diff --git a/resync/resource_container.py b/resync/resource_container.py
index 4cb5e2f..8e7d8b9 100644
--- a/resync/resource_container.py
+++ b/resync/resource_container.py
@@ -95,15 +95,22 @@ class ResourceContainer(object):
             link = link['href']
         return(link)
 
-    def link_set(self,rel,uri):
-        """Set/create link with specified rel, and set href to uri"""
+    def link_set(self,rel,href,**atts):
+        """Set/create link with specified rel, set href and any other attributes
+
+        Any link element must have both rel and href values, the specification
+        also defines the type attributes and others are permitted also
+        """
         link = self.link(rel)
         if (link is not None):
             # overwrite current value
-            link['href'] = uri
+            link['href'] = href
         else:
             # create new link
-            self.ln.append({'rel':rel,'href':uri})
+            link = {'rel':rel,'href':href}
+            self.ln.append(link)
+        for k in atts:
+            link[k] = atts[k]
 
     @property
     def description(self):
diff --git a/resync/test/test_examples_from_spec.py b/resync/test/test_examples_from_spec.py
index a36bd96..0a29aa2 100644
--- a/resync/test/test_examples_from_spec.py
+++ b/resync/test/test_examples_from_spec.py
@@ -133,15 +133,14 @@ class TestExamplesFromSpec(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_build_ex_2_7(self):
         """ A ResourceSync Description document """
         rsd = ResourceSyncDescription()
-        rsd.describedby='http://example.com/info-about-source.xml'
-        ## this is only example in spec with content-type on top-level ln
-        rsd.link('describedby')['type']='application/xml'
+        rsd.link_set( rel='describedby',
+                      href='http://example.com/info-about-source.xml',
+                      type='application/xml' )
         rsd.md_from=None
         r = Resource( uri='http://example.com/dataset1/capabilitylist.xml',
                       capability='capabilitylist' )
-        r.ln = []
-        r.ln.append({'rel':'describedby',
-                     'href':'http://example.com/info_about_set1_of_resources.xml'})
+        r.link_add( rel='describedby',
+                    href='http://example.com/info_about_set1_of_resources.xml' )
         rsd.add( r )
         ex_xml = self._open_ex('resourcesync_ex_2_7').read()
         self._assert_xml_equal( rsd.as_xml(), ex_xml )