diff --git a/sleekxmpp/plugins/stanza_pubsub.py b/sleekxmpp/plugins/stanza_pubsub.py
index 96d02f9..01aac09 100644
--- a/sleekxmpp/plugins/stanza_pubsub.py
+++ b/sleekxmpp/plugins/stanza_pubsub.py
@@ -284,6 +284,14 @@ class DefaultConfig(ElementBase):
 		t = self._getAttr('type')
 		if not t: t = 'leaf'
 		return t
+	
+	def getConfig(self):
+		return self['form']
+	
+	def setConfig(self, value):
+		self['form'].setStanzaValues(value.getStanzaValues())
+		print self['form']['title']
+		return self
 
 registerStanzaPlugin(PubsubOwner, DefaultConfig)
 registerStanzaPlugin(DefaultConfig, xep_0004.Form)
@@ -356,8 +364,17 @@ class OwnerDefault(OwnerConfigure):
 	interfaces = set(('node', 'config'))
 	plugin_attrib_map = {}
 	plugin_tag_map = {}
+	
+	def getConfig(self):
+		return self['form']
+	
+	def setConfig(self, value):
+		self['form'].setStanzaValues(value.getStanzaValues())
+		print self['from']['title']
+		return self
 
 registerStanzaPlugin(PubsubOwner, OwnerDefault)
+registerStanzaPlugin(OwnerDefault, xep_0004.Form)
 
 class OwnerDelete(ElementBase, OptionalSetting):
 	namespace = 'http://jabber.org/protocol/pubsub#owner'
diff --git a/sleekxmpp/plugins/xep_0004.py b/sleekxmpp/plugins/xep_0004.py
index 8696363..9e67e65 100644
--- a/sleekxmpp/plugins/xep_0004.py
+++ b/sleekxmpp/plugins/xep_0004.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class Form(ElementBase):
 		ElementBase.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
 		if title is not None:
 			self['title'] = title
+		self.field = FieldAccessor(self)
 	
 	def setup(self, xml=None):
 		if ElementBase.setup(self, xml): #if we had to generate xml
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ class Form(ElementBase):
 		reportedXML = self.xml.find('{%s}reported' % self.namespace)
 		if reportedXML is not None:
 			self.xml.remove(reportedXML)
-
+	
 	def getFields(self, use_dict=False):
 		fields = {} if use_dict else []
 		fieldsXML = self.xml.findall('{%s}field' % FormField.namespace)    
@@ -195,6 +196,27 @@ class Form(ElementBase):
 		fields = self.getFields(use_dict=True)
 		for field in values:
 			fields[field]['value'] = values[field]
+	
+	def merge(self, other):
+		new = copy.copy(self)
+		nfields = new.getFields(use_dict=True)
+		ofields = other.getFields(use_dict=True)
+		nfields.update(ofields)
+		new.setFields([(x, nfields[x]) for x in nfields])
+		return new
+
+class FieldAccessor(object):
+	def __init__(self, form):
+		self.form = form
+	
+	def __getitem__(self, key):
+		return self.form.getFields(use_dict=True)[key]
+
+	def __contains__(self, key):
+		return key in self.form.getFields(use_dict=True)
+
+	def has_key(self, key):
+		return key in self.form.getFields(use_dict=True)
 
 
 class FormField(ElementBase):
diff --git a/sleekxmpp/plugins/xep_0060.py b/sleekxmpp/plugins/xep_0060.py
index a92a384..0b056f0 100644
--- a/sleekxmpp/plugins/xep_0060.py
+++ b/sleekxmpp/plugins/xep_0060.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import logging
 #from xml.etree import cElementTree as ET
 from .. xmlstream.stanzabase import registerStanzaPlugin, ElementBase, ET
 from . import stanza_pubsub
+from . xep_0004 import Form
 
 class xep_0060(base.base_plugin):
 	"""
@@ -41,7 +42,8 @@ class xep_0060(base.base_plugin):
 					submitform.field['pubsub#node_type'].setValue('leaf')
 				else:
 					submitform.addField('pubsub#node_type', value='leaf')
-			configure.append(submitform.getXML('submit'))
+			submitform['type'] = 'submit'
+			configure.append(submitform.xml)
 		pubsub.append(configure)
 		iq = self.xmpp.makeIqSet(pubsub)
 		iq.attrib['to'] = jid
@@ -117,7 +119,7 @@ class xep_0060(base.base_plugin):
 		if not form or form is None:
 			logging.error("No form found.")
 			return False
-		return self.xmpp.plugin['xep_0004'].buildForm(form)
+		return Form(xml=form)
 	
 	def getNodeSubscriptions(self, jid, node):
 		pubsub = ET.Element('{http://jabber.org/protocol/pubsub#owner}pubsub')
diff --git a/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/jid.py b/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/jid.py
index 292abd9..3e99711 100644
--- a/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/jid.py
+++ b/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/jid.py
@@ -59,24 +59,24 @@ class JID(object):
         if name == 'resource':
             if self._resource is None:
                 self._resource = self._jid.split('/', 1)[-1]
-            return self._resource
+            return self._resource or ""
         elif name == 'user':
             if self._user is None:
                 if '@' in self._jid:
                     self._user = self._jid.split('@', 1)[0]
                 else:
                     self._user = self._user
-            return self._user
+            return self._user or ""
         elif name in ('server', 'domain'):
             if self._domain is None:
                 self._domain = self._jid.split('@', 1)[-1].split('/', 1)[0]
-            return self._domain
+            return self._domain or ""
         elif name == 'full':
-            return self._jid
+            return self._jid or ""
         elif name == 'bare':
             if self._bare is None:
                 self._bare = self._jid.split('/', 1)[0]
-            return self._bare
+            return self._bare or ""
 
     def __setattr__(self, name, value):
         """
diff --git a/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/stanzabase.py b/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/stanzabase.py
index 3223901..7458f3c 100644
--- a/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/stanzabase.py
+++ b/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/stanzabase.py
@@ -362,7 +362,10 @@ class ElementBase(object):
             self.idx = 0
             return self
 
-    def __bool__(self):
+    def __bool__(self): #python 3.x
+            return True
+    
+    def __nonzero__(self): #python 2.x
             return True
 
     def __next__(self):