = []
-      , feedGenerator    = Nothing
-      , feedIcon         = Nothing
-      , feedLinks        = []
-      , feedLogo         = Nothing
-      , feedRights       = Nothing
-      , feedSubtitle     = Nothing
-      , feedEntries      = []
-      , feedAttrs        = []
-      , feedOther        = []
-      }
+     deriving (Show)
 
 data Entry
  = Entry
@@ -78,26 +62,7 @@
       , entryAttrs        :: [XML.Attr]
       , entryOther        :: [XML.Element]
       }
-
-nullEntry :: String -> TextContent -> Date -> Entry
-nullEntry i t u = Entry
-      { entryId           = i
-      , entryTitle        = t
-      , entryUpdated      = u
-      , entryAuthors      = []
-      , entryCategories   = []
-      , entryContent      = Nothing
-      , entryContributor  = []
-      , entryLinks        = []
-      , entryPublished    = Nothing
-      , entryRights       = Nothing
-      , entrySource       = Nothing
-      , entrySummary      = Nothing
-      , entryInReplyTo    = Nothing
-      , entryInReplyTotal = Nothing
-      , entryAttrs        = []
-      , entryOther        = []
-      }
+     deriving (Show)
 
 data EntryContent
  = TextContent   String
@@ -105,6 +70,7 @@
  | XHTMLContent  XML.Element
  | MixedContent  (Maybe String) [XML.Content]
  | ExternalContent (Maybe MediaType) URI
+     deriving (Show)
 
 data Category
  = Category
@@ -113,14 +79,8 @@
        , catLabel  :: Maybe String   -- ^ human-readable label of the category
        , catOther  :: [XML.Element]  -- ^ unknown elements, for extensibility.
        }
+     deriving (Show)
 
-newCategory :: String -> Category
-newCategory t = Category
-  { catTerm   = t
-  , catScheme = Nothing
-  , catLabel  = Just t
-  , catOther  = []
-  }
 
 data Generator
  = Generator
@@ -128,14 +88,7 @@
        , genVersion :: Maybe String
        , genText    :: String
        }
-
-nullGenerator :: String -> Generator
-nullGenerator t = Generator
-  { genURI     = Nothing
-  , genVersion = Nothing
-  , genText    = t
-  }
-
+     deriving (Eq, Show)
 
 data Link
  = Link
@@ -148,22 +101,13 @@
       , linkLength   :: Maybe String
       , linkOther    :: [XML.Element]
       }
-
-nullLink :: URI -> Link
-nullLink uri = Link
-  { linkHref      = uri
-  , linkRel       = Nothing
-  , linkType      = Nothing
-  , linkHrefLang  = Nothing
-  , linkTitle     = Nothing
-  , linkLength    = Nothing
-  , linkOther     = []
-  }
+     deriving (Show)
 
 data TextContent
  = TextString  String
  | HTMLString  String
  | XHTMLString XML.Element
+     deriving (Show)
 
 data Source
  = Source
@@ -180,23 +124,8 @@
       , sourceUpdated     :: Maybe Date
       , sourceOther       :: [XML.Element]
       }
+     deriving (Show)
 
-nullSource :: Source
-nullSource = Source
-      { sourceAuthors     = []
-      , sourceCategories  = []
-      , sourceGenerator   = Nothing
-      , sourceIcon        = Nothing
-      , sourceId          = Nothing
-      , sourceLinks       = []
-      , sourceLogo        = Nothing
-      , sourceRights      = Nothing
-      , sourceSubtitle    = Nothing
-      , sourceTitle       = Nothing
-      , sourceUpdated     = Nothing
-      , sourceOther       = []
-      }
-  
 
 data Person
  = Person
@@ -205,14 +134,7 @@
      , personEmail :: Maybe String
      , personOther :: [XML.Element]
      }
-
-nullPerson :: Person
-nullPerson = Person
-  { personName  = ""
-  , personURI   = Nothing
-  , personEmail = Nothing
-  , personOther = []
-  }
+     deriving (Show)
 
 data InReplyTo
  = InReplyTo
@@ -223,9 +145,112 @@
      , replyToOther   :: [XML.Attr]
      , replyToContent :: [XML.Content]
      }
+     deriving (Show)
 
 data InReplyTotal
  = InReplyTotal
      { replyToTotal      :: Integer -- non-negative :)
      , replyToTotalOther :: [XML.Attr]
      }
+     deriving (Show)
+
+-- *Smart Constructors
+
+newCategory :: String -- ^catTerm
+            -> Category
+newCategory t = Category
+  { catTerm   = t
+  , catScheme = Nothing
+  , catLabel  = Just t
+  , catOther  = []
+  }
+
+nullFeed :: String  -- ^feedId
+         -> TextContent -- ^feedTitle
+         -> Date -- ^feedUpdated
+         -> Feed
+nullFeed i t u = Feed
+      { feedId           = i
+      , feedTitle        = t
+      , feedUpdated      = u
+      , feedAuthors      = []
+      , feedCategories   = []
+      , feedContributors = []
+      , feedGenerator    = Nothing
+      , feedIcon         = Nothing
+      , feedLinks        = []
+      , feedLogo         = Nothing
+      , feedRights       = Nothing
+      , feedSubtitle     = Nothing
+      , feedEntries      = []
+      , feedAttrs        = []
+      , feedOther        = []
+      }
+
+nullEntry :: String -- ^entryId
+          -> TextContent -- ^entryTitle
+          -> Date -- ^entryUpdated
+          -> Entry
+nullEntry i t u = Entry
+      { entryId           = i
+      , entryTitle        = t
+      , entryUpdated      = u
+      , entryAuthors      = []
+      , entryCategories   = []
+      , entryContent      = Nothing
+      , entryContributor  = []
+      , entryLinks        = []
+      , entryPublished    = Nothing
+      , entryRights       = Nothing
+      , entrySource       = Nothing
+      , entrySummary      = Nothing
+      , entryInReplyTo    = Nothing
+      , entryInReplyTotal = Nothing
+      , entryAttrs        = []
+      , entryOther        = []
+      }
+
+
+nullGenerator :: String -- ^genText
+              -> Generator
+nullGenerator t = Generator
+  { genURI     = Nothing
+  , genVersion = Nothing
+  , genText    = t
+  }
+
+nullLink :: URI -- ^linkHref
+         -> Link
+nullLink uri = Link
+  { linkHref      = uri
+  , linkRel       = Nothing
+  , linkType      = Nothing
+  , linkHrefLang  = Nothing
+  , linkTitle     = Nothing
+  , linkLength    = Nothing
+  , linkOther     = []
+  }
+
+nullSource :: Source
+nullSource = Source
+      { sourceAuthors     = []
+      , sourceCategories  = []
+      , sourceGenerator   = Nothing
+      , sourceIcon        = Nothing
+      , sourceId          = Nothing
+      , sourceLinks       = []
+      , sourceLogo        = Nothing
+      , sourceRights      = Nothing
+      , sourceSubtitle    = Nothing
+      , sourceTitle       = Nothing
+      , sourceUpdated     = Nothing
+      , sourceOther       = []
+      }
+  
+nullPerson :: Person
+nullPerson = Person
+  { personName  = ""
+  , personURI   = Nothing
+  , personEmail = Nothing
+  , personOther = []
+  }
diff --git a/Text/Atom/Feed/Export.hs b/Text/Atom/Feed/Export.hs
--- a/Text/Atom/Feed/Export.hs
+++ b/Text/Atom/Feed/Export.hs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 --
 -- Maintainer: Don Stewart <dons@galois.com>
 -- Stability : provisional
--- Portability:
+-- Description: Convert from Atom to XML
 --
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/Text/Atom/Feed/Import.hs b/Text/Atom/Feed/Import.hs
--- a/Text/Atom/Feed/Import.hs
+++ b/Text/Atom/Feed/Import.hs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 --
 -- Maintainer: Don Stewart <dons@galois.com>
 -- Stability : provisional
--- Portability:
+-- Description: Convert from XML to Atom
 --
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/Text/Atom/Feed/Link.hs b/Text/Atom/Feed/Link.hs
--- a/Text/Atom/Feed/Link.hs
+++ b/Text/Atom/Feed/Link.hs
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
  | LinkSelf                     -- http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4287.txt
  | LinkVia                      -- http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4287.txt
  | LinkOther String
+     deriving (Eq, Show)
 
 showLinkRelation :: LinkRelation -> String
 showLinkRelation lr = 
diff --git a/Text/Atom/Feed/Validate.hs b/Text/Atom/Feed/Validate.hs
--- a/Text/Atom/Feed/Validate.hs
+++ b/Text/Atom/Feed/Validate.hs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import Data.Maybe
 
 data VTree a = VNode [a] [VTree a] | VLeaf [a]
+     deriving (Eq, Show)
 
 type ValidatorResult = VTree (Bool,String)
 
@@ -161,15 +162,15 @@
   , checkLabel e
   ]
  where
-  checkScheme e = 
-    case pAttrs "scheme" e of
+  checkScheme e' = 
+    case pAttrs "scheme" e' of
       [] -> valid
       (_:xs)
         | null xs   -> valid
 	| otherwise -> demand ("Expected at most one 'scheme' attribute, found: " ++ show (1+length xs))
 
-  checkLabel e =
-    case pAttrs "label" e of
+  checkLabel e' =
+    case pAttrs "label" e' of
       [] -> valid
       (_:xs)
         | null xs   -> valid
@@ -217,7 +218,7 @@
       [_]   ->
         case types of
 	  []    -> advice "It is advisable to provide a 'type' along with a 'src' attribute"
-	  (t:_) -> valid
+	  (_:_) -> valid
 {-
 	    case parseMIMEType t of
 	      Just{} -> valid
diff --git a/Text/Atom/Pub.hs b/Text/Atom/Pub.hs
--- a/Text/Atom/Pub.hs
+++ b/Text/Atom/Pub.hs
@@ -41,5 +41,6 @@
 data Categories
  = CategoriesExternal URI
  | Categories (Maybe Bool) (Maybe URI) [Category]
+     deriving (Show)
 
 newtype Accept = Accept { acceptType :: String }
diff --git a/Text/Atom/Pub/Export.hs b/Text/Atom/Pub/Export.hs
--- a/Text/Atom/Pub/Export.hs
+++ b/Text/Atom/Pub/Export.hs
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@
 --
 -- Maintainer: Don Stewart <dons@galois.com>
 -- Stability : provisional
--- Portability:
---
--- Serializing APP types (as XML.)
+-- Description: Serializing APP types (as XML.)
 --
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 module Text.Atom.Pub.Export where
diff --git a/Text/DublinCore/Types.hs b/Text/DublinCore/Types.hs
--- a/Text/DublinCore/Types.hs
+++ b/Text/DublinCore/Types.hs
@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@
 --
 -- Maintainer: Don Stewart <dons@galois.com>
 -- Stability : provisional
--- Portability:
---
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---
--- Representing the DublinCore metadata elements in Haskell. The Dublin
+-- Description: Representing the DublinCore metadata elements in Haskell. The Dublin
 -- Core Metadata Element Set. See: <http://dublincore.org/>
 -- 
 module Text.DublinCore.Types where
@@ -21,6 +17,7 @@
      { dcElt  :: DCInfo
      , dcText :: String
      }
+     deriving (Eq, Show)
 
 -- | The Dublin Core Metadata Element Set, all 15 of them (plus an extension constructor.)
 data DCInfo
@@ -40,7 +37,7 @@
  | DC_Coverage      -- ^ The extent or scope of the content of the resource.
  | DC_Rights        -- ^ Information about rights held in and over the resource.
  | DC_Other String  -- ^ Other; data type extension mechanism.
-   deriving ( Eq )
+     deriving (Eq, Show)
 
 infoToTag :: DCInfo -> String
 infoToTag i =
diff --git a/Text/Feed/Constructor.hs b/Text/Feed/Constructor.hs
--- a/Text/Feed/Constructor.hs
+++ b/Text/Feed/Constructor.hs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 --
 -- Maintainer: Don Stewart <dons@galois.com>
 -- Stability : provisional
--- Portability:
+-- Description: Module for an abstraction layer between different kinds of feeds.
 --
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/Text/Feed/Export.hs b/Text/Feed/Export.hs
--- a/Text/Feed/Export.hs
+++ b/Text/Feed/Export.hs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 --
 -- Maintainer: Don Stewart <dons@galois.com>
 -- Stability : provisional
--- Portability:
+-- Description: Convert from Feeds to XML.
 --
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/Text/Feed/Import.hs b/Text/Feed/Import.hs
--- a/Text/Feed/Import.hs
+++ b/Text/Feed/Import.hs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 --
 -- Maintainer: Don Stewart <dons@galois.com>
 -- Stability : provisional
--- Portability:
+-- Description: Convert from XML to Feeds.
 --
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/Text/Feed/Types.hs b/Text/Feed/Types.hs
--- a/Text/Feed/Types.hs
+++ b/Text/Feed/Types.hs
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
     -- if we're unable to correctly the well-formed XML as a feed,
     -- keep it as an untyped document.
  | XMLFeed  XML.Element
- 
+ deriving (Show)
+
 -- | The abstract type of feed items. Like the 'Text.Feed.Types.Feed' type, the
 -- representation of a value is as one of the different RSS item\/entry
 -- variants.
@@ -36,11 +37,12 @@
  | RSSItem  RSS.RSSItem
  | RSS1Item RSS1.Item
  | XMLItem  XML.Element
- 
+ deriving (Show)
+
 -- | The kinds of feed documents supported.
 data FeedKind
  = AtomKind
  | RSSKind (Maybe String)  -- Nothing => default version (2.0)
  | RDFKind (Maybe String)  -- Nothing => default version (1.0)
-   deriving ( Eq )
+ deriving (Eq, Show)
 
diff --git a/Text/RSS/Export.hs b/Text/RSS/Export.hs
--- a/Text/RSS/Export.hs
+++ b/Text/RSS/Export.hs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 --
 -- Maintainer: Don Stewart <dons@galois.com>
 -- Stability : provisional
--- Portability:
+-- Description: Convert from RSS to XML
 --
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/Text/RSS/Import.hs b/Text/RSS/Import.hs
--- a/Text/RSS/Import.hs
+++ b/Text/RSS/Import.hs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 --
 -- Maintainer: Don Stewart <dons@galois.com>
 -- Stability : provisional
--- Portability:
+-- Description: Converting from XML to RSS
 --
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/Text/RSS/Syntax.hs b/Text/RSS/Syntax.hs
--- a/Text/RSS/Syntax.hs
+++ b/Text/RSS/Syntax.hs
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
 -- Copyright : (c) Galois, Inc. 2008
 -- License   : BSD3
 --
--- Maintainer: Don Stewart <dons@galois.com>
+-- Maintainer: Isaac Potoczny-Jones <ijones@syntaxpolice.org>
 -- Stability : provisional
--- Portability:
---
+-- Description: The basic syntax for putting together feeds.  For instance,
+-- to create a feed with a single item item:
+--  (nullRSS \"rss title\" \"link\") {rssChannel=(nullChannel \"channel title\" \"link\") {rssItems=[(nullItem \"item title\")]}}
+
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -15,7 +17,9 @@
 
 import Text.XML.Light as XML
 
--- The Radio Userland version of RSS documents\/feeds.
+-- * Core Types
+
+-- ^The Radio Userland version of RSS documents\/feeds.
 -- (versions 0.9x, 2.x)
 data RSS
  = RSS
@@ -24,6 +28,7 @@
      , rssChannel :: RSSChannel
      , rssOther   :: [XML.Element]
      }
+     deriving (Show)
 
 type URLString  = String
 type DateString = String
@@ -38,8 +43,8 @@
      , rssCopyright    :: Maybe String
      , rssEditor       :: Maybe String
      , rssWebMaster    :: Maybe String
-     , rssPubDate      :: Maybe DateString  -- rfc 822 conforming.
-     , rssLastUpdate   :: Maybe DateString
+     , rssPubDate      :: Maybe DateString  -- ^ rfc 822 conforming.
+     , rssLastUpdate   :: Maybe DateString  -- ^ rfc 822 conforming.
      , rssCategories   :: [RSSCategory]
      , rssGenerator    :: Maybe String
      , rssDocs         :: Maybe URLString
@@ -52,12 +57,13 @@
      , rssSkipDays     :: Maybe [String]
      , rssChannelOther :: [XML.Element]
      }
+     deriving (Show)
 
 data RSSItem
  = RSSItem
      { rssItemTitle        :: Maybe String
      , rssItemLink         :: Maybe URLString
-     , rssItemDescription  :: Maybe String     -- if not present, the title is. (per spec, at least.)
+     , rssItemDescription  :: Maybe String     -- ^if not present, the title is. (per spec, at least.)
      , rssItemAuthor       :: Maybe String
      , rssItemCategories   :: [RSSCategory]
      , rssItemComments     :: Maybe URLString
@@ -68,6 +74,7 @@
      , rssItemAttrs        :: [XML.Attr]
      , rssItemOther        :: [XML.Element]
      }
+     deriving (Show)
 
 data RSSSource
  = RSSSource
@@ -75,6 +82,7 @@
      , rssSourceAttrs  :: [XML.Attr]
      , rssSourceTitle  :: String
      }
+     deriving (Show)
 
 data RSSEnclosure
  = RSSEnclosure
@@ -83,6 +91,7 @@
      , rssEnclosureType    :: String
      , rssEnclosureAttrs   :: [XML.Attr]
      }
+     deriving (Show)
 
 data RSSCategory
  = RSSCategory
@@ -90,6 +99,7 @@
      , rssCategoryAttrs    :: [XML.Attr]
      , rssCategoryValue    :: String
      }
+     deriving (Show)
 
 data RSSGuid
  = RSSGuid
@@ -97,6 +107,7 @@
      , rssGuidAttrs        :: [XML.Attr]
      , rssGuidValue        :: String
      }
+     deriving (Show)
 
 
 data RSSImage
@@ -109,6 +120,7 @@
      , rssImageDesc    :: Maybe String
      , rssImageOther   :: [XML.Element]
      }
+     deriving (Show)
 
 data RSSCloud
  = RSSCloud
@@ -119,6 +131,7 @@
      , rssCloudProtocol :: Maybe String
      , rssCloudAttrs    :: [XML.Attr]
      }
+     deriving (Show)
 
 data RSSTextInput
  = RSSTextInput
@@ -129,9 +142,13 @@
      , rssTextInputAttrs :: [XML.Attr]
      , rssTextInputOther :: [XML.Element]
      }
+     deriving (Show)
 
--- default constructors:
-nullRSS :: String -> URLString -> RSS
+-- * Default Constructors:
+
+nullRSS :: String -- ^channel title
+        -> URLString -- ^channel link
+        -> RSS
 nullRSS title link = 
   RSS 
     { rssVersion = "2.0"
@@ -140,7 +157,9 @@
     , rssOther   = []
     }
 
-nullChannel :: String -> URLString -> RSSChannel
+nullChannel :: String -- ^rssTitle
+            -> URLString -- ^rssLink
+            -> RSSChannel
 nullChannel title link = 
   RSSChannel
      { rssTitle        = title
@@ -166,7 +185,8 @@
      , rssChannelOther = []
      }
 
-nullItem :: String -> RSSItem
+nullItem :: String -- ^title
+         -> RSSItem
 nullItem title = 
    RSSItem
      { rssItemTitle        = Just title
@@ -183,7 +203,9 @@
      , rssItemOther        = []
      }
 
-nullSource :: URLString -> String -> RSSSource
+nullSource :: URLString -- ^source URL
+           -> String    -- ^title
+           -> RSSSource
 nullSource url title = 
   RSSSource
      { rssSourceURL    = url
@@ -191,7 +213,10 @@
      , rssSourceTitle  = title
      }
 
-nullEnclosure :: URLString -> Integer -> String -> RSSEnclosure
+nullEnclosure :: URLString -- ^enclosure URL
+              -> Integer   -- ^enclosure length
+              -> String    -- ^enclosure type
+              -> RSSEnclosure
 nullEnclosure url len ty = 
   RSSEnclosure
      { rssEnclosureURL     = url
@@ -200,7 +225,8 @@
      , rssEnclosureAttrs   = []
      }
 
-newCategory :: String -> RSSCategory
+newCategory :: String  -- ^category Value
+            -> RSSCategory
 newCategory nm = 
   RSSCategory
      { rssCategoryDomain   = Nothing
@@ -208,7 +234,8 @@
      , rssCategoryValue    = nm
      }
 
-nullGuid :: String -> RSSGuid
+nullGuid :: String -- ^guid value
+         -> RSSGuid
 nullGuid v = 
   RSSGuid
      { rssGuidPermanentURL = Nothing
@@ -216,10 +243,14 @@
      , rssGuidValue        = v
      }
 
-nullPermaGuid :: String -> RSSGuid
+nullPermaGuid :: String -- ^guid value
+              -> RSSGuid
 nullPermaGuid v = (nullGuid v){rssGuidPermanentURL=Just True}
 
-nullImage :: URLString -> String -> URLString -> RSSImage
+nullImage :: URLString -- ^imageURL
+          -> String    -- ^imageTitle
+          -> URLString -- ^imageLink
+          -> RSSImage
 nullImage url title link = 
   RSSImage
      { rssImageURL     = url
@@ -242,7 +273,10 @@
      , rssCloudAttrs    = []
      }
 
-nullTextInput :: String -> String -> URLString -> RSSTextInput
+nullTextInput :: String    -- ^inputTitle
+              -> String    -- ^inputName
+              -> URLString -- ^inputLink
+              -> RSSTextInput
 nullTextInput title nm link = 
   RSSTextInput
      { rssTextInputTitle = title
diff --git a/Text/RSS1/Import.hs b/Text/RSS1/Import.hs
--- a/Text/RSS1/Import.hs
+++ b/Text/RSS1/Import.hs
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@
         fmap strContent (pQNode (qualName (rdfNS,rdfPrefix) "li") e))
     (fromMaybe [] $ fmap children $ pQNode (qualName (rdfNS,rdfPrefix) "Bag") be)
 
+{-
 bagElements :: XML.Element -> [XML.Element]
 bagElements be = 
   mapMaybe 
@@ -235,6 +236,7 @@
       guard (elName e == rdfName "li")
       return e)
     (fromMaybe [] $ fmap children $ pQNode (rdfName "Bag") be)
+-}
 
 seqLeaves :: XML.Element -> [URIString]
 seqLeaves se = 
diff --git a/Text/RSS1/Syntax.hs b/Text/RSS1/Syntax.hs
--- a/Text/RSS1/Syntax.hs
+++ b/Text/RSS1/Syntax.hs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
         , feedOther     :: [XML.Element]
         , feedAttrs     :: [XML.Attr]
         }
+        deriving (Show)
 
 data Channel
  = Channel
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@
         , channelOther        :: [XML.Element]
         , channelAttrs        :: [XML.Attr]
         }
+        deriving (Show)
 
 data Image
  = Image
@@ -62,6 +64,7 @@
         , imageOther  :: [XML.Element]
         , imageAttrs  :: [XML.Attr]
         }
+        deriving (Show)
 
 data Item
  = Item
@@ -75,6 +78,7 @@
         , itemOther   :: [XML.Element]
         , itemAttrs   :: [XML.Attr]
         }
+        deriving (Show)
 
 data TextInputInfo
  = TextInputInfo
@@ -87,6 +91,7 @@
         , textInputOther :: [XML.Element]
         , textInputAttrs :: [XML.Attr]
         }
+        deriving (Show)
 
 data TaxonomyTopic
  = TaxonomyTopic
@@ -98,6 +103,7 @@
         , taxonomyDC     :: [DCItem]
         , taxonomyOther  :: [XML.Element]
         }
+        deriving (Show)
 
 
 data UpdatePeriod 
@@ -106,6 +112,7 @@
  | Update_Weekly
  | Update_Monthly
  | Update_Yearly
+        deriving (Eq, Show)
 
 data ContentInfo
  = ContentInfo
@@ -114,6 +121,7 @@
         , contentEncoding :: Maybe URIString
         , contentValue    :: Maybe String -- should be: RDFValue
         }
+        deriving (Eq, Show)
 
 --default constructors:
 nullFeed :: URIString -> TitleString -> Feed
diff --git a/feed.cabal b/feed.cabal
--- a/feed.cabal
+++ b/feed.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:               feed
-Version:            0.3.1
+Version:            0.3.2
 License:            BSD3
 License-file:       LICENSE
 Category:           Text
@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@
                      Text.Feed.Query
                      Text.Feed.Constructor
                      Text.Feed.Translate
-    Ghc-Options:     -Wall -O2
+    Ghc-Options:     -Wall
     Build-Depends:   base, xml >= 1.2.6
