diff --git a/gsf/gsf-opendoc-utils.c b/gsf/gsf-opendoc-utils.c
index 2df4daa..7fc0698 100644
--- a/gsf/gsf-opendoc-utils.c
+++ b/gsf/gsf-opendoc-utils.c
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ static void
 od_meta_user_defined (GsfXMLIn *xin,  xmlChar const **attrs)
 {
 	GsfOOMetaIn *mi = (GsfOOMetaIn *)xin->user_state;
-	mi->typ = G_TYPE_STRING;
+	mi->typ = G_TYPE_NONE;
 	mi->name = NULL;
 
 	for (; attrs != NULL && attrs[0] && attrs[1] ; attrs += 2) {
@@ -261,13 +261,49 @@ od_meta_user_defined_end (GsfXMLIn *xin, G_GNUC_UNUSED GsfXMLBlob *blob)
 		GType t = mi->typ;
 		if (t == G_TYPE_NONE) t = G_TYPE_STRING;
 		if (gsf_xml_gvalue_from_str (res, t, xin->content->str)) {
+			if (g_str_has_prefix (mi->name, "GSF_DOCPROP_VECTOR:")) {
+				gchar *true_name = strchr (mi->name + 19, ':');
+				if (true_name != NULL && *(++true_name) != 0) {
+					GsfDocProp *prop = gsf_doc_meta_data_lookup 
+						(mi->md, true_name);
+					if (prop == NULL) {
+						GsfDocPropVector *vector = gsf_docprop_vector_new ();
+						GValue *val_vector = g_new0 (GValue, 1);
+						g_value_init (val_vector, GSF_DOCPROP_VECTOR_TYPE);
+						gsf_docprop_vector_append (vector, res);
+						g_value_set_object (val_vector, vector);
+						gsf_doc_meta_data_insert (mi->md, g_strdup (true_name),
+									  val_vector);
+						g_value_unset (res);
+						g_free (res);
+					} else {
+						GValue const *old = gsf_doc_prop_get_val (prop);
+						if (G_VALUE_HOLDS (old, GSF_DOCPROP_VECTOR_TYPE)) {
+							GValue *new = g_new0 (GValue, 1);
+							GValueArray *vector;
+							g_value_init (new, GSF_DOCPROP_VECTOR_TYPE);
+							g_value_copy (old, new);
+							vector = gsf_value_get_docprop_varray (new);
+							g_value_array_append (vector, res);
+							gsf_doc_prop_set_val (prop, new);
+						} else 
+							g_printerr (_("Property \"%s\" used for "
+								      "multiple types!"), true_name);
+						g_value_unset (res);
+						g_free (res);						
+					}
+				
+					g_free (mi->name);
+					mi->name = NULL;
+					return;
+				}
+			}
 			gsf_doc_meta_data_insert (mi->md, mi->name, res);
-			mi->name = NULL;
 		} else {
 			g_free (res);
 			g_free (mi->name);
-			mi->name = NULL;
 		}
+		mi->name = NULL;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -482,6 +518,53 @@ meta:object-count
 #endif
 
 static void
+meta_write_props_user_defined (char const *prop_name, GValue const *val, GsfXMLOut *output)
+{
+	GType t;
+	char const *type_name = NULL;
+	
+	gsf_xml_out_start_element (output, "meta:user-defined");
+	gsf_xml_out_add_cstr (output, "meta:name", prop_name);
+	
+	if (NULL == val) {
+			gsf_xml_out_end_element (output);
+			return;
+	}
+	
+	t = G_VALUE_TYPE (val);
+	switch (t) {
+	case G_TYPE_CHAR:
+	case G_TYPE_UCHAR:
+	case G_TYPE_STRING:
+	case G_TYPE_ENUM:
+	case G_TYPE_FLAGS:
+		type_name = "string";
+		break;
+	case G_TYPE_BOOLEAN:
+		type_name = "boolean";
+		break;
+	case G_TYPE_INT:
+	case G_TYPE_UINT:
+	case G_TYPE_LONG:
+	case G_TYPE_ULONG:
+	case G_TYPE_FLOAT:
+	case G_TYPE_DOUBLE:
+		type_name = "float";
+		break;
+		
+	default:
+		if (GSF_TIMESTAMP_TYPE == t)
+			type_name = "date";
+	}
+	if (NULL != type_name)
+		gsf_xml_out_add_cstr (output, "meta:value-type", type_name);
+	if (NULL != val)
+		gsf_xml_out_add_gvalue (output, NULL, val);
+	gsf_xml_out_end_element (output);
+}
+
+
+static void
 meta_write_props (char const *prop_name, GsfDocProp *prop, GsfXMLOut *output)
 {
 	char const *mapped_name;
@@ -516,46 +599,27 @@ meta_write_props (char const *prop_name, GsfDocProp *prop, GsfXMLOut *output)
 	}
 
 	if (NULL == (mapped_name = od_map_prop_name (prop_name))) {
-		GType t;
-		char const *type_name = NULL;
-
-		gsf_xml_out_start_element (output, "meta:user-defined");
-		gsf_xml_out_add_cstr (output, "meta:name", prop_name);
-
-		if (NULL == val) {
-			gsf_xml_out_end_element (output);
-			return;
-		}
+		if (GSF_DOCPROP_VECTOR_TYPE == G_VALUE_TYPE (val)) {
+			GValueArray	 *vector = gsf_value_get_docprop_varray	(val);
+			guint		  i;
+			guint		  num_values = vector->n_values;
+
+			for (i = 0; i < num_values; i++) {
+				GValue	*v;
+				char    *new_name = g_strdup_printf 
+					("GSF_DOCPROP_VECTOR:%i:%s", i, prop_name);
+				
+				v = g_value_array_get_nth (vector, i);
+				meta_write_props_user_defined (new_name, v, output);
+				g_free (new_name);
+			}
+		} else
+			meta_write_props_user_defined (prop_name, val, output);
+		return;
+	}
 
-		t = G_VALUE_TYPE (val);
-		switch (t) {
-		case G_TYPE_CHAR:
-		case G_TYPE_UCHAR:
-		case G_TYPE_STRING:
-		case G_TYPE_ENUM:
-		case G_TYPE_FLAGS:
-			type_name = "string";
-			break;
-		case G_TYPE_BOOLEAN:
-			type_name = "boolean";
-			break;
-		case G_TYPE_INT:
-		case G_TYPE_UINT:
-		case G_TYPE_LONG:
-		case G_TYPE_ULONG:
-		case G_TYPE_FLOAT:
-		case G_TYPE_DOUBLE:
-			type_name = "float";
-			break;
-
-		default:
-			if (GSF_TIMESTAMP_TYPE == t)
-				type_name = "date";
-		}
-		if (NULL != type_name)
-			gsf_xml_out_add_cstr (output, "meta:value-type", type_name);
-	} else
-		gsf_xml_out_start_element (output, mapped_name);
+	/* Standardized  ODF meta items*/
+	gsf_xml_out_start_element (output, mapped_name);
 	if (NULL != val)
 		gsf_xml_out_add_gvalue (output, NULL, val);
 	gsf_xml_out_end_element (output);
