diff --git a/modules/ve2/dm/nodes/ve.dm.DefinitionListItemNode.js b/modules/ve2/dm/nodes/ve.dm.DefinitionListItemNode.js
index 5bcc9f5a24..b2705c5555 100644
--- a/modules/ve2/dm/nodes/ve.dm.DefinitionListItemNode.js
+++ b/modules/ve2/dm/nodes/ve.dm.DefinitionListItemNode.js
@@ -37,12 +37,18 @@ ve.dm.DefinitionListItemNode.rules = {
  * @member
  */
 ve.dm.DefinitionListItemNode.converters = {
-	'tags': 'dl',
+	'tags': ['dt', 'dd'],
 	'toHtml': function( type, element ) {
-		return ve.dm.createHtmlElement( 'dl' );
+		return element.attributes && ( {
+			'term': ve.dm.createHtmlElement( 'dt' ),
+			'definition': ve.dm.createHtmlElement( 'dd' )
+		} )[element.attributes['style']];
 	},
 	'toData': function( tag, element ) {
-		return { 'type': 'definitionList' };
+		return ( {
+			'dt': { 'type': 'definitionListItem', 'attributes': { 'style': 'term' } },
+			'dd': { 'type': 'definitionListItem', 'attributes': { 'style': 'definition' } }
+		} )[tag];
 	}
 };
 
diff --git a/modules/ve2/dm/nodes/ve.dm.DefinitionListNode.js b/modules/ve2/dm/nodes/ve.dm.DefinitionListNode.js
index 047c47aa91..bde0e2cea9 100644
--- a/modules/ve2/dm/nodes/ve.dm.DefinitionListNode.js
+++ b/modules/ve2/dm/nodes/ve.dm.DefinitionListNode.js
@@ -37,18 +37,12 @@ ve.dm.DefinitionListNode.rules = {
  * @member
  */
 ve.dm.DefinitionListNode.converters = {
-	'tags': ['dt', 'dd'],
+	'tags': 'dl',
 	'toHtml': function( type, element ) {
-		return element.attributes && ( {
-			'term': ve.dm.createHtmlElement( 'dt' ),
-			'definition': ve.dm.createHtmlElement( 'dd' )
-		} )[element.attributes['style']];
+		return ve.dm.createHtmlElement( 'dl' );
 	},
 	'toData': function( tag, element ) {
-		return ( {
-			'dt': { 'type': 'definitionList', 'attributes': { 'style': 'term' } },
-			'dd': { 'type': 'definitionList', 'attributes': { 'style': 'definition' } }
-		} )[tag];
+		return { 'type': 'definitionList' };
 	}
 };
 
diff --git a/modules/ve2/dm/ve.dm.Converter.js b/modules/ve2/dm/ve.dm.Converter.js
index 0440ed2d7f..f93d2789d8 100644
--- a/modules/ve2/dm/ve.dm.Converter.js
+++ b/modules/ve2/dm/ve.dm.Converter.js
@@ -78,6 +78,79 @@ ve.dm.Converter.prototype.onAnnotationRegister = function( type, constructor ) {
 	}
 };
 
+/**
+ * ...
+ *
+ * @method
+ */
+ve.dm.Converter.prototype.getHtmlElementFromDataElement = function( dataElement ) {
+	var type = dataElement.type,
+		htmlElement = this.elements.toHtml[type]( type, dataElement ),
+		attributes = dataElement.attributes;
+	// Add 'html/*' attributes directly sans 'html/', others get packaged in the 'data-mw' attribute
+	if ( attributes ) {
+		var dataMw = {},
+			key,
+			value;
+		for ( key in dataElement.attributes ) {
+			value = dataElement.attributes[key];
+			if ( key.indexOf( 'html/' ) === 0 ) {
+				htmlElement.setAttribute( key.substr( 5 ), value );
+			} else if ( key.indexOf( 'mw/' ) === 0 ) {
+				dataMw[key] = value;
+			}
+			// Other attributes should have already been handled by the node's toHtml converter
+		}
+		for ( key in dataMw ) {
+			htmlElement.setAttribute( 'data-mw', JSON.stringify( dataMw ) );
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	return htmlElement;
+};
+
+/**
+ * ...
+ *
+ * @method
+ */
+ve.dm.Converter.prototype.getHtmlContentFromDataContent = function( dataContent ) {
+	//
+};
+
+/**
+ * ...
+ *
+ * @method
+ */
+ve.dm.Converter.prototype.getDataElementFromHtmlElement = function( htmlElement ) {
+	var type = htmlElement.nodeName.toLowerCase(),
+		dataElement = this.elements.toData[type]( type, htmlElement );
+	// Add 'data-mw' attributes to the 'mw/' namespace, others get added under 'html/'
+	for ( var i = 0; i < htmlElement.attributes.length; i++ ) {
+		dataElement.attributes = {};
+		var attribute = htmlElement.attributes[i];
+		if ( attribute.name.toLowerCase() === 'data-mw' ) {
+			var dataMw = JSON.parse( attribute.value );
+			for ( var key in dataMw ) {
+				dataElement.attributes['mw/' + key] = dataMw[key];
+			}
+		} else {
+			dataElement.attributes['html/' + attribute.name] = attribute.value;
+		}
+	}
+	return dataElement;
+};
+
+/**
+ * ...
+ *
+ * @method
+ */
+ve.dm.Converter.prototype.getDataContentFromHtmlContent = function( htmlContent ) {
+	//
+};
+
 /* Initialization */
 
 ve.dm.converter = new ve.dm.Converter( ve.dm.nodeFactory, ve.dm.annotationFactory );
diff --git a/tests/ve2/dm/ve.dm.Converter.test.js b/tests/ve2/dm/ve.dm.Converter.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..22070c1240
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ve2/dm/ve.dm.Converter.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+module( 've.dm.Converter' );
+
+/* Tests */
+
+test( 'getDataElementFromHtmlElement', function() {
+	for ( var msg in ve.dm.example.conversions ) {
+		var conversion = ve.dm.example.conversions[msg];
+		deepEqual(
+			ve.dm.converter.getDataElementFromHtmlElement( conversion.htmlElement ),
+			conversion.dataElement,
+			msg
+		);
+	}
+} );
+
+test( 'getHtmlElementFromDataElement', function() {
+	for ( var msg in ve.dm.example.conversions ) {
+		var conversion = ve.dm.example.conversions[msg];
+		deepEqual(
+			ve.example.getHtmlElementSummary(
+				ve.dm.converter.getHtmlElementFromDataElement( conversion.dataElement )
+			),
+			ve.example.getHtmlElementSummary( conversion.htmlElement ),
+			msg
+		);
+	}
+} );
diff --git a/tests/ve2/dm/ve.dm.example.js b/tests/ve2/dm/ve.dm.example.js
index e83f2a14f5..7b3e2e9a4b 100644
--- a/tests/ve2/dm/ve.dm.example.js
+++ b/tests/ve2/dm/ve.dm.example.js
@@ -411,3 +411,86 @@ ve.dm.example.getOffsetMap = function( root ) {
 		lookup( root ) // 59 - document
 	];
 };
+
+ve.dm.example.conversions = {
+	'definitionListItem term': {
+		'htmlElement': ve.dm.createHtmlElement( 'dt' ),
+		'dataElement': { 'type': 'definitionListItem', 'attributes': { 'style': 'term' } }
+	},
+	'definitionListItem definition': {
+		'htmlElement': ve.dm.createHtmlElement( 'dd' ),
+		'dataElement': { 'type': 'definitionListItem', 'attributes': { 'style': 'definition' } }
+	},
+	'definitionList definition': {
+		'htmlElement': ve.dm.createHtmlElement( 'dl' ),
+		'dataElement': { 'type': 'definitionList' }
+	},
+	'heading level 1': {
+		'htmlElement': ve.dm.createHtmlElement( 'h1' ),
+		'dataElement': { 'type': 'heading', 'attributes': { 'level': 1 } }
+	},
+	'heading level 2': {
+		'htmlElement': ve.dm.createHtmlElement( 'h2' ),
+		'dataElement': { 'type': 'heading', 'attributes': { 'level': 2 } }
+	},
+	'heading level 3': {
+		'htmlElement': ve.dm.createHtmlElement( 'h3' ),
+		'dataElement': { 'type': 'heading', 'attributes': { 'level': 3 } }
+	},
+	'heading level 4': {
+		'htmlElement': ve.dm.createHtmlElement( 'h4' ),
+		'dataElement': { 'type': 'heading', 'attributes': { 'level': 4 } }
+	},
+	'heading level 5': {
+		'htmlElement': ve.dm.createHtmlElement( 'h5' ),
+		'dataElement': { 'type': 'heading', 'attributes': { 'level': 5 } }
+	},
+	'heading level 6': {
+		'htmlElement': ve.dm.createHtmlElement( 'h6' ),
+		'dataElement': { 'type': 'heading', 'attributes': { 'level': 6 } }
+	},
+	'image': {
+		'htmlElement': ve.dm.createHtmlElement( 'image' ),
+		'dataElement': { 'type': 'image' }
+	},
+	'listItem': {
+		'htmlElement': ve.dm.createHtmlElement( 'li' ),
+		'dataElement': { 'type': 'listItem' }
+	},
+	'list bullet': {
+		'htmlElement': ve.dm.createHtmlElement( 'ul' ),
+		'dataElement': { 'type': 'list', 'attributes': { 'style': 'bullet' } }
+	},
+	'list number': {
+		'htmlElement': ve.dm.createHtmlElement( 'ol' ),
+		'dataElement': { 'type': 'list', 'attributes': { 'style': 'number' } }
+	},
+	'paragraph': {
+		'htmlElement': ve.dm.createHtmlElement( 'p' ),
+		'dataElement': { 'type': 'paragraph' }
+	},
+	'preformatted': {
+		'htmlElement': ve.dm.createHtmlElement( 'pre' ),
+		'dataElement': { 'type': 'preformatted' }
+	},
+	'tableCell': {
+		'htmlElement': ve.dm.createHtmlElement( 'td' ),
+		'dataElement': { 'type': 'tableCell' }
+	},
+	'table': {
+		'htmlElement': ve.dm.createHtmlElement( 'table' ),
+		'dataElement': { 'type': 'table' }
+	},
+	'tableRow': {
+		'htmlElement': ve.dm.createHtmlElement( 'tr' ),
+		'dataElement': { 'type': 'tableRow' }
+	},
+	'paragraph with mw-data attribute': {
+		'htmlElement': ve.dm.createHtmlElement( 'p', { 'data-mw': '{"test":1234}' } ),
+		'dataElement': { 'type': 'paragraph', 'attributes': { 'mw/test': 1234 } }
+	},
+	'paragraph with html attributes': {
+		'htmlElement': ve.dm.createHtmlElement( 'p', { 'style': 'color:blue' } ),
+		'dataElement': { 'type': 'paragraph', 'attributes': { 'html/style': 'color:blue' } }
+	}
+};
diff --git a/tests/ve2/index.html b/tests/ve2/index.html
index 8aa9cff53e..a5a757721c 100644
--- a/tests/ve2/index.html
+++ b/tests/ve2/index.html
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@
 		<script src="dm/ve.dm.NodeFactory.test.js"></script>
 		<script src="dm/ve.dm.Node.test.js"></script>
 
+		<script src="dm/ve.dm.Converter.test.js"></script>
 		<script src="dm/ve.dm.BranchNode.test.js"></script>
 		<script src="dm/ve.dm.LeafNode.test.js"></script>
 		<script src="dm/ve.dm.TextNode.test.js"></script>
diff --git a/tests/ve2/ve.example.js b/tests/ve2/ve.example.js
index 110fa46e0a..6d4c903537 100644
--- a/tests/ve2/ve.example.js
+++ b/tests/ve2/ve.example.js
@@ -282,6 +282,24 @@ ve.example.getNodeSelectionSummary = function( selection ) {
 	return summary;
 };
 
+/**
+ * Builds a summary of an HTML element.
+ *
+ * Generated summaries contain...
+ *
+ * @method
+ * @param {HTMLElement} element Element to summarize
+ * @returns {Object} Summary of element
+ */
+ve.example.getHtmlElementSummary = function( element ) {
+	var $element = $( element );
+	return {
+		'type': element.nodeName.toLowerCase(),
+		'text': $element.text(),
+		'html': $element.html()
+	};
+};
+
 /**
  * Looks up a value in a node tree.
  *