diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WCSCapabilities.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WCSCapabilities.js
index ae034a5227..082805602c 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WCSCapabilities.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WCSCapabilities.js
@@ -22,14 +22,6 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WCSCapabilities = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML.Versi
      */
     defaultVersion: "1.1.0",
  
-    /**
-     * APIProperty: errorProperty
-     * {String} Which property of the returned object to check for in order to
-     * determine whether or not parsing has failed. In the case that the
-     * errorProperty is undefined on the returned object, the document will be
-     * run through an OGCExceptionReport parser.
-     */
-    errorProperty: "service",
 
     /**
      * Constructor: OpenLayers.Format.WCSCapabilities
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WCSCapabilities/v1_0_0.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WCSCapabilities/v1_0_0.js
index e68b004a74..ca0799ac79 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WCSCapabilities/v1_0_0.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WCSCapabilities/v1_0_0.js
@@ -38,6 +38,16 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WCSCapabilities.v1_0_0 = OpenLayers.Class(
         ows: "http://www.opengis.net/ows"
     },
 
+    /**
+     * APIProperty: errorProperty
+     * {String} Which property of the returned object to check for in order to
+     * determine whether or not parsing has failed. In the case that the
+     * errorProperty is undefined on the returned object, the document will be
+     * run through an OGCExceptionReport parser.
+     */
+    errorProperty: "service",
+    
+
     /**
      * Property: readers
      * Contains public functions, grouped by namespace prefix, that will
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WCSCapabilities/v1_1_0.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WCSCapabilities/v1_1_0.js
index b991bca48e..7e2061afcb 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WCSCapabilities/v1_1_0.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WCSCapabilities/v1_1_0.js
@@ -30,6 +30,15 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WCSCapabilities.v1_1_0 = OpenLayers.Class(
         ows: "http://www.opengis.net/ows/1.1"
     },
 
+    /**
+     * APIProperty: errorProperty
+     * {String} Which property of the returned object to check for in order to
+     * determine whether or not parsing has failed. In the case that the
+     * errorProperty is undefined on the returned object, the document will be
+     * run through an OGCExceptionReport parser.
+     */
+    errorProperty: "operationsMetadata",
+
 
     /**
      * Constructor: OpenLayers.Format.WCSCapabilities.v1_1_0
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFSCapabilities.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFSCapabilities.js
index ec82ae984b..ba4598645b 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFSCapabilities.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFSCapabilities.js
@@ -21,15 +21,6 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WFSCapabilities = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML.Versi
      * {String} Version number to assume if none found.  Default is "1.1.0".
      */
     defaultVersion: "1.1.0",
- 
-    /**
-     * APIProperty: errorProperty
-     * {String} Which property of the returned object to check for in order to
-     * determine whether or not parsing has failed. In the case that the
-     * errorProperty is undefined on the returned object, the document will be
-     * run through an OGCExceptionReport parser.
-     */
-    errorProperty: "featureTypeList",
 
     /**
      * Constructor: OpenLayers.Format.WFSCapabilities
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFSCapabilities/v1.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFSCapabilities/v1.js
index bd52c61cea..65a5faa8a0 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFSCapabilities/v1.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFSCapabilities/v1.js
@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WFSCapabilities.v1 = OpenLayers.Class(
         ows: "http://www.opengis.net/ows"
     },
 
+
+    /**
+     * APIProperty: errorProperty
+     * {String} Which property of the returned object to check for in order to
+     * determine whether or not parsing has failed. In the case that the
+     * errorProperty is undefined on the returned object, the document will be
+     * run through an OGCExceptionReport parser.
+     */
+    errorProperty: "featureTypeList",
+
     /**
      * Property: defaultPrefix
      */
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/XML/VersionedOGC.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/XML/VersionedOGC.js
index 4aceee6988..c2cb97471b 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/XML/VersionedOGC.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/XML/VersionedOGC.js
@@ -45,14 +45,6 @@ OpenLayers.Format.XML.VersionedOGC = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML, {
      */
     allowFallback: false,
 
-    /**
-     * APIProperty: errorProperty
-     * {String} Which property of the returned object to check for in order to
-     * determine whether or not parsing has failed. In the case that the
-     * errorProperty is undefined on the returned object, the document will be
-     * run through an OGCExceptionReport parser.
-     */
-    errorProperty: null,
 
     /**
      * Property: name
@@ -193,9 +185,13 @@ OpenLayers.Format.XML.VersionedOGC = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML, {
         }
         var root = data.documentElement;
         var version = this.getVersion(root);
-        this.parser = this.getParser(version);
-        var obj = this.parser.read(data, options);
-        if (this.errorProperty !== null && obj[this.errorProperty] === undefined) {
+        this.parser = this.getParser(version);          // Select the parser
+        var obj = this.parser.read(data, options);      // Parse the data
+
+        var errorProperty = this.parser.errorProperty || null;
+
+
+        if (errorProperty !== null && obj[errorProperty] === undefined) {
             // an error must have happened, so parse it and report back
             var format = new OpenLayers.Format.OGCExceptionReport();
             obj.error = format.read(data);
diff --git a/tests/Format/WCSCapabilities/v1.html b/tests/Format/WCSCapabilities/v1.html
index ac4096b335..646ca47f3e 100644
--- a/tests/Format/WCSCapabilities/v1.html
+++ b/tests/Format/WCSCapabilities/v1.html
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 
         var res = parser.read(text);
 
-        debugger;
 
         t.ok(!res.error, "Parsing XML generated no errors");
         t.eq(res.service.fees, "mucho dinero", "Service>Fees correctly parsed");
@@ -64,8 +63,6 @@
 
             
         res = parser.read(text);
-debugger;
-
 
         t.ok(!res.error, "Parsing XML generated no errors");
         // ft = res.featureTypeList.featureTypes;