diff --git a/test/harness/gs.js b/test/harness/gs.js
index 6916a1fd9c..0fad6625d3 100644
--- a/test/harness/gs.js
+++ b/test/harness/gs.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 //An exception is expected
 if (testDescrip.negative !== undefined) {
+    testDescrip.negative = testDescrip.negative !== "" ? testDescrip.negative : ".";
     if (window.iframeError === undefined) { //no exception was thrown
         testRun(testDescrip.id, testDescrip.path, testDescrip.description, testDescrip.code,
                 'fail', 
diff --git a/test/harness/helper.js b/test/harness/helper.js
index 709c4f155d..ba150c4327 100644
--- a/test/harness/helper.js
+++ b/test/harness/helper.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ function Presenter() {
         totalTests = 0;
 
     var progressBar;
-    TOCFILEPATH = "resources/scripts/global/ecma-262-toc.xml";
+    TOCFILEPATH = "metadata/ecma-262-toc.xml";
   //**INTERFACE****************************************************************
   /* Updates progress with the given test, which should have its results in it as well. */
     this.addTestResult = function(test) {
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ function Presenter() {
     }
   
   this.finished = function(elapsed) {
-        $('.button-start').attr('src', 'resources/images/start.png');
+        $('.button-start').attr('src', 'images/start.png');
         $('.button-start').fadeOut('fast');
         
         progressBar.find(".text").html("Testing complete!"); 
@@ -81,11 +81,11 @@ function Presenter() {
     }
   
   this.started = function () {
-        $('.button-start').attr('src', 'resources/images/pause.png');
+        $('.button-start').attr('src', 'images/pause.png');
     }
 
     this.paused = function () {
-        $('.button-start').attr('src', 'resources/images/resume.png');
+        $('.button-start').attr('src', 'images/resume.png');
     }
 
     this.reset = function() {
diff --git a/test/harness/sta.js b/test/harness/sta.js
index 97c971f01c..5e828c6809 100644
--- a/test/harness/sta.js
+++ b/test/harness/sta.js
@@ -285,31 +285,8 @@ var EarlyErrorRePat = "^((?!" + NotEarlyErrorString + ").)*$";
 var NotEarlyError = new Error(NotEarlyErrorString);
 
 //--Test case registration-----------------------------------------------------
-var ES5Harness = {};
-ES5Harness.registerTest = function (test) {
-    var error;
-    try {
-        if (test.strict!==undefined) {
-            var res = test.test();
-        } else {
-            var res = test.test.call(window);
-        }
-            
-    } catch (e) {
-        res = 'fail';
-        error = e;
-        if (!(e instanceof Error)) {
-            try {
-                error = Error(e.toString());
-            } catch (e2) {
-                error = Error("test262: unknown error in test case or ECMAScript implementation");
-            }
-        }
+function runTestCase(testcase) {
+    if (testcase() !== true) {
+        $ERROR("Test case returned non-true value!")
     }
-    //Sputnik and IE Test Center tests are a bit different in terms of return values.
-    //That is, IE Test Center will always return 'true' IFF the test passed. Sputnik
-    //test cases will return either 'true' or 'undefined' if they pass.
-    var retVal = /^s/i.test(test.id) ? (res === true || typeof res === 'undefined' ? 'pass' : 'fail') : (res === true ? 'pass' : 'fail');
-    testRun(test.id, test.path, test.description, test.test.toString(),
-            retVal, error);
 }
diff --git a/test/harness/sth.js b/test/harness/sth.js
index 50d6adabf3..f60ce57589 100644
--- a/test/harness/sth.js
+++ b/test/harness/sth.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ function BrowserRunner() {
         errorDetectorFileContents,
         simpleTestAPIContents,
         globalScopeContents,
-        harnessDir = "resources/scripts/global/";
+        harnessDir = "harness/";
 
     $.ajax({async: false, 
             dataType: "text", 
@@ -99,18 +99,19 @@ function BrowserRunner() {
 
     /* Run the test. */
     this.run = function (test, code) {
-        currentTest = { id: test.id,
-                        path: test.path,
-                        code: code,
-         }; // default test, in case it doesn't get registered.
-        
-        var isGlobalTest = GlobalScopeTests[test.path] !== undefined;
-        
+        currentTest = {};
+        for (var tempIndex in test) {
+            if (test.hasOwnProperty(tempIndex)) {
+                currentTest[tempIndex] = test[tempIndex];
+            }
+        }
+        currentTest.code = code;
+
         iframe = document.createElement("iframe");
-        iframe.setAttribute("id", "runnerIframe");        
+        iframe.setAttribute("id", "runnerIframe");
         //FireFox has a defect where it doesn't fire window.onerror for an iframe if the iframe
         //is invisible.
-        if (!isGlobalTest || !/firefox/i.test(navigator.userAgent)) {
+        if (!/firefox/i.test(navigator.userAgent)) {
             iframe.setAttribute("style", "display:none");
         }
         document.body.appendChild(iframe);
@@ -128,23 +129,23 @@ function BrowserRunner() {
             include;
         iwin.Test262Error = Test262Error;
         iwin.$ERROR = $ERROR;
-        iwin.$FAIL  = $FAIL;
-        iwin.$PRINT = function () {};
-        iwin.$INCLUDE = function() {};
+        iwin.$FAIL = $FAIL;
+        iwin.$PRINT = function () { };
+        iwin.$INCLUDE = function () { };
 
-        if(includes !== null) {
+        if (includes !== null) {
             // We have some includes, so loop through each include and
             // pull in the dependencies.
-            for(var i = 0; i < includes.length; i++) {
+            for (var i = 0; i < includes.length; i++) {
                 include = includes[i].replace(/.*\(('|")(.*)('|")\)/, "$2");
 
                 // First check to see if we have this script cached
                 // already, and if not, grab it.
-                if(typeof scriptCache[include] === "undefined") {
+                if (typeof scriptCache[include] === "undefined") {
                     $.ajax({
                         async: false,
-                        url: 'resources/scripts/global/' + include,
-                        success: function(s) { scriptCache[include] = s; }
+                        url: 'harness/' + include,
+                        success: function (s) { scriptCache[include] = s; }
                     });
                 }
 
@@ -159,42 +160,30 @@ function BrowserRunner() {
         idoc.writeln(simpleTestAPIContents);
         idoc.writeln("</script>");
 
-        //--Scenario 1: we're dealing with a global scope test case
-        if (isGlobalTest) {
-            iwin.iframeError = undefined;
-            iwin.onerror = undefined;
-            var testDescrip = GlobalScopeTests[test.path];
-            testDescrip.id = test.id;
-            testDescrip.path = test.path;
-            testDescrip.code = code;
-            iwin.testDescrip = testDescrip;
-                
-            //Add an error handler capable of catching so-called early errors
-            //idoc.writeln("<script type='text/javascript' src='harness/ed.js'>" + "</script>");
-            idoc.writeln("<script type='text/javascript'>");
-            idoc.writeln(errorDetectorFileContents);
-            idoc.writeln("</script>");
+        iwin.iframeError = undefined;
+        iwin.onerror = undefined;
+        iwin.testDescrip = currentTest;
 
-            //Run the code
-            idoc.writeln("<script type='text/javascript'>");
-            if (/opera/i.test(navigator.userAgent)) { //Opera doesn't support window.onerror
-                idoc.writeln("try {eval(\"" + this.convertForEval(code) + "\");} catch(e) {window.onerror(e.toString(), null, null);}");
-            } else {
-                idoc.writeln(code);
-            }
-            idoc.writeln("</script>");
-            
-            //Validate the results
-            //idoc.writeln("<script type='text/javascript' src='harness/gs.js' defer>" + "</script>");
-            idoc.writeln("<script type='text/javascript'>");
-            idoc.writeln(globalScopeContents);
-            idoc.writeln("</script>");
-        }
-        //--Scenario 2:  we're dealing with a normal positive(?) test case
-        else {
-            idoc.writeln("<script type='text/javascript'>" + code + "</script>");
-            idoc.writeln("<script type='text/javascript' defer>testFinished();" + "</script>");
+        //Add an error handler capable of catching so-called early errors
+        //idoc.writeln("<script type='text/javascript' src='harness/ed.js'>" + "</script>");
+        idoc.writeln("<script type='text/javascript'>");
+        idoc.writeln(errorDetectorFileContents);
+        idoc.writeln("</script>");
+
+        //Run the code
+        idoc.writeln("<script type='text/javascript'>");
+        if (/opera/i.test(navigator.userAgent)) { //Opera doesn't support window.onerror
+            idoc.writeln("try {eval(\"" + this.convertForEval(code) + "\");} catch(e) {window.onerror(e.toString(), null, null);}");
+        } else {
+            idoc.writeln(code);
         }
+        idoc.writeln("</script>");
+
+        //Validate the results
+        //idoc.writeln("<script type='text/javascript' src='harness/gs.js' defer>" + "</script>");
+        idoc.writeln("<script type='text/javascript'>");
+        idoc.writeln(globalScopeContents);
+        idoc.writeln("</script>");
         idoc.close();
     }
     
@@ -278,7 +267,7 @@ function TestLoader() {
         }});
     }
 
-    this.getIdFromPath = function(path) {
+    function getIdFromPath (path) {
         //path is of the form "a/b/c.js"
         
         var id = path.split("/");
@@ -302,7 +291,7 @@ function TestLoader() {
             // We have tests left in this test group.
             var test = testGroups[testGroupIndex].tests[currentTestIndex++];
             var scriptCode = test.code;
-            scriptCode.id = getIdFromPath(test.path);
+            test.id = getIdFromPath(test.path);
             //var scriptCode = (test.firstChild.text != undefined) ?
             //    test.firstChild.text : test.firstChild.textContent;
 
diff --git a/tools/packaging/TestCasePackagerConfig.py b/tools/packaging/TestCasePackagerConfig.py
index e92f27b933..64210f794c 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/TestCasePackagerConfig.py
+++ b/tools/packaging/TestCasePackagerConfig.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def generateHarness(harnessType, jsonName, title):
     with open(fileName, "w") as f:
         for line in TEMPLATE_LINES:
             if "var TEST_LIST_PATH =" in line:
-                f.write("    var TEST_LIST_PATH = \"resources/scripts/testcases/" + jsonName + "\";" + os.linesep)
+                f.write("    var TEST_LIST_PATH = \"json/" + jsonName + "\";" + os.linesep)
             #elif "ECMAScript 5" in line:
             #    f.write(line.replace("ECMAScript 5", "ECMAScript 5: %s" % title))
             else:
diff --git a/tools/packaging/common.py b/tools/packaging/common.py
index ba4ffba5dd..568744e9f4 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/common.py
+++ b/tools/packaging/common.py
@@ -1,13 +1,42 @@
 #--Imports---------------------------------------------------------------------
+import re
 
 #--Stubs-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 
 #--Globals---------------------------------------------------------------------
-
+captureCommentPattern = re.compile(r"\/\*\*?((?:\s|\S)*?)\*\/\s*\n")
+atattrs = re.compile(r"\s*\n\s*\*\s*@")
+stars = re.compile(r"\s*\n\s*\*\s?")
 
 #--Helpers--------------------------------------------------------------------#
+def stripStars(text):
+    return stars.sub('\n', text).strip()
 
+def convertDocString(docString):
+    envelope = {}
+    temp = captureCommentPattern.findall(docString)[0]
+    propTexts = atattrs.split(temp)
+    envelope['commentary'] = stripStars(propTexts[0])
+    del propTexts[0]
+
+    for propText in propTexts:
+        # TODO: error check for mismatch
+        propName = re.match(r"^\w+", propText).group(0)
+        propVal = propText[len(propName):]
+
+        # Just till last one-time conversion
+        # strip optional initial colon or final semicolon.
+        # The initial colon is only stripped if it comes immediately
+        # after the identifier with no intervening whitespace.
+        propVal = re.sub(r"^:\s*", '', propVal, 1)
+        propVal = re.sub(r";\s*$", '', propVal, 1)
+        propVal = stripStars(propVal)
+        
+        if propName in envelope:
+            raise Exception('duplicate: ' + propName)
+        envelope[propName] = propVal;
+    return envelope
 
 #--MAIN------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/tools/packaging/packager.py b/tools/packaging/packager.py
index f1ee23e5f4..c61d66820c 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/packager.py
+++ b/tools/packaging/packager.py
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ import re
 import json
 import stat
 
+from common import convertDocString
+
 #--Stubs-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 def generateHarness(harnessType, jsonFile, description):
     pass
@@ -144,7 +146,8 @@ def isTestStarted(line):
     or Sputnik tests.
     '''
     global IS_MULTILINE_COMMENT
-
+    #TODO
+    return True
     if IS_MULTILINE_COMMENT and ("*/" in line): #End of a newline comment
         IS_MULTILINE_COMMENT = False
         return False
@@ -180,7 +183,6 @@ for temp in TEST_CONTRIB_DIRS:
     else:
         for tempSubdir in os.listdir(temp): 
             TEST_SUITE_SECTIONS.append(os.path.join(temp, tempSubdir))
-        
 
 for chapter in TEST_SUITE_SECTIONS:
     chapterName = chapter.rsplit(os.path.sep, 1)[1]
@@ -205,7 +207,8 @@ for chapter in TEST_SUITE_SECTIONS:
             if EXCLUDE_LIST.count(testName)==0:
                 # dictionary for each test
                 testDict = {}
-                testDict["id"] = testName
+                #TODO
+                #testDict["id"] = testName
                 testDict["path"] = testPath.replace("/ietestcenter", "").replace("/sputnik_converted", "")
                 
                 tempFile = open(test, "r")
@@ -233,6 +236,13 @@ for chapter in TEST_SUITE_SECTIONS:
                 testDict["code"] = scriptCodeContent 
                 #now close the dictionary for the test
 
+                #now get the metadata added.
+                tempDict = convertDocString("".join(scriptCode))
+                for tempKey in tempDict.keys():
+                    #TODO - is this check really necessary?
+                    if not (tempKey in ["path"]):
+                        testDict[tempKey] = tempDict[tempKey]
+
                 #this adds the test to our tests array
                 tests.append(testDict)
                 testCount += 1