diff --git a/core/modules/deserializers.js b/core/modules/deserializers.js
index d11db4831..76a8e8d6f 100644
--- a/core/modules/deserializers.js
+++ b/core/modules/deserializers.js
@@ -24,4 +24,104 @@ exports["text/html"] = function(text,fields) {
 	return [fields];
 };
 
+/*
+Utility function to parse an old-style tiddler DIV. It looks like this:
+
+<div title="Title" creator="JoeBloggs" modifier="JoeBloggs" created="201102111106" modified="201102111310" tags="myTag [[my long tag]]">
+<pre>The text of the tiddler (without the expected HTML encoding).
+</pre>
+</div>
+
+Note that the field attributes are HTML encoded, but that the body of the <PRE> tag is not.
+*/
+var parseTiddlerDiv = function(text,fields) {
+	var result = {};
+	if(fields) {
+		for(var t in fields) {
+			result[t] = fields[t];		
+		}
+	}
+	var divRegExp = /^\s*<div\s+([^>]*)>((?:.|\n)*)<\/div>\s*$/gi,
+		subDivRegExp = /^\s*<pre>((?:.|\n)*)<\/pre>\s*$/gi,
+		attrRegExp = /\s*([^=\s]+)\s*=\s*"([^"]*)"/gi,
+		match = divRegExp.exec(text);
+	if(match) {
+		var subMatch = subDivRegExp.exec(match[2]); // Body of the <DIV> tag
+		if(subMatch) {
+			result.text = subMatch[1];
+		} else {
+			result.text = match[2]; 
+		}
+		var attrMatch;
+		do {
+			attrMatch = attrRegExp.exec(match[1]);
+			if(attrMatch) {
+				var name = attrMatch[1];
+				var value = attrMatch[2];
+				result[name] = value;
+			}
+		} while(attrMatch);
+	}
+	return result;	
+};
+
+exports["application/x-tiddler-html-div"] = function(text,fields) {
+	return [parseTiddlerDiv(text,fields)];
+};
+
+exports["application/json"] = function(text,fields) {
+	var tiddlers = JSON.parse(text),
+		result = [],
+		getKnownFields = function(tid) {
+			var fields = {};
+			"title text created creator modified modifier type tags".split(" ").forEach(function(value) {
+				fields[value] = tid[value];
+			});
+			return fields;
+		};
+	for(var t=0; t<tiddlers.length; t++) {
+		result.push(getKnownFields(tiddlers[t]));
+	}
+	return result;
+};
+
+exports["application/x-tiddlywiki"] = function(text,fields) {
+	var locateStoreArea = function(tiddlywikidoc) {
+			var startSaveArea = '<div id="' + 'storeArea">',
+				startSaveAreaRegExp = /<div id=["']?storeArea['"]?>/gi,
+				endSaveArea = '</d' + 'iv>',
+				endSaveAreaCaps = '</D' + 'IV>',
+				posOpeningDiv = tiddlywikidoc.search(startSaveAreaRegExp),
+				limitClosingDiv = tiddlywikidoc.indexOf("<"+"!--POST-STOREAREA--"+">");
+			if(limitClosingDiv == -1) {
+				limitClosingDiv = tiddlywikidoc.indexOf("<"+"!--POST-BODY-START--"+">");
+			}
+			var start = limitClosingDiv == -1 ? tiddlywikidoc.length : limitClosingDiv,
+				posClosingDiv = tiddlywikidoc.lastIndexOf(endSaveArea,start);
+			if(posClosingDiv == -1) {
+				posClosingDiv = tiddlywikidoc.lastIndexOf(endSaveAreaCaps,start);
+			}
+			return (posOpeningDiv != -1 && posClosingDiv != -1) ? [posOpeningDiv + startSaveArea.length,posClosingDiv] : null;
+		},
+		results = [],
+		storeAreaPos = locateStoreArea(text);
+	if(storeAreaPos) {
+		var endOfDivRegExp = /(<\/div>\s*)/gi,
+			startPos = storeAreaPos[0];
+		endOfDivRegExp.lastIndex = startPos;
+		var match = endOfDivRegExp.exec(text);
+		while(match && startPos < storeAreaPos[1]) {
+			var endPos = endOfDivRegExp.lastIndex,
+				tiddlerFields = parseTiddlerDiv(text.substring(startPos,endPos),fields);
+			if(tiddlerFields.text !== null) {
+				tiddlerFields.text = $tw.utils.htmlDecode(tiddlerFields.text);
+				results.push(tiddlerFields);
+			}
+			startPos = endPos;
+			match = endOfDivRegExp.exec(text);
+		}
+	}
+	return results;
+};
+
 })();