diff --git a/config/environment.default.js b/config/environment.default.js
index 4f3aee5f0e..d5e29845f3 100644
--- a/config/environment.default.js
+++ b/config/environment.default.js
@@ -8,13 +8,19 @@ module.exports = {
     nameSpace: '/'
   },
   // The REST API server settings.
-  rest: {
-    ssl: true,
-    host: 'dspace7.4science.it',
-    port: 443,
-    // NOTE: Space is capitalized because 'namespace' is a reserved string in TypeScript
-    nameSpace: '/dspace-spring-rest/api'
-  },
+  // rest: {
+  //   ssl: true,
+  //   host: 'dspace7.4science.it',
+  //   port: 443,
+  //   // NOTE: Space is capitalized because 'namespace' is a reserved string in TypeScript
+  //   nameSpace: '/dspace-spring-rest/api'
+  // },
+    rest: {
+        ssl: false,
+        host: 'dspace7-internal.atmire.com',
+        port: 443,
+        nameSpace: '/rest/api'
+    },
   // Caching settings
   cache: {
     // NOTE: how long should objects be cached for by default
diff --git a/src/app/+community-page/sub-collection-list/community-page-sub-collection-list.component.html b/src/app/+community-page/sub-collection-list/community-page-sub-collection-list.component.html
index b04e93ff71..12c2578d9c 100644
--- a/src/app/+community-page/sub-collection-list/community-page-sub-collection-list.component.html
+++ b/src/app/+community-page/sub-collection-list/community-page-sub-collection-list.component.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <div *ngIf="subCollectionsRD?.hasSucceeded" @fadeIn>
     <h2>{{'community.sub-collection-list.head' | translate}}</h2>
     <ul>
-      <li *ngFor="let collection of subCollectionsRD?.payload">
+      <li *ngFor="let collection of subCollectionsRD?.payload.page">
         <p>
           <span class="lead"><a [routerLink]="['/collections', collection.id]">{{collection.name}}</a></span><br>
           <span class="text-muted">{{collection.shortDescription}}</span>
diff --git a/src/app/+community-page/sub-collection-list/community-page-sub-collection-list.component.ts b/src/app/+community-page/sub-collection-list/community-page-sub-collection-list.component.ts
index fc69719896..aed2b69a30 100644
--- a/src/app/+community-page/sub-collection-list/community-page-sub-collection-list.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+community-page/sub-collection-list/community-page-sub-collection-list.component.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { Collection } from '../../core/shared/collection.model';
 import { Community } from '../../core/shared/community.model';
 
 import { fadeIn } from '../../shared/animations/fade';
+import { PaginatedList } from '../../core/data/paginated-list';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-community-page-sub-collection-list',
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ import { fadeIn } from '../../shared/animations/fade';
 })
 export class CommunityPageSubCollectionListComponent implements OnInit {
   @Input() community: Community;
-  subCollectionsRDObs: Observable<RemoteData<Collection[]>>;
+  subCollectionsRDObs: Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<Collection>>>;
 
   ngOnInit(): void {
     this.subCollectionsRDObs = this.community.collections;
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/field-components/collections/collections.component.html b/src/app/+item-page/field-components/collections/collections.component.html
index bb7ab63341..6e5f9a350c 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/field-components/collections/collections.component.html
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/field-components/collections/collections.component.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<ds-metadata-field-wrapper [label]="label | translate">
+<ds-metadata-field-wrapper *ngIf="hasSucceeded() | async" [label]="label | translate">
     <div class="collections">
         <a *ngFor="let collection of (collections | async); let last=last;" [routerLink]="['/collections', collection.id]">
             <span>{{collection?.name}}</span><span *ngIf="!last" [innerHTML]="separator"></span>
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/field-components/collections/collections.component.spec.ts b/src/app/+item-page/field-components/collections/collections.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..911a90175c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/field-components/collections/collections.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import { CollectionsComponent } from './collections.component';
+import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
+import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import { Collection } from '../../../core/shared/collection.model';
+import { RemoteDataBuildService } from '../../../core/cache/builders/remote-data-build.service';
+import { getMockRemoteDataBuildService } from '../../../shared/mocks/mock-remote-data-build.service';
+import { Item } from '../../../core/shared/item.model';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { RemoteData } from '../../../core/data/remote-data';
+import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+
+let collectionsComponent: CollectionsComponent;
+let fixture: ComponentFixture<CollectionsComponent>;
+
+const mockCollection1: Collection = Object.assign(new Collection(), {
+  metadata: [
+    {
+      key: 'dc.description.abstract',
+      language: 'en_US',
+      value: 'Short description'
+    }]
+});
+
+const succeededMockItem: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {owningCollection: Observable.of(new RemoteData(false, false, true, null, mockCollection1))});
+const failedMockItem: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {owningCollection: Observable.of(new RemoteData(false, false, false, null, mockCollection1))});
+
+describe('CollectionsComponent', () => {
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [TranslateModule.forRoot()],
+      declarations: [ CollectionsComponent ],
+      providers: [
+        { provide: RemoteDataBuildService, useValue: getMockRemoteDataBuildService()}
+      ],
+
+      schemas: [ NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA ]
+    }).overrideComponent(CollectionsComponent, {
+      set: { changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.Default }
+    }).compileComponents();
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(CollectionsComponent);
+    collectionsComponent = fixture.componentInstance;
+    collectionsComponent.label = 'test.test';
+    collectionsComponent.separator = '<br/>';
+
+  }));
+
+  describe('When the requested item request has succeeded', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      collectionsComponent.item = succeededMockItem;
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+    });
+
+    it('should show the collection', () => {
+      const collectionField = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('ds-metadata-field-wrapper div.collections'));
+      expect(collectionField).not.toBeNull();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('When the requested item request has succeeded', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      collectionsComponent.item = failedMockItem;
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+    });
+
+    it('should not show the collection', () => {
+      const collectionField = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('ds-metadata-field-wrapper div.collections'));
+      expect(collectionField).toBeNull();
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/field-components/collections/collections.component.ts b/src/app/+item-page/field-components/collections/collections.component.ts
index 8b7b5d7f58..83bb0d464d 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/field-components/collections/collections.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/field-components/collections/collections.component.ts
@@ -38,4 +38,8 @@ export class CollectionsComponent implements OnInit {
     this.collections = this.item.owner.map((rd: RemoteData<Collection>) => [rd.payload]);
   }
 
+  hasSucceeded() {
+    return this.item.owner.map((rd: RemoteData<Collection>) => rd.hasSucceeded);
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/app/+search-page/paginated-search-options.model.ts b/src/app/+search-page/paginated-search-options.model.ts
index 0c403af827..4f04480391 100644
--- a/src/app/+search-page/paginated-search-options.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/+search-page/paginated-search-options.model.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { SortOptions } from '../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
 import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../shared/pagination/pagination-component-options.model';
 import { isNotEmpty } from '../shared/empty.util';
-import { URLCombiner } from '../core/url-combiner/url-combiner';
 import { SearchOptions } from './search-options.model';
 
 export class PaginatedSearchOptions extends SearchOptions {
diff --git a/src/app/+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-facet-filter/search-facet-filter.component.html b/src/app/+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-facet-filter/search-facet-filter.component.html
index 074c5700d7..54640a8846 100644
--- a/src/app/+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-facet-filter/search-facet-filter.component.html
+++ b/src/app/+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-facet-filter/search-facet-filter.component.html
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 <div>
-    <div class="filters">
-        <a *ngFor="let value of selectedValues" class="d-block"
+    <div class="filters py-2">
+        <a *ngFor="let value of selectedValues" class="d-flex flex-row"
            [routerLink]="[getSearchLink()]"
            [queryParams]="getRemoveParams(value)" queryParamsHandling="merge">
-            <input type="checkbox" [checked]="true"/>
-            <span class="filter-value">{{value}}</span>
+            <input type="checkbox" [checked]="true" class="my-1 align-self-stretch"/>
+            <span class="filter-value pl-1">{{value}}</span>
         </a>
         <ng-container *ngFor="let page of (filterValues$ | async)">
             <ng-container *ngFor="let value of (page | async)?.payload.page; let i=index">
-                <a *ngIf="!selectedValues.includes(value.value)" class="d-block clearfix"
+                <a *ngIf="!selectedValues.includes(value.value)" class="d-flex flex-row"
                    [routerLink]="[getSearchLink()]"
-                   [queryParams]="getAddParams(value.value)" queryParamsHandling="merge" >
-                    <input type="checkbox" [checked]="false"/>
-                        <span class="filter-value">{{value.value}}</span>
-                        <span class="float-right filter-value-count">
+                   [queryParams]="getAddParams(value.value)" queryParamsHandling="merge">
+                    <input type="checkbox" [checked]="false" class="my-1 align-self-stretch"/>
+                    <span class="filter-value px-1">{{value.value}}</span>
+                    <span class="float-right filter-value-count ml-auto">
                         <span class="badge badge-secondary badge-pill">{{value.count}}</span>
                     </span>
                 </a>
@@ -28,11 +28,14 @@
                 | translate}}</a>
         </div>
     </div>
-    <form #form="ngForm" (ngSubmit)="onSubmit(form.value)" class="add-filter"
-          [action]="getCurrentUrl()">
-        <input type="text" [(ngModel)]="filter" [name]="filterConfig.paramName" class="form-control"
-               aria-label="New filter input"
-               [placeholder]="'search.filters.filter.' + filterConfig.name + '.placeholder'| translate"  [ngModelOptions]="{standalone: true}"/>
-        <input type="submit" class="d-none"/>
-    </form>
+    <ds-input-suggestions [suggestions]="(filterSearchResults | async)"
+                          [placeholder]="'search.filters.filter.' + filterConfig.name + '.placeholder'| translate"
+                          [action]="getCurrentUrl()"
+                          [name]="filterConfig.paramName"
+                          [(ngModel)]="filter"
+                          (submitSuggestion)="onSubmit($event)"
+                          (clickSuggestion)="onClick($event)"
+                          (findSuggestions)="findSuggestions($event)"
+                          ngDefaultControl
+    ></ds-input-suggestions>
 </div>
diff --git a/src/app/+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-facet-filter/search-facet-filter.component.scss b/src/app/+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-facet-filter/search-facet-filter.component.scss
index 595b2aefb8..33e354f2d8 100644
--- a/src/app/+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-facet-filter/search-facet-filter.component.scss
+++ b/src/app/+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-facet-filter/search-facet-filter.component.scss
@@ -2,17 +2,22 @@
 @import '../../../../../styles/mixins.scss';
 
 .filters {
-    margin-top: $spacer/2;
-    margin-bottom: $spacer/2;
     a {
         color: $body-color;
-        &:hover {
+        &:hover, &focus {
           text-decoration: none;
         }
+        span.badge {
+            vertical-align: text-top;
+        }
     }
     .toggle-more-filters a {
         color: $link-color;
         text-decoration: underline;
         cursor: pointer;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+::ng-deep em {
+    font-weight: bold;
+    font-style: normal;
+}
diff --git a/src/app/+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-facet-filter/search-facet-filter.component.spec.ts b/src/app/+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-facet-filter/search-facet-filter.component.spec.ts
index 03b760318f..b05851f7c7 100644
--- a/src/app/+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-facet-filter/search-facet-filter.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-facet-filter/search-facet-filter.component.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
 import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
-import { RouterTestingModule } from '@angular/router/testing';
 import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { NoopAnimationsModule } from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
 import { SearchFacetFilterComponent } from './search-facet-filter.component';
@@ -182,7 +181,7 @@ describe('SearchFacetFilterComponent', () => {
   describe('when the onSubmit method is called with data', () => {
     const searchUrl = '/search/path';
     const testValue = 'test';
-    const data = { [mockFilterConfig.paramName]: testValue };
+    const data = testValue ;
     beforeEach(() => {
       spyOn(comp, 'getSearchLink').and.returnValue(searchUrl);
       comp.onSubmit(data);
@@ -239,4 +238,14 @@ describe('SearchFacetFilterComponent', () => {
       expect(comp.showFirstPageOnly).toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
   });
+  describe('when findSuggestions is called with query \'test\'', () => {
+    const query = 'test';
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      comp.findSuggestions(query);
+    });
+
+    it('should call getFacetValuesFor on the component\'s SearchService with the right query', () => {
+      expect((comp as any).searchService.getFacetValuesFor).toHaveBeenCalledWith(comp.filterConfig, 1, {}, query);
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/app/+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-facet-filter/search-facet-filter.component.ts b/src/app/+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-facet-filter/search-facet-filter.component.ts
index 5f8111c87b..b996844c66 100644
--- a/src/app/+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-facet-filter/search-facet-filter.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-facet-filter/search-facet-filter.component.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
-import { Component, Input, OnDestroy, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
+import {
+  Component,
+  ElementRef,
+  Input,
+  OnDestroy,
+  OnInit, QueryList,
+  ViewChild,
+  ViewChildren
+} from '@angular/core';
 import { FacetValue } from '../../../search-service/facet-value.model';
 import { SearchFilterConfig } from '../../../search-service/search-filter-config.model';
 import { Router } from '@angular/router';
@@ -11,6 +19,7 @@ import { SearchService } from '../../../search-service/search.service';
 import { SearchOptions } from '../../../search-options.model';
 import { BehaviorSubject } from 'rxjs/BehaviorSubject';
 import { Subscription } from 'rxjs/Subscription';
+import { EmphasizePipe } from '../../../../shared/utils/emphasize.pipe';
 
 /**
  * This component renders a simple item page.
@@ -34,6 +43,7 @@ export class SearchFacetFilterComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   filter: string;
   pageChange = false;
   sub: Subscription;
+  filterSearchResults: Observable<any[]> = Observable.of([]);
 
   constructor(private searchService: SearchService, private filterService: SearchFilterService, private router: Router) {
   }
@@ -58,6 +68,7 @@ export class SearchFacetFilterComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
       this.filterValues$.next(this.filterValues);
       newValues$.first().subscribe((rd) => this.isLastPage$.next(hasNoValue(rd.payload.next)));
     });
+    this.filter = '';
   }
 
   isChecked(value: FacetValue): Observable<boolean> {
@@ -89,16 +100,22 @@ export class SearchFacetFilterComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     if (isNotEmpty(data)) {
       this.router.navigate([this.getSearchLink()], {
         queryParams:
-          { [this.filterConfig.paramName]: [...this.selectedValues, data[this.filterConfig.paramName]] },
+          { [this.filterConfig.paramName]: [...this.selectedValues, data] },
         queryParamsHandling: 'merge'
       });
       this.filter = '';
     }
+    this.filterSearchResults = Observable.of([]);
+  }
+
+  onClick(data: any) {
+    this.filter = data;
   }
 
   hasValue(o: any): boolean {
     return hasValue(o);
   }
+
   getRemoveParams(value: string) {
     return {
       [this.filterConfig.paramName]: this.selectedValues.filter((v) => v !== value),
@@ -122,4 +139,29 @@ export class SearchFacetFilterComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
       this.sub.unsubscribe();
     }
   }
+
+  findSuggestions(data): void {
+    if (isNotEmpty(data)) {
+      this.filterService.getSearchOptions().first().subscribe(
+        (options) => {
+          this.filterSearchResults = this.searchService.getFacetValuesFor(this.filterConfig, 1, options, data.toLowerCase())
+            .first()
+            .map(
+              (rd: RemoteData<PaginatedList<FacetValue>>) => {
+                return rd.payload.page.map((facet) => {
+                  return {displayValue: this.getDisplayValue(facet, data), value: facet.value}
+                })
+              }
+            );
+        }
+      )
+    } else {
+      this.filterSearchResults = Observable.of([]);
+    }
+  }
+
+  getDisplayValue(facet: FacetValue, query: string): string {
+    return new EmphasizePipe().transform(facet.value, query) + ' (' + facet.count + ')';
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/app/+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-filter.component.html b/src/app/+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-filter.component.html
index 6cf9df9b05..d6fb1d4267 100644
--- a/src/app/+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-filter.component.html
+++ b/src/app/+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-filter.component.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <div>
     <div (click)="toggle()" class="filter-name"><h5 class="d-inline-block mb-0">{{'search.filters.filter.' + filter.name + '.head'| translate}}</h5> <span class="filter-toggle fa float-right"
                                                                       [ngClass]="(isCollapsed() | async) ? 'fa-plus' : 'fa-minus'"></span></div>
-    <div [@slide]="(isCollapsed() | async) ? 'collapsed' : 'expanded'" class="search-filter-wrapper">
+    <div [@slide]="(isCollapsed() | async) ? 'collapsed' : 'expanded'" (@slide.start)="startSlide($event)" (@slide.done)="finishSlide($event)" class="search-filter-wrapper" [ngClass]="{closed: collapsed}">
         <ds-search-facet-filter [filterConfig]="filter" [selectedValues]="getSelectedValues() | async"></ds-search-facet-filter>
     </div>
 </div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/app/+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-filter.component.scss b/src/app/+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-filter.component.scss
index f694e9e167..6e49172a48 100644
--- a/src/app/+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-filter.component.scss
+++ b/src/app/+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-filter.component.scss
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 :host {
     border: 1px solid map-get($theme-colors, light);
-    .search-filter-wrapper {
+    .search-filter-wrapper.closed {
         overflow: hidden;
     }
     .filter-toggle {
diff --git a/src/app/+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-filter.component.ts b/src/app/+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-filter.component.ts
index be26075d25..ed0e8d934a 100644
--- a/src/app/+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-filter.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-filter.component.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 import { Component, Input, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
 import { SearchFilterConfig } from '../../search-service/search-filter-config.model';
-import { SearchService } from '../../search-service/search.service';
-import { RemoteData } from '../../../core/data/remote-data';
-import { FacetValue } from '../../search-service/facet-value.model';
 import { SearchFilterService } from './search-filter.service';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
 import { slide } from '../../../shared/animations/slide';
-import { PaginatedList } from '../../../core/data/paginated-list';
 
 /**
  * This component renders a simple item page.
@@ -23,6 +19,7 @@ import { PaginatedList } from '../../../core/data/paginated-list';
 
 export class SearchFilterComponent implements OnInit {
   @Input() filter: SearchFilterConfig;
+  collapsed;
 
   constructor(private filterService: SearchFilterService) {
   }
@@ -47,13 +44,27 @@ export class SearchFilterComponent implements OnInit {
 
   initialCollapse() {
     this.filterService.initialCollapse(this.filter.name);
+    this.collapsed = true;
   }
 
   initialExpand() {
     this.filterService.initialExpand(this.filter.name);
+    this.collapsed = false;
   }
 
   getSelectedValues(): Observable<string[]> {
     return this.filterService.getSelectedValuesForFilter(this.filter);
   }
+
+  finishSlide(event: any): void {
+    if (event.fromState === 'collapsed') {
+      this.collapsed = false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  startSlide(event: any): void {
+    if (event.toState === 'collapsed') {
+      this.collapsed = true;
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/+search-page/search-options.model.ts b/src/app/+search-page/search-options.model.ts
index 4b4987a096..a0af49b98c 100644
--- a/src/app/+search-page/search-options.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/+search-page/search-options.model.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export class SearchOptions {
     }
     if (isNotEmpty(this.filters)) {
       Object.entries(this.filters).forEach(([key, values]) => {
-        values.forEach((value) => args.push(`${key}=${value},equals`));
+        values.forEach((value) => args.push(`${key}=${value},query`));
       });
     }
     if (isNotEmpty(args)) {
diff --git a/src/app/+search-page/search-service/search.service.ts b/src/app/+search-page/search-service/search.service.ts
index b51a9c834d..774d2287e2 100644
--- a/src/app/+search-page/search-service/search.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/+search-page/search-service/search.service.ts
@@ -175,13 +175,18 @@ export class SearchService implements OnDestroy {
     return this.rdb.toRemoteDataObservable(requestEntryObs, responseCacheObs, facetConfigObs);
   }
 
-  getFacetValuesFor(filterConfig: SearchFilterConfig, valuePage: number, searchOptions?: SearchOptions): Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<FacetValue>>> {
+  getFacetValuesFor(filterConfig: SearchFilterConfig, valuePage: number, searchOptions?: SearchOptions, filterQuery?: string): Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<FacetValue>>> {
     const requestObs = this.halService.getEndpoint(this.facetValueLinkPathPrefix + filterConfig.name).pipe(
       map((url: string) => {
         const args: string[] = [`page=${valuePage - 1}`, `size=${filterConfig.pageSize}`];
+        if (hasValue(filterQuery)) {
+          // args.push(`${filterConfig.paramName}=${filterQuery},query`);
+          args.push(`prefix=${filterQuery}`);
+        }
         if (hasValue(searchOptions)) {
           url = searchOptions.toRestUrl(url, args);
         }
+
         const request = new GetRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), url);
         return Object.assign(request, {
           getResponseParser(): GenericConstructor<ResponseParsingService> {
diff --git a/src/app/core/cache/builders/remote-data-build.service.ts b/src/app/core/cache/builders/remote-data-build.service.ts
index d576b9ea32..d934f60e48 100644
--- a/src/app/core/cache/builders/remote-data-build.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/builders/remote-data-build.service.ts
@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@ import { RemoteDataError } from '../../data/remote-data-error';
 import { GetRequest } from '../../data/request.models';
 import { RequestEntry } from '../../data/request.reducer';
 import { RequestService } from '../../data/request.service';
+
 import { NormalizedObject } from '../models/normalized-object.model';
 import { ObjectCacheService } from '../object-cache.service';
 import { DSOSuccessResponse, ErrorResponse } from '../response-cache.models';
 import { ResponseCacheEntry } from '../response-cache.reducer';
 import { ResponseCacheService } from '../response-cache.service';
 import { getMapsTo, getRelationMetadata, getRelationships } from './build-decorators';
+import { PageInfo } from '../../shared/page-info.model';
 import {
   getRequestFromSelflink,
   getResourceLinksFromResponse,
@@ -96,7 +98,6 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
             error = new RemoteDataError(resEntry.response.statusCode, errorMessage);
           }
         }
-
         return new RemoteData(
           requestPending,
           responsePending,
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
       });
   }
 
-  buildList<TNormalized extends NormalizedObject, TDomain>(href$: string | Observable<string>): Observable<RemoteData<TDomain[] | PaginatedList<TDomain>>> {
+  buildList<TNormalized extends NormalizedObject, TDomain>(href$: string | Observable<string>): Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<TDomain>>> {
     if (typeof href$ === 'string') {
       href$ = Observable.of(href$);
     }
@@ -144,11 +145,7 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
   );
 
     const payload$ = Observable.combineLatest(tDomainList$, pageInfo$, (tDomainList, pageInfo) => {
-      if (hasValue(pageInfo)) {
-        return new PaginatedList(pageInfo, tDomainList);
-      } else {
-        return tDomainList;
-      }
+      return new PaginatedList(pageInfo, tDomainList);
     });
 
     return this.toRemoteDataObservable(requestEntry$, responseCache$, payload$);
@@ -160,35 +157,43 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
     const relationships = getRelationships(normalized.constructor) || [];
 
     relationships.forEach((relationship: string) => {
+      let result;
       if (hasValue(normalized[relationship])) {
         const { resourceType, isList } = getRelationMetadata(normalized, relationship);
-        if (Array.isArray(normalized[relationship])) {
-          normalized[relationship].forEach((href: string) => {
+        const objectList = normalized[relationship].page || normalized[relationship];
+        if (typeof objectList !== 'string') {
+          objectList.forEach((href: string) => {
             this.requestService.configure(new GetRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), href))
           });
 
           const rdArr = [];
-          normalized[relationship].forEach((href: string) => {
+          objectList.forEach((href: string) => {
             rdArr.push(this.buildSingle(href));
           });
 
           if (isList) {
-            links[relationship] = this.aggregate(rdArr);
+            result = this.aggregate(rdArr);
           } else if (rdArr.length === 1) {
-            links[relationship] = rdArr[0];
+            result = rdArr[0];
           }
         } else {
-          this.requestService.configure(new GetRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), normalized[relationship]));
+          this.requestService.configure(new GetRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), objectList));
 
           // The rest API can return a single URL to represent a list of resources (e.g. /items/:id/bitstreams)
           // in that case only 1 href will be stored in the normalized obj (so the isArray above fails),
           // but it should still be built as a list
           if (isList) {
-            links[relationship] = this.buildList(normalized[relationship]);
+            result = this.buildList(objectList);
           } else {
-            links[relationship] = this.buildSingle(normalized[relationship]);
+            result = this.buildSingle(objectList);
           }
         }
+
+        if (hasValue(normalized[relationship].page)) {
+          links[relationship] = this.aggregatePaginatedList(result, normalized[relationship].pageInfo);
+        } else {
+          links[relationship] = result;
+        }
       }
     });
 
@@ -249,4 +254,8 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
       })
   }
 
+  aggregatePaginatedList<T>(input: Observable<RemoteData<T[]>>, pageInfo: PageInfo): Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<T>>> {
+    return input.map((rd) => Object.assign(rd, {payload: new PaginatedList(pageInfo, rd.payload)}));
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/cache/it-to-uuid-serializer.spec.ts b/src/app/core/cache/it-to-uuid-serializer.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..662d79cdce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/it-to-uuid-serializer.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { IDToUUIDSerializer } from './it-to-uuid-serializer';
+
+describe('IDToUUIDSerializer', () => {
+  let serializer: IDToUUIDSerializer;
+  const prefix = 'test-prefix';
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    serializer = new IDToUUIDSerializer(prefix);
+  });
+
+  describe('Serialize', () => {
+    it('should return undefined', () => {
+      expect(serializer.Serialize('some-uuid')).toBeUndefined()
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('Deserialize', () => {
+    describe('when ID is defined', () => {
+      it('should prepend the prefix to the ID', () => {
+        const id = 'some-id';
+        expect(serializer.Deserialize(id)).toBe(`${prefix}-${id}`);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when ID is null or undefined', () => {
+      it('should return null or undefined', () => {
+        expect(serializer.Deserialize(null)).toBeNull();
+        expect(serializer.Deserialize(undefined)).toBeUndefined();
+      });
+    });
+
+  });
+
+});
diff --git a/src/app/core/cache/it-to-uuid-serializer.ts b/src/app/core/cache/it-to-uuid-serializer.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d619f457b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/it-to-uuid-serializer.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { hasValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+
+export class IDToUUIDSerializer {
+  constructor(private prefix: string) {
+  }
+
+  Serialize(uuid: string): any {
+    return undefined; // ui-only uuid doesn't need to be sent back to the server
+  }
+
+  Deserialize(id: string): string {
+    if (hasValue(id)) {
+      return `${this.prefix}-${id}`;
+    } else {
+      return id;
+    }
+
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-bitstream-format.model.ts b/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-bitstream-format.model.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..db9fa571f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-bitstream-format.model.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { autoserialize, autoserializeAs, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
+import { BitstreamFormat } from '../../shared/bitstream-format.model';
+
+import { mapsTo } from '../builders/build-decorators';
+import { IDToUUIDSerializer } from '../it-to-uuid-serializer';
+import { NormalizedObject } from './normalized-object.model';
+
+@mapsTo(BitstreamFormat)
+@inheritSerialization(NormalizedObject)
+export class NormalizedBitstreamFormat extends NormalizedObject {
+
+  @autoserialize
+  shortDescription: string;
+
+  @autoserialize
+  description: string;
+
+  @autoserialize
+  mimetype: string;
+
+  @autoserialize
+  supportLevel: number;
+
+  @autoserialize
+  internal: boolean;
+
+  @autoserialize
+  extensions: string;
+
+  @autoserialize
+  id: string;
+
+  @autoserializeAs(new IDToUUIDSerializer('bitstream-format'), 'id')
+  uuid: string;
+}
diff --git a/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-collection.model.ts b/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-collection.model.ts
index 22e0d20eaa..add0795ec5 100644
--- a/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-collection.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-collection.model.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { autoserialize, inheritSerialization, autoserializeAs } from 'cerialize';
+import { autoserialize, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
 
 import { NormalizedDSpaceObject } from './normalized-dspace-object.model';
 import { Collection } from '../../shared/collection.model';
diff --git a/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-item.model.ts b/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-item.model.ts
index a4a14e424c..d6e9165471 100644
--- a/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-item.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-item.model.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ export class NormalizedItem extends NormalizedDSpaceObject {
   /**
    * The Collection that owns this Item
    */
+  @autoserialize
   @relationship(ResourceType.Collection, false)
   owningCollection: string;
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-object-factory.ts b/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-object-factory.ts
index 5b13d55ac8..df67a1f2ce 100644
--- a/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-object-factory.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-object-factory.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import { GenericConstructor } from '../../shared/generic-constructor';
 import { NormalizedCommunity } from './normalized-community.model';
 import { ResourceType } from '../../shared/resource-type';
 import { NormalizedObject } from './normalized-object.model';
+import { NormalizedBitstreamFormat } from './normalized-bitstream-format.model';
+import { NormalizedResourcePolicy } from './normalized-resource-policy.model';
 
 export class NormalizedObjectFactory {
   public static getConstructor(type: ResourceType): GenericConstructor<NormalizedObject> {
@@ -25,6 +27,12 @@ export class NormalizedObjectFactory {
       case ResourceType.Community: {
         return NormalizedCommunity
       }
+      case ResourceType.BitstreamFormat: {
+        return NormalizedBitstreamFormat
+      }
+      case ResourceType.ResourcePolicy: {
+        return NormalizedResourcePolicy
+      }
       default: {
         return undefined;
       }
diff --git a/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-resource-policy.model.ts b/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-resource-policy.model.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a874da46b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-resource-policy.model.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { autoserialize, autoserializeAs, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
+import { ResourcePolicy } from '../../shared/resource-policy.model';
+
+import { mapsTo } from '../builders/build-decorators';
+import { IDToUUIDSerializer } from '../it-to-uuid-serializer';
+import { NormalizedObject } from './normalized-object.model';
+
+@mapsTo(ResourcePolicy)
+@inheritSerialization(NormalizedObject)
+export class NormalizedResourcePolicy extends NormalizedObject {
+
+  @autoserialize
+  name: string;
+
+  @autoserializeAs(String, 'groupUUID')
+  group: string;
+
+  @autoserialize
+  id: string;
+
+  @autoserializeAs(new IDToUUIDSerializer('resource-policy'), 'id')
+  uuid: string;
+}
diff --git a/src/app/core/cache/response-cache.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/cache/response-cache.service.spec.ts
index 1def7faa02..77838b6eb6 100644
--- a/src/app/core/cache/response-cache.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/response-cache.service.spec.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ describe('ResponseCacheService', () => {
 
       let testObj: ResponseCacheEntry;
       service.get(keys[1]).first().subscribe((entry) => {
-        console.log(entry);
         testObj = entry;
       });
       expect(testObj.key).toEqual(keys[1]);
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/base-response-parsing.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/base-response-parsing.service.ts
index bde0857946..050b3c2da5 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/base-response-parsing.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/base-response-parsing.service.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ import { CacheableObject } from '../cache/object-cache.reducer';
 import { PageInfo } from '../shared/page-info.model';
 import { ObjectCacheService } from '../cache/object-cache.service';
 import { GlobalConfig } from '../../../config/global-config.interface';
-import { NormalizedObject } from '../cache/models/normalized-object.model';
 import { GenericConstructor } from '../shared/generic-constructor';
+import { PaginatedList } from './paginated-list';
+import { NormalizedObject } from '../cache/models/normalized-object.model';
 
 function isObjectLevel(halObj: any) {
   return isNotEmpty(halObj._links) && hasValue(halObj._links.self);
@@ -17,96 +18,103 @@ function isPaginatedResponse(halObj: any) {
 
 /* tslint:disable:max-classes-per-file */
 
-class ProcessRequestDTO<ObjectDomain> {
-  [key: string]: ObjectDomain[]
-}
-
 export abstract class BaseResponseParsingService {
   protected abstract EnvConfig: GlobalConfig;
   protected abstract objectCache: ObjectCacheService;
   protected abstract objectFactory: any;
   protected abstract toCache: boolean;
 
-  protected process<ObjectDomain,ObjectType>(data: any, requestHref: string): ProcessRequestDTO<ObjectDomain> {
+  protected process<ObjectDomain, ObjectType>(data: any, requestHref: string): any {
 
     if (isNotEmpty(data)) {
-      if (isPaginatedResponse(data)) {
-        return this.process(data._embedded, requestHref);
+      if (hasNoValue(data) || (typeof data !== 'object')) {
+        return data;
+      } else if (isPaginatedResponse(data)) {
+        return this.processPaginatedList(data, requestHref);
+      } else if (Array.isArray(data)) {
+        return this.processArray(data, requestHref);
       } else if (isObjectLevel(data)) {
-        return { topLevel: this.deserializeAndCache(data, requestHref) };
-      } else {
-        const result = new ProcessRequestDTO<ObjectDomain>();
-        if (Array.isArray(data)) {
-          result.topLevel = [];
-          data.forEach((datum) => {
-            if (isPaginatedResponse(datum)) {
-              const obj = this.process(datum, requestHref);
-              result.topLevel = [...result.topLevel, ...this.flattenSingleKeyObject(obj)];
-            } else {
-              result.topLevel = [...result.topLevel, ...this.deserializeAndCache<ObjectDomain,ObjectType>(datum, requestHref)];
-            }
-          });
-        } else {
-          Object.keys(data)
-            .filter((property) => data.hasOwnProperty(property))
-            .filter((property) => hasValue(data[property]))
+        const object = this.deserialize(data);
+        if (isNotEmpty(data._embedded)) {
+          Object
+            .keys(data._embedded)
+            .filter((property) => data._embedded.hasOwnProperty(property))
             .forEach((property) => {
-              if (isPaginatedResponse(data[property])) {
-                const obj = this.process(data[property], requestHref);
-                result[property] = this.flattenSingleKeyObject(obj);
-              } else {
-                result[property] = this.deserializeAndCache(data[property], requestHref);
+              const parsedObj = this.process<ObjectDomain, ObjectType>(data._embedded[property], requestHref);
+              if (isNotEmpty(parsedObj)) {
+                if (isPaginatedResponse(data._embedded[property])) {
+                  object[property] = parsedObj;
+                  object[property].page = parsedObj.page.map((obj) => obj.self);
+                } else if (isObjectLevel(data._embedded[property])) {
+                  object[property] = parsedObj.self;
+                } else if (Array.isArray(parsedObj)) {
+                  object[property] = parsedObj.map((obj) => obj.self)
+                }
               }
             });
         }
-        return result;
+        this.cache(object, requestHref);
+        return object;
       }
+      const result = {};
+      Object.keys(data)
+        .filter((property) => data.hasOwnProperty(property))
+        .filter((property) => hasValue(data[property]))
+        .forEach((property) => {
+          const obj = this.process(data[property], requestHref);
+          result[property] = obj;
+        });
+      return result;
+
     }
   }
 
-  protected deserializeAndCache<ObjectDomain,ObjectType>(obj, requestHref: string): ObjectDomain[] {
-    if (Array.isArray(obj)) {
-      let result = [];
-      obj.forEach((o) => result = [...result, ...this.deserializeAndCache<ObjectDomain,ObjectType>(o, requestHref)]);
-      return result;
-    }
+  protected processPaginatedList<ObjectDomain, ObjectType>(data: any, requestHref: string): PaginatedList<ObjectDomain> {
+    const pageInfo: PageInfo = this.processPageInfo(data);
+    let list = data._embedded;
 
+    // Workaround for inconsistency in rest response. Issue: https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/issues/238
+    if (!Array.isArray(list)) {
+      list = this.flattenSingleKeyObject(list);
+    }
+    const page: ObjectDomain[] = this.processArray(list, requestHref);
+    return new PaginatedList<ObjectDomain>(pageInfo, page);
+  }
+
+  protected processArray<ObjectDomain, ObjectType>(data: any, requestHref: string): ObjectDomain[] {
+    let array: ObjectDomain[] = [];
+    data.forEach((datum) => {
+        array = [...array, this.process(datum, requestHref)];
+      }
+    );
+    return array;
+  }
+
+  protected deserialize<ObjectDomain, ObjectType>(obj): any {
     const type: ObjectType = obj.type;
     if (hasValue(type)) {
       const normObjConstructor = this.objectFactory.getConstructor(type) as GenericConstructor<ObjectDomain>;
 
       if (hasValue(normObjConstructor)) {
         const serializer = new DSpaceRESTv2Serializer(normObjConstructor);
-
-        let processed;
-        if (isNotEmpty(obj._embedded)) {
-          processed = this.process<ObjectDomain,ObjectType>(obj._embedded, requestHref);
-        }
-        const normalizedObj: any = serializer.deserialize(obj);
-
-        if (isNotEmpty(processed)) {
-          const processedList = {};
-          Object.keys(processed).forEach((key) => {
-            processedList[key] = processed[key].map((no: NormalizedObject) => (this.toCache) ? no.self : no);
-          });
-          Object.assign(normalizedObj, processedList);
-        }
-
-        if (this.toCache) {
-          this.addToObjectCache(normalizedObj, requestHref);
-        }
-        return [normalizedObj] as any;
-
+        const res = serializer.deserialize(obj);
+        return res;
       } else {
         // TODO: move check to Validator?
         // throw new Error(`The server returned an object with an unknown a known type: ${type}`);
-        return [];
+        return null;
       }
 
     } else {
       // TODO: move check to Validator
       // throw new Error(`The server returned an object without a type: ${JSON.stringify(obj)}`);
-      return [];
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
+
+  protected cache<ObjectDomain, ObjectType>(obj, requestHref) {
+    if (this.toCache) {
+      this.addToObjectCache(obj, requestHref);
     }
   }
 
@@ -119,7 +127,7 @@ export abstract class BaseResponseParsingService {
 
   processPageInfo(payload: any): PageInfo {
     if (isNotEmpty(payload.page)) {
-      const pageObj = Object.assign({}, payload.page, {_links: payload._links});
+      const pageObj = Object.assign({}, payload.page, { _links: payload._links });
       const pageInfoObject = new DSpaceRESTv2Serializer(PageInfo).deserialize(pageObj);
       if (pageInfoObject.currentPage >= 0) {
         Object.assign(pageInfoObject, { currentPage: pageInfoObject.currentPage + 1 });
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/config-response-parsing.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/data/config-response-parsing.service.spec.ts
index 3a09de6e4c..654ee53651 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/config-response-parsing.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/config-response-parsing.service.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { ConfigSuccessResponse, ErrorResponse } from '../cache/response-cache.models';
-import { DSpaceRESTV2Response } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2-response.model';
 import { ConfigResponseParsingService } from './config-response-parsing.service';
 import { ObjectCacheService } from '../cache/object-cache.service';
 import { GlobalConfig } from '../../../config/global-config.interface';
@@ -8,7 +7,8 @@ import { ConfigRequest } from './request.models';
 import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 import { CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
 import { SubmissionDefinitionsModel } from '../shared/config/config-submission-definitions.model';
-import { SubmissionSectionModel } from '../shared/config/config-submission-section.model';
+import { PaginatedList } from './paginated-list';
+import { PageInfo } from '../shared/page-info.model';
 
 describe('ConfigResponseParsingService', () => {
   let service: ConfigResponseParsingService;
@@ -16,141 +16,143 @@ describe('ConfigResponseParsingService', () => {
   const EnvConfig = {} as GlobalConfig;
   const store = {} as Store<CoreState>;
   const objectCacheService = new ObjectCacheService(store);
-
+  let validResponse;
   beforeEach(() => {
     service = new ConfigResponseParsingService(EnvConfig, objectCacheService);
+    validResponse = {
+      payload: {
+        id: 'traditional',
+        name: 'traditional',
+        type: 'submissiondefinition',
+        isDefault: true,
+        _links: {
+          sections: {
+            href: 'https://rest.api/config/submissiondefinitions/traditional/sections'
+          },
+          self: {
+            href: 'https://rest.api/config/submissiondefinitions/traditional'
+          }
+        },
+        _embedded: {
+          sections: {
+            page: {
+              number: 0,
+              size: 4,
+              totalPages: 1, totalElements: 4
+            },
+            _embedded: [
+              {
+                id: 'traditionalpageone', header: 'submit.progressbar.describe.stepone',
+                mandatory: true,
+                sectionType: 'submission-form',
+                visibility: {
+                  main: null,
+                  other: 'READONLY'
+                },
+                type: 'submissionsection',
+                _links: {
+                  self: {
+                    href: 'https://rest.api/config/submissionsections/traditionalpageone'
+                  },
+                  config: {
+                    href: 'https://rest.api/config/submissionforms/traditionalpageone'
+                  }
+                }
+              }, {
+                id: 'traditionalpagetwo',
+                header: 'submit.progressbar.describe.steptwo',
+                mandatory: true,
+                sectionType: 'submission-form',
+                visibility: {
+                  main: null,
+                  other: 'READONLY'
+                },
+                type: 'submissionsection',
+                _links: {
+                  self: {
+                    href: 'https://rest.api/config/submissionsections/traditionalpagetwo'
+                  },
+                  config: {
+                    href: 'https://rest.api/config/submissionforms/traditionalpagetwo'
+                  }
+                }
+              }, {
+                id: 'upload',
+                header: 'submit.progressbar.upload',
+                mandatory: false,
+                sectionType: 'upload',
+                visibility: {
+                  main: null,
+                  other: 'READONLY'
+                },
+                type: 'submissionsection',
+                _links: {
+                  self: {
+                    href: 'https://rest.api/config/submissionsections/upload'
+                  },
+                  config: {
+                    href: 'https://rest.api/config/submissionuploads/upload'
+                  }
+                }
+              }, {
+                id: 'license',
+                header: 'submit.progressbar.license',
+                mandatory: true,
+                sectionType: 'license',
+                visibility: {
+                  main: null,
+                  other: 'READONLY'
+                },
+                type: 'submissionsection',
+                _links: {
+                  self: {
+                    href: 'https://rest.api/config/submissionsections/license'
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            ],
+            _links: {
+              self: {
+                href: 'https://rest.api/config/submissiondefinitions/traditional/sections'
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      statusCode: '200'
+    };
   });
 
   describe('parse', () => {
     const validRequest = new ConfigRequest('69f375b5-19f4-4453-8c7a-7dc5c55aafbb', 'https://rest.api/config/submissiondefinitions/traditional');
 
-    const validResponse = {
-      payload: {
-        id:'traditional',
-        name:'traditional',
-        type:'submissiondefinition',
-        isDefault:true,
-        _links:{
-          sections:{
-            href:'https://rest.api/config/submissiondefinitions/traditional/sections'
-          },self:{
-            href:'https://rest.api/config/submissiondefinitions/traditional'
-          }
-        },
-        _embedded:{
-          sections:{
-            page:{
-              number:0,
-              size:4,
-              totalPages:1,totalElements:4
-            },
-            _embedded:[
-              {
-                id:'traditionalpageone',header:'submit.progressbar.describe.stepone',
-                mandatory:true,
-                sectionType:'submission-form',
-                visibility:{
-                  main:null,
-                  other:'READONLY'
-                },
-                type:'submissionsection',
-                _links:{
-                  self:{
-                    href:'https://rest.api/config/submissionsections/traditionalpageone'
-                  },
-                  config:{
-                    href:'https://rest.api/config/submissionforms/traditionalpageone'
-                  }
-                }
-              }, {
-                id:'traditionalpagetwo',
-                header:'submit.progressbar.describe.steptwo',
-                mandatory:true,
-                sectionType:'submission-form',
-                visibility:{
-                  main:null,
-                  other:'READONLY'
-                },
-                type:'submissionsection',
-                _links:{
-                  self:{
-                    href:'https://rest.api/config/submissionsections/traditionalpagetwo'
-                  },
-                  config:{
-                    href:'https://rest.api/config/submissionforms/traditionalpagetwo'
-                  }
-                }
-              }, {
-                id:'upload',
-                header:'submit.progressbar.upload',
-                mandatory:false,
-                sectionType:'upload',
-                visibility:{
-                  main:null,
-                  other:'READONLY'
-                },
-                type:'submissionsection',
-                _links:{
-                  self:{
-                    href:'https://rest.api/config/submissionsections/upload'
-                  },
-                  config: {
-                    href:'https://rest.api/config/submissionuploads/upload'
-                  }
-                }
-              }, {
-                id:'license',
-                header:'submit.progressbar.license',
-                mandatory:true,
-                sectionType:'license',
-                visibility:{
-                  main:null,
-                  other:'READONLY'
-                },
-                type:'submissionsection',
-                _links:{
-                  self:{
-                    href:'https://rest.api/config/submissionsections/license'
-                  }
-                }
-              }
-            ],
-            _links:{
-              self:'https://rest.api/config/submissiondefinitions/traditional/sections'
-            }
-          }
-        }
-      },
-      statusCode:'200'
-    };
-
     const invalidResponse1 = {
       payload: {},
-      statusCode:'200'
+      statusCode: '200'
     };
 
     const invalidResponse2 = {
       payload: {
-        id:'traditional',
-        name:'traditional',
-        type:'submissiondefinition',
-        isDefault:true,
-        _links:{},
-        _embedded:{
-          sections:{
-            page:{
-              number:0,
-              size:4,
-              totalPages:1,totalElements:4
+        id: 'traditional',
+        name: 'traditional',
+        type: 'submissiondefinition',
+        isDefault: true,
+        _links: {},
+        _embedded: {
+          sections: {
+            page: {
+              number: 0,
+              size: 4,
+              totalPages: 1, totalElements: 4
             },
-            _embedded:[{},{}],
-            _links:{
-              self:'https://rest.api/config/submissiondefinitions/traditional/sections'
+            _embedded: [{}, {}],
+            _links: {
+              self: 'https://rest.api/config/submissiondefinitions/traditional/sections'
             }
           }
         }
       },
-      statusCode:'200'
+      statusCode: '200'
     };
 
     const invalidResponse3 = {
@@ -159,61 +161,24 @@ describe('ConfigResponseParsingService', () => {
         page: { size: 20, totalElements: 2, totalPages: 1, number: 0 }
       }, statusCode: '500'
     };
-
-    const definitions = [
+    const pageinfo = Object.assign(new PageInfo(), { elementsPerPage: 4, totalElements: 4, totalPages: 1, currentPage: 1 });
+    const definitions =
       Object.assign(new SubmissionDefinitionsModel(), {
         isDefault: true,
         name: 'traditional',
         type: 'submissiondefinition',
-        _links: {},
-        sections: [
-          Object.assign(new SubmissionSectionModel(), {
-            header: 'submit.progressbar.describe.stepone',
-            mandatory: true,
-            sectionType: 'submission-form',
-            visibility:{
-              main:null,
-              other:'READONLY'
-            },
-            type: 'submissionsection',
-            _links: {}
-          }),
-          Object.assign(new SubmissionSectionModel(), {
-            header: 'submit.progressbar.describe.steptwo',
-            mandatory: true,
-            sectionType: 'submission-form',
-            visibility:{
-              main:null,
-              other:'READONLY'
-            },
-            type: 'submissionsection',
-            _links: {}
-          }),
-          Object.assign(new SubmissionSectionModel(), {
-            header: 'submit.progressbar.upload',
-            mandatory: false,
-            sectionType: 'upload',
-            visibility:{
-              main:null,
-              other:'READONLY'
-            },
-            type: 'submissionsection',
-            _links: {}
-          }),
-          Object.assign(new SubmissionSectionModel(), {
-            header: 'submit.progressbar.license',
-            mandatory: true,
-            sectionType: 'license',
-            visibility:{
-              main:null,
-              other:'READONLY'
-            },
-            type: 'submissionsection',
-            _links: {}
-          })
-        ]
-      })
-    ];
+        _links: {
+          sections: 'https://rest.api/config/submissiondefinitions/traditional/sections',
+          self: 'https://rest.api/config/submissiondefinitions/traditional'
+        },
+        self: 'https://rest.api/config/submissiondefinitions/traditional',
+        sections: new PaginatedList(pageinfo, [
+          'https://rest.api/config/submissionsections/traditionalpageone',
+          'https://rest.api/config/submissionsections/traditionalpagetwo',
+          'https://rest.api/config/submissionsections/upload',
+          'https://rest.api/config/submissionsections/license'
+        ])
+      });
 
     it('should return a ConfigSuccessResponse if data contains a valid config endpoint response', () => {
       const response = service.parse(validRequest, validResponse);
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/config-response-parsing.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/config-response-parsing.service.ts
index 033c9ddc68..b67fa2caf1 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/config-response-parsing.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/config-response-parsing.service.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export class ConfigResponseParsingService extends BaseResponseParsingService imp
   parse(request: RestRequest, data: DSpaceRESTV2Response): RestResponse {
     if (isNotEmpty(data.payload) && isNotEmpty(data.payload._links) && data.statusCode === '200') {
       const configDefinition = this.process<ConfigObject,ConfigType>(data.payload, request.href);
-      return new ConfigSuccessResponse(configDefinition[Object.keys(configDefinition)[0]], data.statusCode, this.processPageInfo(data.payload));
+      return new ConfigSuccessResponse(configDefinition, data.statusCode, this.processPageInfo(data.payload));
     } else {
       return new ErrorResponse(
         Object.assign(
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/dso-response-parsing.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/dso-response-parsing.service.ts
index 9651eb3157..aff450781f 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/dso-response-parsing.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/dso-response-parsing.service.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { RestRequest } from './request.models';
 
 import { ResponseParsingService } from './parsing.service';
 import { BaseResponseParsingService } from './base-response-parsing.service';
+import { hasNoValue, hasValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class DSOResponseParsingService extends BaseResponseParsingService implements ResponseParsingService {
@@ -27,7 +28,16 @@ export class DSOResponseParsingService extends BaseResponseParsingService implem
 
   parse(request: RestRequest, data: DSpaceRESTV2Response): RestResponse {
     const processRequestDTO = this.process<NormalizedObject,ResourceType>(data.payload, request.href);
-    const selfLinks = this.flattenSingleKeyObject(processRequestDTO).map((no) => no.self);
+    let objectList = processRequestDTO;
+    if (hasNoValue(processRequestDTO)) {
+      return new DSOSuccessResponse([], data.statusCode, undefined)
+    }
+    if (hasValue(processRequestDTO.page)) {
+      objectList = processRequestDTO.page;
+    } else if (!Array.isArray(processRequestDTO)) {
+      objectList = [processRequestDTO];
+    }
+    const selfLinks = objectList.map((no) => no.self);
     return new DSOSuccessResponse(selfLinks, data.statusCode, this.processPageInfo(data.payload))
   }
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/search-response-parsing.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/search-response-parsing.service.ts
index c7456aa2f9..4039b8f761 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/search-response-parsing.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/search-response-parsing.service.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ import { ResponseParsingService } from './parsing.service';
 import { RestRequest } from './request.models';
 import { DSpaceRESTV2Response } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2-response.model';
 import { DSpaceRESTv2Serializer } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.serializer';
-import { PageInfo } from '../shared/page-info.model';
-import { hasValue, isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { hasValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { SearchQueryResponse } from '../../+search-page/search-service/search-query-response.model';
 import { Metadatum } from '../shared/metadatum.model';
 
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ export class SearchResponseParsingService implements ResponseParsingService {
   }
 
   parse(request: RestRequest, data: DSpaceRESTV2Response): RestResponse {
-    const payload = data.payload;
+    const payload = data.payload._embedded.searchResult;
     const hitHighlights = payload._embedded.objects
       .map((object) => object.hitHighlights)
       .map((hhObject) => {
@@ -56,6 +55,6 @@ export class SearchResponseParsingService implements ResponseParsingService {
       }));
     payload.objects = objects;
     const deserialized = new DSpaceRESTv2Serializer(SearchQueryResponse).deserialize(payload);
-    return new SearchSuccessResponse(deserialized, data.statusCode, this.dsoParser.processPageInfo(data.payload));
+    return new SearchSuccessResponse(deserialized, data.statusCode, this.dsoParser.processPageInfo(payload));
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/bitstream-format.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/bitstream-format.model.ts
index b85d9e2053..0089abce4a 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/bitstream-format.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/bitstream-format.model.ts
@@ -1,24 +1,25 @@
 
-import { autoserialize } from 'cerialize';
+import { CacheableObject } from '../cache/object-cache.reducer';
+import { ResourceType } from './resource-type';
 
-export class BitstreamFormat {
+export class BitstreamFormat implements CacheableObject {
 
-  @autoserialize
   shortDescription: string;
 
-  @autoserialize
   description: string;
 
-  @autoserialize
   mimetype: string;
 
-  @autoserialize
   supportLevel: number;
 
-  @autoserialize
   internal: boolean;
 
-  @autoserialize
   extensions: string;
 
+  self: string;
+
+  type: ResourceType;
+
+  uuid: string;
+
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/community.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/community.model.ts
index c34666b0f0..8fd55d312f 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/community.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/community.model.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { Bitstream } from './bitstream.model';
 import { Collection } from './collection.model';
 import { RemoteData } from '../data/remote-data';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { PaginatedList } from '../data/paginated-list';
 
 export class Community extends DSpaceObject {
 
@@ -58,6 +59,6 @@ export class Community extends DSpaceObject {
    */
   owner: Observable<RemoteData<Community>>;
 
-  collections: Observable<RemoteData<Collection[]>>;
+  collections: Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<Collection>>>;
 
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/config/config-submission-definitions.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/config/config-submission-definitions.model.ts
index 8249d2b118..0247f13944 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/config/config-submission-definitions.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/config/config-submission-definitions.model.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { autoserialize, autoserializeAs, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
 import { ConfigObject } from './config.model';
 import { SubmissionSectionModel } from './config-submission-section.model';
+import { PaginatedList } from '../../data/paginated-list';
 
 @inheritSerialization(ConfigObject)
 export class SubmissionDefinitionsModel extends ConfigObject {
@@ -9,6 +10,6 @@ export class SubmissionDefinitionsModel extends ConfigObject {
   isDefault: boolean;
 
   @autoserializeAs(SubmissionSectionModel)
-  sections: SubmissionSectionModel[];
+  sections: PaginatedList<SubmissionSectionModel>;
 
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/item.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/item.model.ts
index dd60ad9b01..cc84694e84 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/item.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/item.model.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { Collection } from './collection.model';
 import { RemoteData } from '../data/remote-data';
 import { Bitstream } from './bitstream.model';
 import { hasValue, isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { PaginatedList } from '../data/paginated-list';
 
 export class Item extends DSpaceObject {
 
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ export class Item extends DSpaceObject {
     return this.owningCollection;
   }
 
-  bitstreams: Observable<RemoteData<Bitstream[]>>;
+  bitstreams: Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<Bitstream>>>;
 
   /**
    * Retrieves the thumbnail of this item
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ export class Item extends DSpaceObject {
    */
   getBitstreamsByBundleName(bundleName: string): Observable<Bitstream[]> {
     return this.bitstreams
-      .map((rd: RemoteData<Bitstream[]>) => rd.payload)
+      .map((rd: RemoteData<PaginatedList<Bitstream>>) => rd.payload.page)
       .filter((bitstreams: Bitstream[]) => hasValue(bitstreams))
       .startWith([])
       .map((bitstreams) => {
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/resource-policy.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/resource-policy.model.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3bca324a47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/resource-policy.model.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+
+import { CacheableObject } from '../cache/object-cache.reducer';
+import { ResourceType } from './resource-type';
+
+export class ResourcePolicy implements CacheableObject {
+
+  action: string;
+
+  name: string;
+
+  // TODO group should ofcourse become a group object
+  group: string;
+
+  self: string;
+
+  type: ResourceType;
+
+  uuid: string;
+
+}
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/resource-type.ts b/src/app/core/shared/resource-type.ts
index b774188f63..71053f628b 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/resource-type.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/resource-type.ts
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ export enum ResourceType {
   Community = 'community',
   Eperson = 'eperson',
   Group = 'group',
+  ResourcePolicy = 'resourcePolicy'
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/input-suggestions/input-suggestions.component.html b/src/app/shared/input-suggestions/input-suggestions.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..02ef38dea0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/input-suggestions/input-suggestions.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<form #form="ngForm" (ngSubmit)="submitSuggestion.emit(ngModel)"
+      [action]="action" (keydown)="onKeydown($event)"
+      (keydown.arrowdown)="shiftFocusDown($event)"
+      (keydown.arrowup)="shiftFocusUp($event)" (keydown.esc)="close()"
+      (dsClickOutside)="close()">
+    <input #inputField type="text" [(ngModel)]="ngModel" [name]="name"
+           class="form-control suggestion_input"
+           [dsDebounce]="debounceTime" (onDebounce)="findSuggestions.emit($event)"
+           [placeholder]="placeholder"
+           [ngModelOptions]="{standalone: true}" autocomplete="off"/>
+    <input type="submit" class="d-none"/>
+    <div class="autocomplete dropdown-menu" [ngClass]="{'show': (show | async) && isNotEmpty(suggestions)}">
+        <ul class="list-unstyled">
+            <li *ngFor="let suggestionOption of suggestions">
+                <a href="#" class="d-block dropdown-item"  (click)="onClickSuggestion(suggestionOption.value)" #suggestion>
+                    <span [innerHTML]="suggestionOption.displayValue"></span>
+                </a>
+            </li>
+        </ul>
+    </div>
+</form>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/app/shared/input-suggestions/input-suggestions.component.scss b/src/app/shared/input-suggestions/input-suggestions.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac604f46fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/input-suggestions/input-suggestions.component.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+.autocomplete {
+    width: 100%;
+    .dropdown-item {
+        white-space: normal;
+        word-break: break-word;
+        &:focus {
+            outline: none;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+form {
+    > div {
+        position: relative;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/app/shared/input-suggestions/input-suggestions.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/input-suggestions/input-suggestions.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b6cdd2aa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/input-suggestions/input-suggestions.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,306 @@
+import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, DebugElement, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
+
+import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import { InputSuggestionsComponent } from './input-suggestions.component';
+import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import { async, ComponentFixture, fakeAsync, TestBed, tick } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
+import { NoopAnimationsModule } from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
+import { RouterTestingModule } from '@angular/router/testing';
+
+describe('InputSuggestionsComponent', () => {
+
+  let comp: InputSuggestionsComponent;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<InputSuggestionsComponent>;
+  let de: DebugElement;
+  let el: HTMLElement;
+  const suggestions = [{displayValue: 'suggestion uno', value: 'suggestion uno'}, {displayValue: 'suggestion dos', value: 'suggestion dos'}, {displayValue: 'suggestion tres', value: 'suggestion tres'}];
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [TranslateModule.forRoot(), RouterTestingModule.withRoutes([]), NoopAnimationsModule, FormsModule],
+      declarations: [InputSuggestionsComponent],
+      providers: [],
+      schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]
+    }).overrideComponent(InputSuggestionsComponent, {
+      set: { changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.Default }
+    }).compileComponents();
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(InputSuggestionsComponent);
+
+    comp = fixture.componentInstance; // LoadingComponent test instance
+    comp.suggestions = suggestions;
+    // query for the message <label> by CSS element selector
+    de = fixture.debugElement;
+    el = de.nativeElement;
+    comp.show.next(true);
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+  });
+
+  it('should create', () => {
+    expect(comp).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  describe('when the input field is in focus', () => {
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      const inputElement = de.query(By.css('.suggestion_input'));
+      inputElement.nativeElement.focus();
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+    });
+
+    it('should not have any element in focus', () => {
+      const activeElement = el.ownerDocument.activeElement;
+      expect(activeElement.nodeName.toLowerCase()).not.toEqual('a');
+    });
+
+    describe('when key up is pressed', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        spyOn(comp, 'shiftFocusUp');
+        const form = de.query(By.css('form'));
+        form.triggerEventHandler('keydown.arrowup', {});
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+      });
+
+      it('should call shiftFocusUp()', () => {
+        expect(comp.shiftFocusUp).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when shiftFocusUp() is triggered', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        comp.shiftFocusUp(new KeyboardEvent('keydown.arrowup'));
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+      });
+
+      it('should put the focus on the last element ', () => {
+        const lastLink = de.query(By.css('.list-unstyled > li:last-child a'));
+        const activeElement = el.ownerDocument.activeElement;
+        expect(activeElement).toEqual(lastLink.nativeElement);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when key down is pressed', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        spyOn(comp, 'shiftFocusDown');
+        const form = de.query(By.css('form'));
+        form.triggerEventHandler('keydown.arrowdown', {});
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+      });
+
+      it('should call shiftFocusDown()', () => {
+        expect(comp.shiftFocusDown).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when shiftFocusDown() is triggered', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        comp.shiftFocusDown(new KeyboardEvent('keydown.arrowdown'));
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+      });
+
+      it('should put the focus on the first element ', () => {
+        const firstLink = de.query(By.css('.list-unstyled > li:first-child a'));
+        const activeElement = el.ownerDocument.activeElement;
+        expect(activeElement).toEqual(firstLink.nativeElement);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when changeFocus() is triggered when selectedIndex is 1', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        comp.selectedIndex = 1;
+        comp.changeFocus();
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+      });
+
+      it('should put the focus on the second element', () => {
+        const secondLink = de.query(By.css('.list-unstyled > li:nth-child(2) a'));
+        const activeElement = el.ownerDocument.activeElement;
+        expect(activeElement).toEqual(secondLink.nativeElement);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('when the first element is in focus', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      const firstLink = de.query(By.css('.list-unstyled > li:first-child a'));
+      firstLink.nativeElement.focus();
+      comp.selectedIndex = 0;
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+    });
+
+    describe('when shiftFocusUp() is triggered', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        comp.shiftFocusUp(new KeyboardEvent('keydown.arrowup'));
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+      });
+
+      it('should put the focus on the last element ', () => {
+        const lastLink = de.query(By.css('.list-unstyled > li:last-child a'));
+        const activeElement = el.ownerDocument.activeElement;
+        expect(activeElement).toEqual(lastLink.nativeElement);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when shiftFocusDown() is triggered', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        comp.shiftFocusDown(new KeyboardEvent('keydown.arrowdown'));
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+      });
+
+      it('should put the focus on the second element ', () => {
+        const secondLink = de.query(By.css('.list-unstyled > li:nth-child(2) a'));
+        const activeElement = el.ownerDocument.activeElement;
+        expect(activeElement).toEqual(secondLink.nativeElement);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('when the last element is in focus', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      const lastLink = de.query(By.css('.list-unstyled > li:last-child a'));
+      lastLink.nativeElement.focus();
+      comp.selectedIndex = suggestions.length - 1;
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+    });
+
+    describe('when shiftFocusUp() is triggered', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        comp.shiftFocusUp(new KeyboardEvent('keydown.arrowup'));
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+      });
+
+      it('should put the focus on the second last element ', () => {
+        const secondLastLink = de.query(By.css('.list-unstyled > li:nth-last-child(2) a'));
+        const activeElement = el.ownerDocument.activeElement;
+        expect(activeElement).toEqual(secondLastLink.nativeElement);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when shiftFocusDown() is triggered', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        comp.shiftFocusDown(new KeyboardEvent('keydown.arrowdown'));
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+      });
+
+      it('should put the focus on the first element ', () => {
+        const firstLink = de.query(By.css('.list-unstyled > li:first-child a'));
+        const activeElement = el.ownerDocument.activeElement;
+        expect(activeElement).toEqual(firstLink.nativeElement);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when any key but is pressed in the form', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        spyOn(comp, 'onKeydown');
+        const form = de.query(By.css('form'));
+        form.triggerEventHandler('keydown', { key: 'Shift' });
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+      });
+
+      it('should call onKeydown', () => {
+        expect(comp.onKeydown).toHaveBeenCalled();
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+      })
+    });
+    describe('when onKeydown is triggered with the Enter key', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        spyOn(comp.queryInput.nativeElement, 'focus');
+        comp.onKeydown(new KeyboardEvent('keydown', {key: 'Enter'}));
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+      });
+
+      it('should not change the focus', () => {
+        expect(comp.queryInput.nativeElement.focus).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
+
+    });
+
+    describe('when onKeydown is triggered with the any other (not-Enter) key', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        spyOn(comp.queryInput.nativeElement, 'focus');
+        comp.onKeydown(new KeyboardEvent('keydown', {key: 'Shift'}));
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+      });
+
+      it('should change the focus', () => {
+        expect(comp.queryInput.nativeElement.focus).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
+
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('when the suggestions list is not empty and show is true', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      comp.show.next(true);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+    });
+    it('should contain an .autocomplete list with a \'show\' class', () => {
+      const autocomplete = de.query(By.css('div.autocomplete'));
+      expect(autocomplete.nativeElement.classList).toContain('show');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('when the suggestions list is not empty and show is false', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      comp.show.next(false);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+    });
+    it('should contain an .autocomplete list without a \'show\' class', () => {
+      const autocomplete = de.query(By.css('div.autocomplete'));
+      expect(autocomplete.nativeElement.classList).not.toContain('show');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('when the suggestions list is empty and show is false', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      comp.suggestions = [];
+      comp.show.next(false);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+    });
+    it('should contain an .autocomplete list without a \'show\' class', () => {
+      const autocomplete = de.query(By.css('div.autocomplete'));
+      expect(autocomplete.nativeElement.classList).not.toContain('show');
+    });
+  });
+  describe('when the suggestions list is empty and show is true', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      comp.suggestions = [];
+      comp.show.next(true);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+    });
+    it('should contain an .autocomplete list without a \'show\' class', () => {
+      const autocomplete = de.query(By.css('div.autocomplete'));
+      expect(autocomplete.nativeElement.classList).not.toContain('show');
+    });
+  });
+  describe('when the variable \'show\' is set to true and close() is called', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      comp.show.next(true);
+      comp.close();
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+    });
+    it('should set \'show\' to false', () => {
+      expect(comp.show.getValue()).toBeFalsy();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('when an element is clicked', () => {
+    const clickedIndex = 0;
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      spyOn(comp, 'onClickSuggestion');
+      const clickedLink = de.query(By.css('.list-unstyled > li:nth-child(' + (clickedIndex + 1) + ') a'));
+      clickedLink.triggerEventHandler('click', {} );
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+    });
+    it('should call onClickSuggestion() with the suggestion as a parameter', () => {
+      expect(comp.onClickSuggestion).toHaveBeenCalledWith(suggestions[clickedIndex].value);
+    });
+  });
+
+});
diff --git a/src/app/shared/input-suggestions/input-suggestions.component.ts b/src/app/shared/input-suggestions/input-suggestions.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..826c2043b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/input-suggestions/input-suggestions.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+import {
+  Component,
+  ElementRef, EventEmitter,
+  Input,
+  Output,
+  QueryList, SimpleChanges,
+  ViewChild,
+  ViewChildren
+} from '@angular/core';
+import { BehaviorSubject } from 'rxjs/BehaviorSubject';
+import { hasValue, isNotEmpty } from '../empty.util';
+import { ActivatedRoute } from '@angular/router';
+
+/**
+ * This component renders a simple item page.
+ * The route parameter 'id' is used to request the item it represents.
+ * All fields of the item that should be displayed, are defined in its template.
+ */
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-input-suggestions',
+  styleUrls: ['./input-suggestions.component.scss'],
+  templateUrl: './input-suggestions.component.html'
+})
+
+export class InputSuggestionsComponent {
+  @Input() suggestions: any[] = [];
+  @Input() debounceTime = 500;
+  @Input() placeholder = '';
+  @Input() action;
+  @Input() name;
+  @Input() ngModel;
+  @Output() ngModelChange = new EventEmitter();
+  @Output() submitSuggestion = new EventEmitter();
+  @Output() clickSuggestion = new EventEmitter();
+  @Output() findSuggestions = new EventEmitter();
+  show = new BehaviorSubject<boolean>(false);
+  selectedIndex = -1;
+  @ViewChild('inputField') queryInput: ElementRef;
+  @ViewChildren('suggestion') resultViews: QueryList<ElementRef>;
+
+  ngOnChanges(changes: SimpleChanges) {
+    if (hasValue(changes.suggestions)) {
+      this.show.next(isNotEmpty(changes.suggestions.currentValue));
+    }
+  }
+
+  shiftFocusUp(event: KeyboardEvent) {
+    event.preventDefault();
+    if (this.selectedIndex > 0) {
+      this.selectedIndex--;
+      this.selectedIndex = (this.selectedIndex + this.resultViews.length) % this.resultViews.length; // Prevent negative modulo outcome
+    } else {
+      this.selectedIndex = this.resultViews.length - 1;
+    }
+    this.changeFocus();
+  }
+
+  shiftFocusDown(event: KeyboardEvent) {
+    event.preventDefault();
+    if (this.selectedIndex >= 0) {
+      this.selectedIndex++;
+      this.selectedIndex %= this.resultViews.length;
+    } else {
+      this.selectedIndex = 0;
+    }
+    this.changeFocus();
+  }
+
+  changeFocus() {
+    if (this.resultViews.length > 0) {
+      this.resultViews.toArray()[this.selectedIndex].nativeElement.focus();
+    }
+  }
+
+  onKeydown(event: KeyboardEvent) {
+    if (event.key !== 'Enter') {
+      this.queryInput.nativeElement.focus();
+    }
+  }
+
+  close() {
+    this.show.next(false);
+  }
+
+  isNotEmpty(data) {
+    return isNotEmpty(data);
+  }
+
+  onClickSuggestion(data) {
+    this.clickSuggestion.emit(data);
+    this.close();
+    this.queryInput.nativeElement.focus();
+    return false;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mocks/mock-item.ts b/src/app/shared/mocks/mock-item.ts
index 81c1fcf26c..f6dd0be861 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/mocks/mock-item.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/mocks/mock-item.ts
@@ -17,78 +17,86 @@ export const MockItem: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
     errorMessage: '',
     statusCode: '202',
     pageInfo: {},
-    payload: [
-      {
-        sizeBytes: 10201,
-        content: 'https://dspace7.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/api/core/bitstreams/cf9b0c8e-a1eb-4b65-afd0-567366448713/content',
-        format: Observable.of({
-          self: 'https://dspace7.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/api/core/bitstreamformats/10',
-          requestPending: false,
-          responsePending: false,
-          isSuccessful: true,
-          errorMessage: '',
-          statusCode: '202',
-          pageInfo: {},
-          payload: {
-            shortDescription: 'Microsoft Word XML',
-            description: 'Microsoft Word XML',
-            mimetype: 'application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document',
-            supportLevel: 0,
-            internal: false,
-            extensions: null,
-            self: 'https://dspace7.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/api/core/bitstreamformats/10'
-          }
-        }),
-        bundleName: 'ORIGINAL',
-        self: 'https://dspace7.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/api/core/bitstreams/cf9b0c8e-a1eb-4b65-afd0-567366448713',
-        id: 'cf9b0c8e-a1eb-4b65-afd0-567366448713',
-        uuid: 'cf9b0c8e-a1eb-4b65-afd0-567366448713',
-        type: 'bitstream',
-        name: 'test_word.docx',
-        metadata: [
-          {
-            key: 'dc.title',
-            language: null,
-            value: 'test_word.docx'
-          }
-        ]
+    payload: {
+      pageInfo: {
+        elementsPerPage: 20,
+        totalElements: 3,
+        totalPages: 1,
+        currentPage: 2
       },
-      {
-        sizeBytes: 31302,
-        content: 'https://dspace7.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/api/core/bitstreams/99b00f3c-1cc6-4689-8158-91965bee6b28/content',
-        format: Observable.of({
-          self: 'https://dspace7.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/api/core/bitstreamformats/4',
-          requestPending: false,
-          responsePending: false,
-          isSuccessful: true,
-          errorMessage: '',
-          statusCode: '202',
-          pageInfo: {},
-          payload: {
-            shortDescription: 'Adobe PDF',
-            description: 'Adobe Portable Document Format',
-            mimetype: 'application/pdf',
-            supportLevel: 0,
-            internal: false,
-            extensions: null,
-            self: 'https://dspace7.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/api/core/bitstreamformats/4'
-          }
-        }),
-        bundleName: 'ORIGINAL',
-        self: 'https://dspace7.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/api/core/bitstreams/99b00f3c-1cc6-4689-8158-91965bee6b28',
-        id: '99b00f3c-1cc6-4689-8158-91965bee6b28',
-        uuid: '99b00f3c-1cc6-4689-8158-91965bee6b28',
-        type: 'bitstream',
-        name: 'test_pdf.pdf',
-        metadata: [
-          {
-            key: 'dc.title',
-            language: null,
-            value: 'test_pdf.pdf'
-          }
-        ]
-      }
-    ]
+      page: [
+        {
+          sizeBytes: 10201,
+          content: 'https://dspace7.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/api/core/bitstreams/cf9b0c8e-a1eb-4b65-afd0-567366448713/content',
+          format: Observable.of({
+            self: 'https://dspace7.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/api/core/bitstreamformats/10',
+            requestPending: false,
+            responsePending: false,
+            isSuccessful: true,
+            errorMessage: '',
+            statusCode: '202',
+            pageInfo: {},
+            payload: {
+              shortDescription: 'Microsoft Word XML',
+              description: 'Microsoft Word XML',
+              mimetype: 'application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document',
+              supportLevel: 0,
+              internal: false,
+              extensions: null,
+              self: 'https://dspace7.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/api/core/bitstreamformats/10'
+            }
+          }),
+          bundleName: 'ORIGINAL',
+          self: 'https://dspace7.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/api/core/bitstreams/cf9b0c8e-a1eb-4b65-afd0-567366448713',
+          id: 'cf9b0c8e-a1eb-4b65-afd0-567366448713',
+          uuid: 'cf9b0c8e-a1eb-4b65-afd0-567366448713',
+          type: 'bitstream',
+          name: 'test_word.docx',
+          metadata: [
+            {
+              key: 'dc.title',
+              language: null,
+              value: 'test_word.docx'
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          sizeBytes: 31302,
+          content: 'https://dspace7.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/api/core/bitstreams/99b00f3c-1cc6-4689-8158-91965bee6b28/content',
+          format: Observable.of({
+            self: 'https://dspace7.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/api/core/bitstreamformats/4',
+            requestPending: false,
+            responsePending: false,
+            isSuccessful: true,
+            errorMessage: '',
+            statusCode: '202',
+            pageInfo: {},
+            payload: {
+              shortDescription: 'Adobe PDF',
+              description: 'Adobe Portable Document Format',
+              mimetype: 'application/pdf',
+              supportLevel: 0,
+              internal: false,
+              extensions: null,
+              self: 'https://dspace7.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/api/core/bitstreamformats/4'
+            }
+          }),
+          bundleName: 'ORIGINAL',
+          self: 'https://dspace7.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/api/core/bitstreams/99b00f3c-1cc6-4689-8158-91965bee6b28',
+          id: '99b00f3c-1cc6-4689-8158-91965bee6b28',
+          uuid: '99b00f3c-1cc6-4689-8158-91965bee6b28',
+          type: 'bitstream',
+          name: 'test_pdf.pdf',
+          metadata: [
+            {
+              key: 'dc.title',
+              language: null,
+              value: 'test_pdf.pdf'
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    }
   }),
   self: 'https://dspace7.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/api/core/items/0ec7ff22-f211-40ab-a69e-c819b0b1f357',
   id: '0ec7ff22-f211-40ab-a69e-c819b0b1f357',
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.html
index b8f3197a7c..2b90269693 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <span class="text-muted">
     <ds-truncatable-part [id]="dso.id" [minLines]="1">
             (<span *ngIf="dso.findMetadata('dc.publisher')" class="item-list-publisher"
-                   [innerHTML]="getFirstValue('dc.publisher')">, </span><span
+                   [innerHTML]="getFirstValue('dc.publisher') + ', '"></span><span
             *ngIf="dso.findMetadata('dc.date.issued')" class="item-list-date"
             [innerHTML]="getFirstValue('dc.date.issued')"></span>)
             <span *ngIf="dso.filterMetadata(['dc.contributor.author', 'dc.creator', 'dc.contributor.*']).length > 0"
diff --git a/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts b/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts
index 8e3d2149d9..72f5227e64 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts
@@ -43,14 +43,16 @@ import { VarDirective } from './utils/var.directive';
 import { LogInComponent } from './log-in/log-in.component';
 import { AuthNavMenuComponent } from './auth-nav-menu/auth-nav-menu.component';
 import { LogOutComponent } from './log-out/log-out.component';
-import { NotificationComponent } from './notifications/notification/notification.component';
-import { NotificationsBoardComponent } from './notifications/notifications-board/notifications-board.component';
 import { DragClickDirective } from './utils/drag-click.directive';
 import { TruncatePipe } from './utils/truncate.pipe';
 import { TruncatableComponent } from './truncatable/truncatable.component';
 import { TruncatableService } from './truncatable/truncatable.service';
 import { TruncatablePartComponent } from './truncatable/truncatable-part/truncatable-part.component';
 import { MockAdminGuard } from './mocks/mock-admin-guard.service';
+import { DebounceDirective } from './utils/debounce.directive';
+import { ClickOutsideDirective } from './utils/click-outside.directive';
+import { EmphasizePipe } from './utils/emphasize.pipe';
+import { InputSuggestionsComponent } from './input-suggestions/input-suggestions.component';
 
 const MODULES = [
   // Do NOT include UniversalModule, HttpModule, or JsonpModule here
@@ -68,7 +70,8 @@ const PIPES = [
   EnumKeysPipe,
   FileSizePipe,
   SafeUrlPipe,
-  TruncatePipe
+  TruncatePipe,
+  EmphasizePipe
 ];
 
 const COMPONENTS = [
@@ -95,6 +98,7 @@ const COMPONENTS = [
   ViewModeSwitchComponent,
   TruncatableComponent,
   TruncatablePartComponent,
+  InputSuggestionsComponent
 ];
 
 const ENTRY_COMPONENTS = [
@@ -116,7 +120,9 @@ const PROVIDERS = [
 
 const DIRECTIVES = [
   VarDirective,
-  DragClickDirective
+  DragClickDirective,
+  DebounceDirective,
+  ClickOutsideDirective
 ];
 
 @NgModule({
diff --git a/src/app/shared/utils/click-outside.directive.ts b/src/app/shared/utils/click-outside.directive.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..59f5bcb1e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/utils/click-outside.directive.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import {Directive, ElementRef, Output, EventEmitter, HostListener} from '@angular/core';
+
+@Directive({
+  selector: '[dsClickOutside]'
+})
+export class ClickOutsideDirective {
+  @Output()
+  public dsClickOutside = new EventEmitter();
+
+  constructor(private _elementRef: ElementRef) {
+  }
+
+  @HostListener('document:click', ['$event.target'])
+  public onClick(targetElement) {
+    const clickedInside = this._elementRef.nativeElement.contains(targetElement);
+    if (!clickedInside) {
+      this.dsClickOutside.emit(null);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/utils/debounce.directive.ts b/src/app/shared/utils/debounce.directive.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1f2d3354f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/utils/debounce.directive.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { Directive, Input, Output, EventEmitter, OnDestroy, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
+import { NgControl } from '@angular/forms';
+import 'rxjs/add/operator/debounceTime';
+import 'rxjs/add/operator/distinctUntilChanged';
+import 'rxjs/add/operator/takeUntil';
+import { Subject } from 'rxjs/Subject';
+
+@Directive({
+  selector: '[ngModel][dsDebounce]',
+})
+export class DebounceDirective implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
+  @Output()
+  public onDebounce = new EventEmitter<any>();
+
+  @Input()
+  public dsDebounce = 500;
+
+  private isFirstChange = true;
+  private ngUnsubscribe: Subject<void> = new Subject<void>();
+
+  constructor(public model: NgControl) {
+  }
+
+  ngOnInit() {
+    this.model.valueChanges
+      .takeUntil(this.ngUnsubscribe)
+      .debounceTime(this.dsDebounce)
+      .distinctUntilChanged()
+      .subscribe((modelValue) => {
+        if (this.isFirstChange) {
+          this.isFirstChange = false;
+        } else {
+          this.onDebounce.emit(modelValue);
+        }
+      });
+  }
+
+  ngOnDestroy() {
+    this.ngUnsubscribe.next();
+    this.ngUnsubscribe.complete();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/utils/emphasize.pipe.ts b/src/app/shared/utils/emphasize.pipe.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..506974c569
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/utils/emphasize.pipe.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { Pipe, PipeTransform } from '@angular/core';
+
+@Pipe({ name: 'dsEmphasize' })
+export class EmphasizePipe implements PipeTransform {
+  specials = [
+    // order matters for these
+    '-'
+    , '['
+    , ']'
+    // order doesn't matter for any of these
+    , '/'
+    , '{'
+    , '}'
+    , '('
+    , ')'
+    , '*'
+    , '+'
+    , '?'
+    , '.'
+    , '\\'
+    , '^'
+    , '$'
+    , '|'
+  ];
+  regex = RegExp('[' + this.specials.join('\\') + ']', 'g');
+
+  transform(haystack, needle): any {
+    const escaped = this.escapeRegExp(needle);
+    const reg = new RegExp(escaped, 'gi');
+    return haystack.replace(reg, '<em>$&</em>');
+  }
+
+   escapeRegExp(str) {
+    return str.replace(this.regex, '\\$&');
+  }
+}