diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5c7d1c0..f6b216a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
 
-set( GRIVE_VERSION "0.0.4" )
+set( GRIVE_VERSION "0.0.5-pre" )
 
 add_subdirectory( libgrive )
 add_subdirectory( grive )
diff --git a/libgrive/CMakeLists.txt b/libgrive/CMakeLists.txt
index 58cc885..71903d2 100644
--- a/libgrive/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libgrive/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ target_link_libraries( grive
 )
 
 set_target_properties(grive PROPERTIES
-    SOVERSION 0 VERSION 0.0.4
+    SOVERSION 0 VERSION ${GRIVE_VERSION}
 )
 
 install(TARGETS grive LIBRARY DESTINATION lib)
diff --git a/libgrive/src/xml/Node.cc b/libgrive/src/xml/Node.cc
index eb32efb..082cf2a 100644
--- a/libgrive/src/xml/Node.cc
+++ b/libgrive/src/xml/Node.cc
@@ -177,6 +177,38 @@ private :
 	ImplVec			m_children ;
 } ;
 
+Node::iterator::iterator( ImplVec::iterator it ) : m_it( it )
+{
+}
+
+Node::iterator::value_type Node::iterator::operator*() const
+{
+	return Node( *m_it ) ;
+}
+
+Node::iterator Node::iterator::operator++()
+{
+	m_it++ ;
+	return *this ;
+}
+
+Node::iterator Node::iterator::operator++(int)
+{
+	iterator tmp( *this ) ;
+	++tmp ;
+	return tmp ;
+}
+
+bool Node::iterator::operator==( const iterator& i ) const
+{
+	return m_it == i.m_it ;
+}
+
+bool Node::iterator::operator!=( const iterator& i ) const
+{
+	return m_it != i.m_it ;
+}
+
 Node::Node() : m_ptr( new Impl )
 {
 }
@@ -322,4 +354,15 @@ std::ostream& operator<<( std::ostream& os, const Node& node )
 	return os ;
 }
 
+Node::iterator Node::begin()
+{
+	return iterator( m_ptr->Begin() ) ;
+}
+
+Node::iterator Node::end()
+{
+	return iterator( m_ptr->End() ) ;
+}
+
+
 } } // end namespace
diff --git a/libgrive/src/xml/Node.hh b/libgrive/src/xml/Node.hh
index a3dd538..64c4fec 100644
--- a/libgrive/src/xml/Node.hh
+++ b/libgrive/src/xml/Node.hh
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ public :
 	// TODO: implement iterator begin/end functions instead
 	std::vector<Node> Attr() const ;
 	
+	iterator begin() ;
+	iterator end() ;
+	
 private :
 	class	Impl ;
 	typedef std::vector<Impl*>	ImplVec ;
@@ -71,15 +74,19 @@ public :
 	class iterator
 	{
 	public :
-		iterator( ImplVec::iterator *impl ) ;
+		explicit iterator( std::vector< gr::xml::Node::Impl* >::iterator it ) ;
 	
 		typedef Node value_type ;
 		
 		value_type operator*() const ;
-// 		value_type operator*() const ;
+		iterator operator++() ;
+		iterator operator++(int) ;
+		
+		bool operator==( const iterator& i ) const ;
+		bool operator!=( const iterator& i ) const ;
 	
 	private :
-		ImplVec::iterator	*m_node ;
+		ImplVec::iterator	m_it ;
 	} ;
 	
 
diff --git a/libgrive/test/xml/NodeTest.cc b/libgrive/test/xml/NodeTest.cc
index dfcbbd3..0f36ad1 100644
--- a/libgrive/test/xml/NodeTest.cc
+++ b/libgrive/test/xml/NodeTest.cc
@@ -61,6 +61,15 @@ void NodeTest::TestParseFile( )
 	CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL( std::string("q"), n["entry"]["link"]["@href"].Value() ) ;
 	CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL( Node::element, n["entry"]["link"]["href"].GetType() ) ;
 	CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL( std::string("abc"), n["entry"]["link"]["href"].Value() ) ;
+/*	
+	Node el = n["entry"]["link"] ;
+	Node::iterator i = el.begin() ;
+	while ( i != el.end() )
+	{
+		CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL( std::string("href"), (*i).Name() ) ;
+		++i ;
+	}
+*/
 }
 
 } // end of namespace grut