diff --git a/src/app/core/cache/object-cache.service.ts b/src/app/core/cache/object-cache.service.ts
index 7dc659d89c..e12629fa27 100644
--- a/src/app/core/cache/object-cache.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/object-cache.service.ts
@@ -75,15 +75,15 @@ export class ObjectCacheService {
   /**
    * Get an observable of the object with the specified UUID
    *
-   * @param id
+   * @param uuid
    *    The UUID of the object to get
    * @return Observable<NormalizedObject<T>>
    *    An observable of the requested object in normalized form
    */
-  getObjectByID<T extends CacheableObject>(id: string):
+  getObjectByUUID<T extends CacheableObject>(uuid: string):
     Observable<NormalizedObject<T>> {
     return this.store.pipe(
-      select(selfLinkFromUuidSelector(id)),
+      select(selfLinkFromUuidSelector(uuid)),
       mergeMap((selfLink: string) => this.getObjectBySelfLink(selfLink)
       )
     )
@@ -189,17 +189,17 @@ export class ObjectCacheService {
   /**
    * Check whether the object with the specified UUID is cached
    *
-   * @param id
+   * @param uuid
    *    The UUID of the object to check
    * @return boolean
    *    true if the object with the specified UUID is cached,
    *    false otherwise
    */
-  hasById(id: string): boolean {
+  hasByUUID(uuid: string): boolean {
     let result: boolean;
 
     this.store.pipe(
-      select(selfLinkFromUuidSelector(id)),
+      select(selfLinkFromUuidSelector(uuid)),
       take(1)
     ).subscribe((selfLink: string) => result = this.hasBySelfLink(selfLink));
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.spec.ts
index de17d7a39f..b5232b0bff 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.spec.ts
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ describe('ComColDataService', () => {
 
   function initMockObjectCacheService(): ObjectCacheService {
     return jasmine.createSpyObj('objectCache', {
-      getObjectByID: cold('d-', {
+      getObjectByUUID: cold('d-', {
         d: {
           _links: {
             [LINK_NAME]: scopedEndpoint
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ describe('ComColDataService', () => {
       it('should fetch the scope Community from the cache', () => {
         scheduler.schedule(() => service.getBrowseEndpoint(options).subscribe());
         scheduler.flush();
-        expect(objectCache.getObjectByID).toHaveBeenCalledWith(scopeID);
+        expect(objectCache.getObjectByUUID).toHaveBeenCalledWith(scopeID);
       });
 
       it('should return the endpoint to fetch resources within the given scope', () => {
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.ts
index 3059d568df..68eb3e4880 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export abstract class ComColDataService<T extends CacheableObject> extends DataS
       );
       const successResponses = responses.pipe(
         filter((response) => response.isSuccessful),
-        mergeMap(() => this.objectCache.getObjectByID(options.scopeID)),
+        mergeMap(() => this.objectCache.getObjectByUUID(options.scopeID)),
         map((nc: NormalizedCommunity) => nc._links[linkPath]),
         filter((href) => isNotEmpty(href))
       );
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
index 77392a8528..6b3994f416 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ export abstract class DataService<T extends CacheableObject> {
   findById(id: string): Observable<RemoteData<T>> {
 
     const hrefObs = this.halService.getEndpoint(this.linkPath).pipe(
-        map((endpoint: string) => this.getIDHref(endpoint, encodeURIComponent(id))))
+        map((endpoint: string) => this.getIDHref(endpoint, encodeURIComponent(id))));
 
     hrefObs.pipe(
       find((href: string) => hasValue(href)))
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/request.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/data/request.service.spec.ts
index 2a3f26f1bb..5807666d66 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/request.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/request.service.spec.ts
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ describe('RequestService', () => {
       describe('in the ObjectCache', () => {
         beforeEach(() => {
           (objectCache.hasBySelfLink as any).and.returnValue(true);
-          (objectCache.hasById as any).and.returnValue(true);
+          (objectCache.hasByUUID as any).and.returnValue(true);
           spyOn(serviceAsAny, 'hasByHref').and.returnValue(false);
         });
 
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mocks/mock-object-cache.service.ts b/src/app/shared/mocks/mock-object-cache.service.ts
index d096cfdf5f..9e35a519ff 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/mocks/mock-object-cache.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/mocks/mock-object-cache.service.ts
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ export function getMockObjectCacheService(): ObjectCacheService {
   return jasmine.createSpyObj('objectCacheService', [
     'add',
     'remove',
-    'getByID',
+    'getByUUID',
     'getBySelfLink',
     'getRequestHrefBySelfLink',
     'getRequestHrefByUUID',
     'getList',
-    'hasById',
+    'hasByUUID',
     'hasBySelfLink'
   ]);