diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Feature/MetaCarta.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Feature/MetaCarta.js
index dcfdfba0a7..3b5246f766 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Feature/MetaCarta.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Feature/MetaCarta.js
@@ -31,25 +31,25 @@ OpenLayers.Feature.MetaCarta.prototype= {
     initialize: function(fNode) {
         this.listeners = new Object();
 
-        var docpt = OpenLayers.getNodes(fNode, "docpoint")[0];
+        var docpt = OpenLayers.Util.getNodes(fNode, "docpoint")[0];
         this.fid =  docpt.getAttribute('fid');
         this.id = this.fid;
     
-        var node = OpenLayers.getNodes(docpt, "position")[0];
-        node = OpenLayers.getNodes(node, "gml:Point")[0];
+        var node = OpenLayers.Util.getNodes(docpt, "position")[0];
+        node = OpenLayers.Util.getNodes(node, "gml:Point")[0];
         this.srsName = node.getAttribute('srsName');
-        var temp = OpenLayers.getTagText(node, "gml:coordinates");
+        var temp = OpenLayers.Util.getTagText(node, "gml:coordinates");
         this._latlon = ol.LatLon.fromString(temp);
         
-        this.title = OpenLayers.getTagText(docpt, "title");
-        this.location = OpenLayers.getTagText(docpt, "locationName");
-        this.docurl = OpenLayers.getTagText(docpt, "documentUrl");
-        this.extract = OpenLayers.getTagText(docpt, "extract");
-        this.geoExtract = OpenLayers.getTagText(docpt, "geoextract");
-        this.relevance = OpenLayers.getTagText(docpt, "relevance");
-        this.geoRelevance = OpenLayers.getTagText(docpt, "georelevance");
+        this.title = OpenLayers.Util.getTagText(docpt, "title");
+        this.location = OpenLayers.Util.getTagText(docpt, "locationName");
+        this.docurl = OpenLayers.Util.getTagText(docpt, "documentUrl");
+        this.extract = OpenLayers.Util.getTagText(docpt, "extract");
+        this.geoExtract = OpenLayers.Util.getTagText(docpt, "geoextract");
+        this.relevance = OpenLayers.Util.getTagText(docpt, "relevance");
+        this.geoRelevance = OpenLayers.Util.getTagText(docpt, "georelevance");
     
-        this.markerImage = OpenLayers.getTagText(docpt, "markerImage");
+        this.markerImage = OpenLayers.Util.getTagText(docpt, "markerImage");
         this.size = new ol.Size(20, 25); // TODO: Fix this hard coded value.
     },
 
@@ -158,65 +158,4 @@ OpenLayers.Feature.MetaCarta.prototype= {
     
 };
 
-/**
-* @param {Array} nodes
-* @param {str} tagName
-*
-* @return {Array}
-*/
-OpenLayers._getNodes=function(nodes, tagName) {
-    var retArray = new Array();
-    for (var i=0;i<nodes.length;i++) {
-        if (nodes[i].nodeName==tagName) {
-            retArray.push(nodes[i]);
-        }
-    }
-
-    return retArray;
-};
-
-/** These could/should be made namespace aware?
-*
-* @param {} p
-* @param {str} tagName
-*
-* @return {Array}
-*/
-OpenLayers.getNodes=function(p, tagName) {
-    var nodes = Try.these(
-        function () {
-            return OpenLayers._getNodes(p.documentElement.childNodes,
-                                            tagName);
-        },
-        function () {
-            return OpenLayers._getNodes(p.childNodes, tagName);
-        }
-    );
-    return nodes;
-};
-
-/**
-* @param {} parent
-* @param {str} item
-* @param {int} index
-*
-* @return {str}
-*/
-OpenLayers.getTagText = function (parent, item, index) {
-    var result = OpenLayers.getNodes(parent, item);
-    if (result && (result.length > 0))
-    {
-        if (!index) {
-            index=0;
-        }
-        if (result[index].childNodes.length > 1) {
-            return result.childNodes[1].nodeValue; 
-        }
-        else if (result[index].childNodes.length == 1) {
-            return result[index].firstChild.nodeValue; 
-        }
-    } else { 
-        return ""; 
-    }
-};
 
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Tile/WFS.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Tile/WFS.js
index 2605a84498..74b7491411 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Tile/WFS.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Tile/WFS.js
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ OpenLayers.Tile.WFS.prototype =
             doc = OpenLayers.parseXMLString(request.responseText);
         }
         
-        var resultFeatures = OpenLayers.getNodes(doc, "gml:featureMember");
+        var resultFeatures = OpenLayers.Util.getNodes(doc, "gml:featureMember");
 //        ol.Log.info(this.grid.name + " found " +
 //                     resultFeatures.length + " features");
             
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Util.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Util.js
index b54445d2d1..14d03a8207 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Util.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Util.js
@@ -684,3 +684,69 @@ OpenLayers.Util.applyDefaults = function (to, from) {
     }
     return to;
 };
+
+
+
+/** These could/should be made namespace aware?
+*
+* @param {} p
+* @param {str} tagName
+*
+* @return {Array}
+*/
+OpenLayers.Util.getNodes=function(p, tagName) {
+    var nodes = Try.these(
+        function () {
+            return OpenLayers.Util._getNodes(p.documentElement.childNodes,
+                                            tagName);
+        },
+        function () {
+            return OpenLayers.Util._getNodes(p.childNodes, tagName);
+        }
+    );
+    return nodes;
+};
+
+/**
+* @param {Array} nodes
+* @param {str} tagName
+*
+* @return {Array}
+*/
+OpenLayers.Util._getNodes=function(nodes, tagName) {
+    var retArray = new Array();
+    for (var i=0;i<nodes.length;i++) {
+        if (nodes[i].nodeName==tagName) {
+            retArray.push(nodes[i]);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return retArray;
+};
+
+
+
+/**
+* @param {} parent
+* @param {str} item
+* @param {int} index
+*
+* @return {str}
+*/
+OpenLayers.Util.getTagText = function (parent, item, index) {
+    var result = OpenLayers.getNodes(parent, item);
+    if (result && (result.length > 0))
+    {
+        if (!index) {
+            index=0;
+        }
+        if (result[index].childNodes.length > 1) {
+            return result.childNodes[1].nodeValue; 
+        }
+        else if (result[index].childNodes.length == 1) {
+            return result[index].firstChild.nodeValue; 
+        }
+    } else { 
+        return ""; 
+    }
+};
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