diff --git a/sgschema/field.py b/sgschema/field.py
index 080f944..7b913d2 100644
--- a/sgschema/field.py
+++ b/sgschema/field.py
@@ -6,12 +6,21 @@ def __init__(self, entity, name):
         self.entity = entity
         self.name = name
 
+        #: Type names allowed for ``entity`` or ``multi_entity`` fields.
         self.allowed_entity_types = set()
         self.data_type = None
 
+        #: Default value of the field; set for ``checkbox``, ``list``, and
+        #: ``status_list`` fields.
+        self.default_value = None
+
+        #: Allowed values for ``list`` and ``status_list`` fields.
+        self.valid_values = None
+
     def _reduce_raw(self, schema, raw_field):
 
         self.data_type = raw_field['data_type']['value']
+        self.default_value = raw_field['properties']['default_value']['value']
 
         raw_private = schema.raw_private['entity_fields'][self.entity.name].get(self.name, {})
 
@@ -24,9 +33,14 @@ def _reduce_raw(self, schema, raw_field):
             types_ = raw_private['allowed_entity_types'] or []
             self.allowed_entity_types = set(types_[:])
 
+        elif self.data_type in ('list', 'status_list'):
+            self.valid_values = raw_field['properties']['valid_values']['value'][:]
+
     def _load(self, raw):
         self.allowed_entity_types.update(raw.pop('allowed_entity_types', ()))
         self.data_type = raw.pop('data_type', self.data_type)
+        self.default_value = raw.pop('default_value', None)
+        self.valid_values = list(raw.pop('valid_values', ()))
         if raw:
             raise ValueError('unknown field keys: %s' % ', '.join(sorted(raw)))
 
@@ -34,5 +48,7 @@ def _dump(self):
         return dict((k, v) for k, v in (
             ('allowed_entity_types', sorted(self.allowed_entity_types)),
             ('data_type', self.data_type),
+            ('default_value', self.default_value),
+            ('valid_values', self.valid_values),
         ) if v)
 
diff --git a/sgschema/schema.py b/sgschema/schema.py
index fb92712..9615ffb 100644
--- a/sgschema/schema.py
+++ b/sgschema/schema.py
@@ -133,6 +133,12 @@ def _dump(self):
             ('entity_tags', self.entity_tags),
         ) if v)
 
+    def _dump_raw(self, base_path):
+        """Private API for testing and development; no other real purpose."""
+        for name in 'fields', 'entities', 'private':
+            with open(base_path + name + '.json', 'w') as fh:
+                fh.write(json.dumps(getattr(self, 'raw_' + name), indent=4, sort_keys=True))
+
     def dump(self, path):
         """Save the schema as JSON to the given path.
 
diff --git a/tests/schema/dump.py b/tests/schema/dump.py
index 51a0d45..d36fbba 100644
--- a/tests/schema/dump.py
+++ b/tests/schema/dump.py
@@ -10,22 +10,28 @@
 
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
 parser.add_argument('-n', '--name')
-parser.add_argument('base_url')
-parser.add_argument('script_name')
-parser.add_argument('api_key')
+parser.add_argument('-r', '--registry-name')
+parser.add_argument('base_url', nargs='?')
+parser.add_argument('script_name', nargs='?')
+parser.add_argument('api_key', nargs='?')
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
 
-shotgun = shotgun_api3.Shotgun(args.base_url, args.script_name, args.api_key)
+if args.registry_name or not (args.base_url or args.script_name or args.api_key):
+    import shotgun_api3_registry
+    shotgun = shotgun_api3_registry.connect(args.registry_name)
+else:
+    shotgun = shotgun_api3.Shotgun(args.base_url, args.script_name, args.api_key)
+
 schema = sgschema.Schema()
 schema.read(shotgun)
 
 
 if not args.name:
-    parsed = urlparse.urlparse(args.base_url)
+    parsed = urlparse.urlparse(shotgun.base_url)
     args.name = parsed.netloc.split('.')[0]
 
 here = os.path.dirname(__file__)
 
-schema.dump(os.path.join(here, args.name + '.raw.json'), raw=True)
+schema._dump_raw(os.path.join(here, args.name + '.'))
 schema.dump(os.path.join(here, args.name + '.json'))