diff --git a/resources/i18n/en.json b/resources/i18n/en.json
index e3126b16b8..667d5132ba 100644
--- a/resources/i18n/en.json
+++ b/resources/i18n/en.json
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
         "f.dateIssued.max": "End date",
         "f.subject": "Subject",
         "f.has_content_in_original_bundle": "Has files",
-        "f.entityType": "Item Type"
+        "f.entityType": "Entity Type"
       },
       "filter": {
         "show-more": "Show more",
@@ -237,8 +237,8 @@
           "head": "Has files"
         },
         "entityType": {
-          "placeholder": "Item Type",
-          "head": "Item Type"
+          "placeholder": "Entity Type",
+          "head": "Entity Type"
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/field-components/metadata-values/metadata-values.component.spec.ts b/src/app/+item-page/field-components/metadata-values/metadata-values.component.spec.ts
index 9447e1c48e..9682386b96 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/field-components/metadata-values/metadata-values.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/field-components/metadata-values/metadata-values.component.spec.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { MockTranslateLoader } from '../../../shared/mocks/mock-translate-loader';
 import { MetadataValuesComponent } from './metadata-values.component';
 import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import { Metadatum } from '../../../core/shared/metadatum.model';
 
 let comp: MetadataValuesComponent;
 let fixture: ComponentFixture<MetadataValuesComponent>;
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ const mockMetadata = [
     key: 'journal.identifier.description',
     language: 'en_US',
     value: 'desc'
-  }];
+  }] as Metadatum[];
 const mockSeperator = '<br/>';
 const mockLabel = 'fake.message';
 
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/item-page.module.ts b/src/app/+item-page/item-page.module.ts
index b4e5ba1cd8..41d78f6393 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/item-page.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/item-page.module.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import { JournalComponent } from './simple/item-types/journal/journal.component'
 import { JournalVolumeComponent } from './simple/item-types/journal-volume/journal-volume.component';
 import { JournalIssueComponent } from './simple/item-types/journal-issue/journal-issue.component';
 import { ItemComponent } from './simple/item-types/shared/item.component';
+import { MetadataRepresentationListComponent } from './simple/metadata-representation-list/metadata-representation-list.component';
 
 @NgModule({
   imports: [
@@ -61,7 +62,8 @@ import { ItemComponent } from './simple/item-types/shared/item.component';
     GenericItemPageFieldComponent,
     JournalComponent,
     JournalIssueComponent,
-    JournalVolumeComponent
+    JournalVolumeComponent,
+    MetadataRepresentationListComponent
   ],
   entryComponents: [
     PublicationComponent,
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-page.component.html b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-page.component.html
index e59d37fb9d..b6de496dc4 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-page.component.html
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-page.component.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <div class="container" *ngVar="(itemRD$ | async) as itemRD">
   <div class="item-page" *ngIf="itemRD?.hasSucceeded" @fadeInOut>
     <div *ngIf="itemRD?.payload as item">
-      <ds-item-type-switcher [object]="item" [viewMode]="ElementViewMode.Full"></ds-item-type-switcher>
+      <ds-item-type-switcher [object]="item" [viewMode]="viewMode"></ds-item-type-switcher>
     </div>
   </div>
   <ds-error *ngIf="itemRD?.hasFailed" message="{{'error.item' | translate}}"></ds-error>
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-page.component.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-page.component.ts
index 1cee863070..ac23add738 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-page.component.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import { fadeInOut } from '../../shared/animations/fade';
 import { hasValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import * as viewMode from '../../shared/view-mode';
 
+export const VIEW_MODE_FULL = 'full';
+
 /**
  * This component renders a simple item page.
  * The route parameter 'id' is used to request the item it represents.
@@ -46,9 +48,8 @@ export class ItemPageComponent implements OnInit {
 
   /**
    * The view-mode we're currently on
-   * @type {ElementViewMode}
    */
-  ElementViewMode = viewMode.ElementViewMode;
+  viewMode = VIEW_MODE_FULL;
 
   constructor(
     private route: ActivatedRoute,
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal-issue/journal-issue.component.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal-issue/journal-issue.component.ts
index c663b15256..9240616c59 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal-issue/journal-issue.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal-issue/journal-issue.component.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ import { ItemDataService } from '../../../../core/data/item-data.service';
 import { Item } from '../../../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { rendersItemType } from '../../../../shared/items/item-type-decorator';
 import { ITEM } from '../../../../shared/items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component';
-import { ElementViewMode } from '../../../../shared/view-mode';
 import { isNotEmpty } from '../../../../shared/empty.util';
 import { ItemComponent, filterRelationsByTypeLabel, relationsToItems } from '../shared/item.component';
+import { VIEW_MODE_FULL } from '../../item-page.component';
 
-@rendersItemType('JournalIssue', ElementViewMode.Full)
+@rendersItemType('JournalIssue', VIEW_MODE_FULL)
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-journal-issue',
   styleUrls: ['./journal-issue.component.scss'],
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal-volume/journal-volume.component.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal-volume/journal-volume.component.ts
index ebb6919234..0372fe5d30 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal-volume/journal-volume.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal-volume/journal-volume.component.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ import { ItemDataService } from '../../../../core/data/item-data.service';
 import { Item } from '../../../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { rendersItemType } from '../../../../shared/items/item-type-decorator';
 import { ITEM } from '../../../../shared/items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component';
-import { ElementViewMode } from '../../../../shared/view-mode';
 import { isNotEmpty } from '../../../../shared/empty.util';
 import { ItemComponent, filterRelationsByTypeLabel, relationsToItems } from '../shared/item.component';
+import { VIEW_MODE_FULL } from '../../item-page.component';
 
-@rendersItemType('JournalVolume', ElementViewMode.Full)
+@rendersItemType('JournalVolume', VIEW_MODE_FULL)
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-journal-volume',
   styleUrls: ['./journal-volume.component.scss'],
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal/journal.component.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal/journal.component.ts
index 3af725062c..12ba91eb6b 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal/journal.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal/journal.component.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ import { ItemDataService } from '../../../../core/data/item-data.service';
 import { Item } from '../../../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { rendersItemType } from '../../../../shared/items/item-type-decorator';
 import { ITEM } from '../../../../shared/items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component';
-import { ElementViewMode } from '../../../../shared/view-mode';
 import { isNotEmpty } from '../../../../shared/empty.util';
 import { ItemComponent, filterRelationsByTypeLabel, relationsToItems } from '../shared/item.component';
+import { VIEW_MODE_FULL } from '../../item-page.component';
 
-@rendersItemType('Journal', ElementViewMode.Full)
+@rendersItemType('Journal', VIEW_MODE_FULL)
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-journal',
   styleUrls: ['./journal.component.scss'],
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/orgunit/orgunit.component.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/orgunit/orgunit.component.ts
index f1979b0961..1a6ab4ba36 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/orgunit/orgunit.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/orgunit/orgunit.component.ts
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { ItemDataService } from '../../../../core/data/item-data.service';
 import { Item } from '../../../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { rendersItemType } from '../../../../shared/items/item-type-decorator';
-import { ElementViewMode } from '../../../../shared/view-mode';
 import { ITEM } from '../../../../shared/items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component';
 import { isNotEmpty } from '../../../../shared/empty.util';
 import { ItemComponent, filterRelationsByTypeLabel, relationsToItems } from '../shared/item.component';
+import { VIEW_MODE_FULL } from '../../item-page.component';
 
-@rendersItemType('OrgUnit', ElementViewMode.Full)
+@rendersItemType('OrgUnit', VIEW_MODE_FULL)
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-orgunit',
   styleUrls: ['./orgunit.component.scss'],
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/person/person.component.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/person/person.component.ts
index bb98799da5..3cf5a230bf 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/person/person.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/person/person.component.ts
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ import { ItemDataService } from '../../../../core/data/item-data.service';
 import { Item } from '../../../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { rendersItemType } from '../../../../shared/items/item-type-decorator';
 import { ITEM } from '../../../../shared/items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component';
-import { ElementViewMode } from '../../../../shared/view-mode';
 import { SearchFixedFilterService } from '../../../../+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-fixed-filter.service';
 import { isNotEmpty } from '../../../../shared/empty.util';
 import { ItemComponent, filterRelationsByTypeLabel, relationsToItems } from '../shared/item.component';
+import { VIEW_MODE_FULL } from '../../item-page.component';
 
-@rendersItemType('Person', ElementViewMode.Full)
+@rendersItemType('Person', VIEW_MODE_FULL)
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-person',
   styleUrls: ['./person.component.scss'],
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/project/project.component.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/project/project.component.ts
index dfbdacff86..4bdb6012f2 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/project/project.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/project/project.component.ts
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { ItemDataService } from '../../../../core/data/item-data.service';
 import { Item } from '../../../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { rendersItemType } from '../../../../shared/items/item-type-decorator';
-import { ElementViewMode } from '../../../../shared/view-mode';
 import { ITEM } from '../../../../shared/items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component';
 import { isNotEmpty } from '../../../../shared/empty.util';
 import { ItemComponent, filterRelationsByTypeLabel, relationsToItems } from '../shared/item.component';
+import { VIEW_MODE_FULL } from '../../item-page.component';
 
-@rendersItemType('Project', ElementViewMode.Full)
+@rendersItemType('Project', VIEW_MODE_FULL)
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-project',
   styleUrls: ['./project.component.scss'],
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/publication/publication.component.html b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/publication/publication.component.html
index e619e18b01..b1259be689 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/publication/publication.component.html
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/publication/publication.component.html
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
     <ds-item-page-author-field *ngIf="!(authors$ | async)" [item]="item"></ds-item-page-author-field>
   </div>
   <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6">
-    <ds-related-items
-      [items]="authors$ | async"
-      [label]="'relationships.isAuthorOf' | translate">
-    </ds-related-items>
+    <ds-metadata-representation-list
+      [label]="'relationships.isAuthorOf' | translate"
+      [representations]="authors$ | async">
+    </ds-metadata-representation-list>
     <ds-related-items
       [items]="projects$ | async"
       [label]="'relationships.isProjectOf' | translate">
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/publication/publication.component.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/publication/publication.component.ts
index b6178893d6..1ea50598c7 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/publication/publication.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/publication/publication.component.ts
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@ import {
   rendersItemType
 } from '../../../../shared/items/item-type-decorator';
 import { ITEM } from '../../../../shared/items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component';
-import { ElementViewMode } from '../../../../shared/view-mode';
 import { ItemComponent, filterRelationsByTypeLabel, relationsToItems } from '../shared/item.component';
+import { MetadataRepresentation } from '../../../../core/shared/metadata-representation/metadata-representation.model';
+import { VIEW_MODE_FULL } from '../../item-page.component';
 
-@rendersItemType('Publication', ElementViewMode.Full)
-@rendersItemType(DEFAULT_ITEM_TYPE, ElementViewMode.Full)
+@rendersItemType('Publication', VIEW_MODE_FULL)
+@rendersItemType(DEFAULT_ITEM_TYPE, VIEW_MODE_FULL)
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-publication',
   styleUrls: ['./publication.component.scss'],
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ export class PublicationComponent extends ItemComponent implements OnInit {
   /**
    * The authors related to this publication
    */
-  authors$: Observable<Item[]>;
+  authors$: Observable<MetadataRepresentation[]>;
 
   /**
    * The projects related to this publication
@@ -51,10 +52,7 @@ export class PublicationComponent extends ItemComponent implements OnInit {
 
     if (this.resolvedRelsAndTypes$) {
 
-      this.authors$ = this.resolvedRelsAndTypes$.pipe(
-        filterRelationsByTypeLabel('isAuthorOfPublication'),
-        relationsToItems(this.item.id, this.ids)
-      );
+      this.authors$ = this.buildRepresentations('Person', 'dc.contributor.author', this.ids);
 
       this.projects$ = this.resolvedRelsAndTypes$.pipe(
         filterRelationsByTypeLabel('isProjectOfPublication'),
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/shared/item.component.spec.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/shared/item.component.spec.ts
index 30f39957db..8c6cf15ee9 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/shared/item.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/shared/item.component.spec.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,18 @@ import { PaginatedList } from '../../../../core/data/paginated-list';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../../../core/data/remote-data';
 import { Relationship } from '../../../../core/shared/item-relationships/relationship.model';
 import { PageInfo } from '../../../../core/shared/page-info.model';
-import { compareArraysUsing, compareArraysUsingIds } from './item.component';
+import { compareArraysUsing, compareArraysUsingIds, ItemComponent } from './item.component';
 import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
+import { BrowserAnimationsModule } from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
+import { ItemPageComponent } from '../../item-page.component';
+import { VarDirective } from '../../../../shared/utils/var.directive';
+import { ActivatedRoute } from '@angular/router';
+import { MetadataService } from '../../../../core/metadata/metadata.service';
+import { of } from 'rxjs/internal/observable/of';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/internal/Observable';
+import { MetadataRepresentation } from '../../../../core/shared/metadata-representation/metadata-representation.model';
+import { MetadatumRepresentation } from '../../../../core/shared/metadata-representation/metadatum/metadatum-representation.model';
+import { ItemMetadataRepresentation } from '../../../../core/shared/metadata-representation/item/item-metadata-representation.model';
 
 /**
  * Create a generic test for an item-page-fields component using a mockItem and the type of component
@@ -306,4 +316,116 @@ describe('ItemComponent', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('when calling buildRepresentations', () => {
+    let comp: ItemComponent;
+    let fixture: ComponentFixture<ItemComponent>;
+
+    const metadataField = 'dc.contributor.author';
+    const mockItem = Object.assign(new Item(), {
+      id: '1',
+      uuid: '1',
+      metadata: [
+        {
+          key: metadataField,
+          value: 'Second value',
+          place: 1
+        },
+        {
+          key: metadataField,
+          value: 'Third value',
+          place: 2,
+          authority: 'virtual::123'
+        },
+        {
+          key: metadataField,
+          value: 'First value',
+          place: 0
+        },
+        {
+          key: metadataField,
+          value: 'Fourth value',
+          place: 3,
+          authority: '123'
+        }
+      ],
+      relationships: observableOf(new RemoteData(false, false, true, null, new PaginatedList(new PageInfo(), [
+        Object.assign(new Relationship(), {
+          uuid: '123',
+          id: '123',
+          leftId: '1',
+          rightId: '2',
+          relationshipType: observableOf(new RemoteData(false, false, true, null, new RelationshipType()))
+        })
+      ])))
+    });
+    const relatedItem = Object.assign(new Item(), {
+      id: '2',
+      metadata: [
+        {
+          key: 'dc.title',
+          value: 'related item'
+        }
+      ]
+    });
+    const mockItemDataService = {
+      findById: (id) => {
+        if (id === relatedItem.id) {
+          return observableOf(new RemoteData(false, false, true, null, relatedItem))
+        }
+      }
+    } as ItemDataService;
+
+    let representations: Observable<MetadataRepresentation[]>;
+
+    beforeEach(async(() => {
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+        imports: [TranslateModule.forRoot({
+          loader: {
+            provide: TranslateLoader,
+            useClass: MockTranslateLoader
+          }
+        }), BrowserAnimationsModule],
+        declarations: [ItemComponent, VarDirective],
+        providers: [
+          {provide: ITEM, useValue: mockItem}
+        ],
+
+        schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]
+      }).overrideComponent(ItemComponent, {
+        set: {changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.Default}
+      }).compileComponents();
+    }));
+
+    beforeEach(async(() => {
+      fixture = TestBed.createComponent(ItemComponent);
+      comp = fixture.componentInstance;
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      representations = comp.buildRepresentations('bogus', metadataField, mockItemDataService);
+    }));
+
+    it('should contain exactly 4 metadata-representations', () => {
+      representations.subscribe((reps: MetadataRepresentation[]) => {
+        expect(reps.length).toEqual(4);
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should have all the representations in the correct order', () => {
+      representations.subscribe((reps: MetadataRepresentation[]) => {
+        expect(reps[0].getPrimaryValue()).toEqual('First value');
+        expect(reps[1].getPrimaryValue()).toEqual('Second value');
+        expect(reps[2].getPrimaryValue()).toEqual('related item');
+        expect(reps[3].getPrimaryValue()).toEqual('Fourth value');
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should have created the correct MetadatumRepresentation and ItemMetadataRepresentation objects for the correct Metadata', () => {
+      representations.subscribe((reps: MetadataRepresentation[]) => {
+        expect(reps[0] instanceof MetadatumRepresentation).toEqual(true);
+        expect(reps[1] instanceof MetadatumRepresentation).toEqual(true);
+        expect(reps[2] instanceof ItemMetadataRepresentation).toEqual(true);
+        expect(reps[3] instanceof MetadatumRepresentation).toEqual(true);
+      });
+    });
+  })
+
 });
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/shared/item.component.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/shared/item.component.ts
index 5527114ec3..c5aae65f13 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/shared/item.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/shared/item.component.ts
@@ -7,9 +7,14 @@ import { RemoteData } from '../../../../core/data/remote-data';
 import { RelationshipType } from '../../../../core/shared/item-relationships/relationship-type.model';
 import { Relationship } from '../../../../core/shared/item-relationships/relationship.model';
 import { Item } from '../../../../core/shared/item.model';
-import { getRemoteDataPayload } from '../../../../core/shared/operators';
-import { hasValue } from '../../../../shared/empty.util';
+import { getRemoteDataPayload, getSucceededRemoteData } from '../../../../core/shared/operators';
+import { hasNoValue, hasValue } from '../../../../shared/empty.util';
 import { ITEM } from '../../../../shared/items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component';
+import { MetadataRepresentation } from '../../../../core/shared/metadata-representation/metadata-representation.model';
+import { ItemMetadataRepresentation } from '../../../../core/shared/metadata-representation/item/item-metadata-representation.model';
+import { Metadatum } from '../../../../core/shared/metadatum.model';
+import { MetadatumRepresentation } from '../../../../core/shared/metadata-representation/metadatum/metadatum-representation.model';
+import { of } from 'rxjs/internal/observable/of';
 
 /**
  * Operator for comparing arrays using a mapping function
@@ -82,6 +87,41 @@ export const relationsToItems = (thisId: string, ids: ItemDataService) =>
       distinctUntilChanged(compareArraysUsingIds()),
     );
 
+/**
+ * Operator for turning a list of relationships into a list of metadatarepresentations given the original metadata
+ * @param thisId      The id of the parent item
+ * @param itemType    The type of relation this list resembles (for creating representations)
+ * @param metadata    The list of original Metadatum objects
+ * @param ids         The ItemDataService to use for fetching Items from the Rest API
+ */
+export const relationsToRepresentations = (thisId: string, itemType: string, metadata: Metadatum[], ids: ItemDataService) =>
+  (source: Observable<Relationship[]>): Observable<MetadataRepresentation[]> =>
+    source.pipe(
+      flatMap((rels: Relationship[]) =>
+        observableZip(
+          ...metadata.map((metadatum: Metadatum) => {
+            const prefix = 'virtual::';
+            if (hasValue(metadatum.authority) && metadatum.authority.startsWith(prefix)) {
+              const matchingRels = rels.filter((rel: Relationship) => ('' + rel.id) === metadatum.authority.substring(metadatum.authority.indexOf(prefix) + prefix.length));
+              if (matchingRels.length > 0) {
+                const matchingRel = matchingRels[0];
+                let queryId = matchingRel.leftId;
+                if (matchingRel.leftId === thisId) {
+                  queryId = matchingRel.rightId;
+                }
+                return ids.findById(queryId).pipe(
+                  getSucceededRemoteData(),
+                  map((d: RemoteData<Item>) => Object.assign(new ItemMetadataRepresentation(itemType), d.payload))
+                );
+              }
+            } else {
+              return of(Object.assign(new MetadatumRepresentation(itemType), metadatum));
+            }
+          })
+        )
+      )
+    );
+
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-item',
   template: ''
@@ -93,7 +133,7 @@ export class ItemComponent implements OnInit {
   /**
    * Resolved relationships and types together in one observable
    */
-  resolvedRelsAndTypes$: Observable<[Relationship[], RelationshipType[]]>
+  resolvedRelsAndTypes$: Observable<[Relationship[], RelationshipType[]]>;
 
   constructor(
     @Inject(ITEM) public item: Item
@@ -125,4 +165,25 @@ export class ItemComponent implements OnInit {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Build a list of MetadataRepresentations for the current item. This combines all metadata and relationships of a
+   * certain type.
+   * @param itemType          The type of item we're building representations of. Used for matching templates.
+   * @param metadataField     The metadata field that resembles the item type.
+   * @param itemDataService   ItemDataService to turn relations into items.
+   */
+  buildRepresentations(itemType: string, metadataField: string, itemDataService: ItemDataService): Observable<MetadataRepresentation[]> {
+    const metadata = this.item.findMetadataSortedByPlace(metadataField);
+    const relsCurrentPage$ = this.item.relationships.pipe(
+      getSucceededRemoteData(),
+      getRemoteDataPayload(),
+      map((pl: PaginatedList<Relationship>) => pl.page),
+      distinctUntilChanged(compareArraysUsingIds())
+    );
+
+    return relsCurrentPage$.pipe(
+      relationsToRepresentations(this.item.id, itemType, metadata, itemDataService)
+    );
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/metadata-representation-list/metadata-representation-list.component.html b/src/app/+item-page/simple/metadata-representation-list/metadata-representation-list.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..48eabf8451
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/metadata-representation-list/metadata-representation-list.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<ds-metadata-field-wrapper *ngIf="representations && representations.length > 0" [label]="label">
+  <ds-item-type-switcher *ngFor="let rep of representations"
+                           [object]="rep" [viewMode]="viewMode">
+  </ds-item-type-switcher>
+</ds-metadata-field-wrapper>
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/metadata-representation-list/metadata-representation-list.component.spec.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/metadata-representation-list/metadata-representation-list.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77ba30778e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/metadata-representation-list/metadata-representation-list.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
+import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import { MetadataRepresentationListComponent } from './metadata-representation-list.component';
+import { MetadatumRepresentation } from '../../../core/shared/metadata-representation/metadatum/metadatum-representation.model';
+import { ItemMetadataRepresentation } from '../../../core/shared/metadata-representation/item/item-metadata-representation.model';
+
+const itemType = 'type';
+const metadataRepresentation1 = new MetadatumRepresentation(itemType);
+const metadataRepresentation2 = new ItemMetadataRepresentation(itemType);
+const representations = [metadataRepresentation1, metadataRepresentation2];
+
+describe('MetadataRepresentationListComponent', () => {
+  let comp: MetadataRepresentationListComponent;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<MetadataRepresentationListComponent>;
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [],
+      declarations: [MetadataRepresentationListComponent],
+      providers: [],
+      schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]
+    }).overrideComponent(MetadataRepresentationListComponent, {
+      set: {changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.Default}
+    }).compileComponents();
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(MetadataRepresentationListComponent);
+    comp = fixture.componentInstance;
+    comp.representations = representations;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+  }));
+
+  it(`should load ${representations.length} item-type-switcher components`, () => {
+    const fields = fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.css('ds-item-type-switcher'));
+    expect(fields.length).toBe(representations.length);
+  });
+
+});
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/metadata-representation-list/metadata-representation-list.component.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/metadata-representation-list/metadata-representation-list.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b821557f4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/metadata-representation-list/metadata-representation-list.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { Component, Input } from '@angular/core';
+import * as viewMode from '../../../shared/view-mode';
+import { MetadataRepresentation } from '../../../core/shared/metadata-representation/metadata-representation.model';
+
+export const VIEW_MODE_METADATA = 'metadata';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-metadata-representation-list',
+  templateUrl: './metadata-representation-list.component.html'
+})
+/**
+ * This component is used for displaying metadata
+ * It expects a list of MetadataRepresentation objects and a label to put on top of the list
+ */
+export class MetadataRepresentationListComponent {
+  /**
+   * A list of metadata-representations to display
+   */
+  @Input() representations: MetadataRepresentation[];
+
+  /**
+   * An i18n label to use as a title for the list
+   */
+  @Input() label: string;
+
+  /**
+   * The view-mode we're currently on
+   * @type {ElementViewMode}
+   */
+  viewMode = VIEW_MODE_METADATA;
+}
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items-component.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items-component.ts
index 6ad2f0eeb3..ce8ca58b29 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items-component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items-component.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Component, Input } from '@angular/core';
 import { Item } from '../../../core/shared/item.model';
-import * as viewMode from '../../../shared/view-mode';
+
+export const VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT = 'element';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-related-items',
@@ -26,5 +27,5 @@ export class RelatedItemsComponent {
    * The view-mode we're currently on
    * @type {ElementViewMode}
    */
-  ElementViewMode = viewMode.ElementViewMode
+  viewMode = VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT;
 }
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items.component.html b/src/app/+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items.component.html
index bd8b7eb5f3..4b284ad63c 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items.component.html
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items.component.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <ds-metadata-field-wrapper *ngIf="items && items.length > 0" [label]="label">
   <ds-item-type-switcher *ngFor="let item of items"
-                           [object]="item" [viewMode]="ElementViewMode.SetElement">
+                           [object]="item" [viewMode]="viewMode">
   </ds-item-type-switcher>
 </ds-metadata-field-wrapper>
diff --git a/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.spec.ts
index 006707d710..189517e9f5 100644
--- a/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.spec.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import { MockTranslateLoader } from '../../shared/mocks/mock-translate-loader';
 import { BrowseService } from '../browse/browse.service';
 import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
 import { EmptyError } from 'rxjs/internal-compatibility';
+import { Metadatum } from '../shared/metadatum.model';
 
 /* tslint:disable:max-classes-per-file */
 @Component({
@@ -223,7 +224,7 @@ describe('MetadataService', () => {
       key: 'dc.publisher',
       language: 'en_US',
       value: 'Mock Publisher'
-    });
+    } as Metadatum);
     return publishedMockItem;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/dspace-object.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/dspace-object.model.ts
index 3a40d142aa..916274eda6 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/dspace-object.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/dspace-object.model.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Metadatum } from './metadatum.model'
-import { isEmpty, isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { hasNoValue, isEmpty, isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { CacheableObject } from '../cache/object-cache.reducer';
 import { RemoteData } from '../data/remote-data';
 import { ResourceType } from './resource-type';
@@ -91,4 +91,23 @@ export class  DSpaceObject implements CacheableObject, ListableObject {
     });
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Find metadata on a specific field and order all of them using their "place" property.
+   * @param key
+   */
+  findMetadataSortedByPlace(key: string): Metadatum[] {
+    return this.filterMetadata([key]).sort((a: Metadatum, b: Metadatum) => {
+      if (hasNoValue(a.place) && hasNoValue(b.place)) {
+        return 0;
+      }
+      if (hasNoValue(a.place)) {
+        return -1;
+      }
+      if (hasNoValue(b.place)) {
+        return 1;
+      }
+      return a.place - b.place;
+    });
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/metadata-representation/item/item-metadata-representation.model.spec.ts b/src/app/core/shared/metadata-representation/item/item-metadata-representation.model.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4afe5a783f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/metadata-representation/item/item-metadata-representation.model.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { MetadataRepresentationType } from '../metadata-representation.model';
+import { ItemMetadataRepresentation, ItemTypeToPrimaryValue } from './item-metadata-representation.model';
+import { Item } from '../../item.model';
+import { Metadatum } from '../../metadatum.model';
+
+describe('ItemMetadataRepresentation', () => {
+  const valuePrefix = 'Test value for ';
+  const item = new Item();
+  let itemMetadataRepresentation: ItemMetadataRepresentation;
+  item.metadata = Object.keys(ItemTypeToPrimaryValue).map((key: string) => {
+    return Object.assign(new Metadatum(), {
+      key: ItemTypeToPrimaryValue[key],
+      value: `${valuePrefix}${ItemTypeToPrimaryValue[key]}`
+    });
+  });
+
+  for (const itemType of Object.keys(ItemTypeToPrimaryValue)) {
+    describe(`when creating an ItemMetadataRepresentation with item-type "${itemType}"`, () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        itemMetadataRepresentation = Object.assign(new ItemMetadataRepresentation(itemType), item);
+      });
+
+      it('should have a representation type of item', () => {
+        expect(itemMetadataRepresentation.representationType).toEqual(MetadataRepresentationType.Item);
+      });
+
+      it('should return the correct value when calling getPrimaryValue', () => {
+        expect(itemMetadataRepresentation.getPrimaryValue()).toEqual(`${valuePrefix}${ItemTypeToPrimaryValue[itemType]}`);
+      });
+
+      it('should return the correct item type', () => {
+        expect(itemMetadataRepresentation.itemType).toEqual(itemType);
+      });
+    });
+  }
+});
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/metadata-representation/item/item-metadata-representation.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/metadata-representation/item/item-metadata-representation.model.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ff72d5cf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/metadata-representation/item/item-metadata-representation.model.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import { Item } from '../../item.model';
+import { MetadataRepresentation, MetadataRepresentationType } from '../metadata-representation.model';
+import { hasValue } from '../../../../shared/empty.util';
+
+/**
+ * An object to convert item types into the metadata field it should render for the item's primary value
+ */
+export const ItemTypeToPrimaryValue = {
+  Default: 'dc.title',
+  Person: 'dc.contributor.author'
+};
+
+/**
+ * This class defines the way the item it extends should be represented as metadata
+ */
+export class ItemMetadataRepresentation extends Item implements MetadataRepresentation {
+
+  /**
+   * The type of item this item can be represented as
+   */
+  itemType: string;
+
+  constructor(itemType: string) {
+    super();
+    this.itemType = itemType;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Fetch the way this item should be rendered as in a list
+   */
+  get representationType(): MetadataRepresentationType {
+    return MetadataRepresentationType.Item;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the value to display, depending on the itemType
+   */
+  getPrimaryValue(): string {
+    let metadata;
+    if (hasValue(ItemTypeToPrimaryValue[this.itemType])) {
+      metadata = ItemTypeToPrimaryValue[this.itemType];
+    } else {
+      metadata = ItemTypeToPrimaryValue.Default;
+    }
+    return this.findMetadata(metadata);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/metadata-representation/metadata-representation.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/metadata-representation/metadata-representation.model.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..770c462e8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/metadata-representation/metadata-representation.model.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/**
+ * An Enum defining the representation type of metadata
+ */
+export enum MetadataRepresentationType {
+  None = 'none',
+  Item = 'item',
+  AuthorityControlled = 'authority_controlled',
+  PlainText = 'plain_text'
+}
+
+/**
+ * An interface containing information about how we should represent certain metadata
+ */
+export interface MetadataRepresentation {
+  /**
+   * The type of item this metadata is representing
+   * e.g. 'Person'
+   * This can be used for template matching
+   */
+  itemType: string;
+
+  /**
+   * How we should render the metadata in a list
+   */
+  representationType: MetadataRepresentationType,
+
+  /**
+   * Fetches the primary value to be displayed
+   */
+  getPrimaryValue(): string
+}
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/metadata-representation/metadatum/metadatum-representation.model.spec.ts b/src/app/core/shared/metadata-representation/metadatum/metadatum-representation.model.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7356a79bbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/metadata-representation/metadatum/metadatum-representation.model.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import { Metadatum } from '../../metadatum.model';
+import { MetadatumRepresentation } from './metadatum-representation.model';
+import { MetadataRepresentationType } from '../metadata-representation.model';
+
+describe('MetadatumRepresentation', () => {
+  const itemType = 'Person';
+  const normalMetadatum = Object.assign(new Metadatum(), {
+    key: 'dc.contributor.author',
+    value: 'Test Author'
+  });
+  const authorityMetadatum = Object.assign(new Metadatum(), {
+    key: 'dc.contributor.author',
+    value: 'Test Authority Author',
+    authority: '1234'
+  });
+
+  let metadatumRepresentation: MetadatumRepresentation;
+
+  describe('when creating a MetadatumRepresentation based on a standard Metadatum object', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      metadatumRepresentation = Object.assign(new MetadatumRepresentation(itemType), normalMetadatum);
+    });
+
+    it('should have a representation type of plain text', () => {
+      expect(metadatumRepresentation.representationType).toEqual(MetadataRepresentationType.PlainText);
+    });
+
+    it('should return the correct value when calling getPrimaryValue', () => {
+      expect(metadatumRepresentation.getPrimaryValue()).toEqual(normalMetadatum.value);
+    });
+
+    it('should return the correct item type', () => {
+      expect(metadatumRepresentation.itemType).toEqual(itemType);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('when creating a MetadatumRepresentation based on an authority controlled Metadatum object', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      metadatumRepresentation = Object.assign(new MetadatumRepresentation(itemType), authorityMetadatum);
+    });
+
+    it('should have a representation type of plain text', () => {
+      expect(metadatumRepresentation.representationType).toEqual(MetadataRepresentationType.AuthorityControlled);
+    });
+
+    it('should return the correct value when calling getPrimaryValue', () => {
+      expect(metadatumRepresentation.getPrimaryValue()).toEqual(authorityMetadatum.value);
+    });
+
+    it('should return the correct item type', () => {
+      expect(metadatumRepresentation.itemType).toEqual(itemType);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/metadata-representation/metadatum/metadatum-representation.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/metadata-representation/metadatum/metadatum-representation.model.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6a8de97733
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/metadata-representation/metadatum/metadatum-representation.model.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { Metadatum } from '../../metadatum.model';
+import { MetadataRepresentation, MetadataRepresentationType } from '../metadata-representation.model';
+import { hasValue } from '../../../../shared/empty.util';
+
+/**
+ * This class defines the way the metadatum it extends should be represented
+ */
+export class MetadatumRepresentation extends Metadatum implements MetadataRepresentation {
+
+  /**
+   * The type of item this metadatum can be represented as
+   */
+  itemType: string;
+
+  constructor(itemType: string) {
+    super();
+    this.itemType = itemType;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Fetch the way this metadatum should be rendered as in a list
+   */
+  get representationType(): MetadataRepresentationType {
+    if (hasValue(this.authority)) {
+      return MetadataRepresentationType.AuthorityControlled;
+    } else {
+      return MetadataRepresentationType.PlainText;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the value to display
+   */
+  getPrimaryValue(): string {
+    return this.value;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/metadatum.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/metadatum.model.ts
index a3c5830608..c4ce8c3101 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/metadatum.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/metadatum.model.ts
@@ -20,4 +20,17 @@ export class Metadatum {
   @autoserialize
   value: string;
 
+  /**
+   * The place of this Metadatum within his list of metadata
+   * This is used to render metadata in a specific custom order
+   */
+  @autoserialize
+  place: number;
+
+  /**
+   * The authority key used for authority-controlled metadata
+   */
+  @autoserialize
+  authority: string;
+
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/items/item-type-decorator.ts b/src/app/shared/items/item-type-decorator.ts
index 509a1c754a..c8a1a2df97 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/items/item-type-decorator.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/items/item-type-decorator.ts
@@ -1,36 +1,60 @@
 import { hasNoValue, hasValue } from '../empty.util';
-import { ElementViewMode } from '../view-mode';
+import { MetadataRepresentationType } from '../../core/shared/metadata-representation/metadata-representation.model';
+import { VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT } from '../../+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items-component';
 
 export const DEFAULT_ITEM_TYPE = 'Default';
+export const DEFAULT_VIEW_MODE = VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT;
+export const NO_REPRESENTATION_TYPE = MetadataRepresentationType.None;
+export const DEFAULT_REPRESENTATION_TYPE = MetadataRepresentationType.PlainText;
 
 const map = new Map();
 
 /**
- * Decorator used for rendering simple item pages by type and viewMode
+ * Decorator used for rendering simple item pages by type and viewMode (and optionally a representationType)
  * @param type
  * @param viewMode
+ * @param representationType
  */
-export function rendersItemType(type: string, viewMode: ElementViewMode) {
+export function rendersItemType(type: string, viewMode: string, representationType?: MetadataRepresentationType) {
   return function decorator(component: any) {
     if (hasNoValue(map.get(viewMode))) {
       map.set(viewMode, new Map());
     }
-    if (hasValue(map.get(viewMode).get(type))) {
-      throw new Error(`There can't be more than one component to render Items of type "${type}" in view mode "${viewMode}"`);
+    if (hasNoValue(map.get(viewMode).get(type))) {
+      map.get(viewMode).set(type, new Map());
     }
-    map.get(viewMode).set(type, component);
+    if (hasNoValue(representationType)) {
+      representationType = NO_REPRESENTATION_TYPE;
+    }
+    if (hasValue(map.get(viewMode).get(type).get(representationType))) {
+      throw new Error(`There can't be more than one component to render Metadata of type "${type}" in view mode "${viewMode}" with representation type "${representationType}"`);
+    }
+    map.get(viewMode).get(type).set(representationType, component);
   };
 }
 
 /**
- * Get the component used for rendering an item by type and viewMode
+ * Get the component used for rendering an item by type and viewMode (and optionally a representationType)
  * @param type
  * @param viewMode
+ * @param representationType
  */
-export function getComponentByItemType(type: string, viewMode: ElementViewMode) {
-  let component = map.get(viewMode).get(type);
-  if (hasNoValue(component)) {
-    component = map.get(viewMode).get(DEFAULT_ITEM_TYPE);
+export function getComponentByItemType(type: string, viewMode: string, representationType?: MetadataRepresentationType) {
+  if (hasNoValue(representationType)) {
+    representationType = NO_REPRESENTATION_TYPE;
   }
-  return component;
+  if (hasNoValue(map.get(viewMode))) {
+    viewMode = DEFAULT_VIEW_MODE;
+  }
+  if (hasNoValue(map.get(viewMode).get(type))) {
+    type = DEFAULT_ITEM_TYPE;
+  }
+  let representationComponent = map.get(viewMode).get(type).get(representationType);
+  if (hasNoValue(representationComponent)) {
+    representationComponent = map.get(viewMode).get(type).get(DEFAULT_REPRESENTATION_TYPE);
+  }
+  if (hasNoValue(representationComponent)) {
+    representationComponent = map.get(viewMode).get(type).get(NO_REPRESENTATION_TYPE);
+  }
+  return representationComponent;
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component.spec.ts
index 67f5309793..cb657b1625 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component.spec.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ import { PaginatedList } from '../../../core/data/paginated-list';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../../core/data/remote-data';
 import * as decorator from '../item-type-decorator';
 import { getComponentByItemType } from '../item-type-decorator';
-import { ElementViewMode } from '../../view-mode';
+import { ItemMetadataRepresentation } from '../../../core/shared/metadata-representation/item/item-metadata-representation.model';
 import createSpy = jasmine.createSpy;
+import { VIEW_MODE_FULL } from '../../../+item-page/simple/item-page.component';
+import { VIEW_MODE_METADATA } from '../../../+item-page/simple/metadata-representation-list/metadata-representation-list.component';
 
 const relationType = 'type';
 const mockItem: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
@@ -26,7 +28,8 @@ const mockItem: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
       value: relationType
     }]
 });
-const viewMode = ElementViewMode.Full;
+const mockItemMetadataRepresentation = Object.assign(new ItemMetadataRepresentation(relationType), mockItem);
+let viewMode = VIEW_MODE_FULL;
 
 describe('ItemTypeSwitcherComponent', () => {
   let comp: ItemTypeSwitcherComponent;
@@ -47,13 +50,39 @@ describe('ItemTypeSwitcherComponent', () => {
     spyOnProperty(decorator, 'getComponentByItemType').and.returnValue(createSpy('getComponentByItemType'))
   }));
 
-  describe('when calling getComponent', () => {
+  describe('when the injected object is of type Item', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
-      comp.getComponent();
+      viewMode = VIEW_MODE_FULL;
+      comp.object = mockItem;
+      comp.viewMode = viewMode;
     });
 
-    it('should call getComponentByItemType with parameters type and viewMode', () => {
-      expect(decorator.getComponentByItemType).toHaveBeenCalledWith(relationType, viewMode);
+    describe('when calling getComponent', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        comp.getComponent();
+      });
+
+      it('should call getComponentByItemType with parameters type and viewMode', () => {
+        expect(decorator.getComponentByItemType).toHaveBeenCalledWith(relationType, viewMode);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('when the injected object is of type MetadataRepresentation', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      viewMode = VIEW_MODE_METADATA;
+      comp.object = mockItemMetadataRepresentation;
+      comp.viewMode = viewMode;
+    });
+
+    describe('when calling getComponent', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        comp.getComponent();
+      });
+
+      it('should call getComponentByItemType with parameters type, viewMode and representationType', () => {
+        expect(decorator.getComponentByItemType).toHaveBeenCalledWith(relationType, viewMode, mockItemMetadataRepresentation.representationType);
+      });
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/src/app/shared/items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component.ts b/src/app/shared/items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component.ts
index 5599326e98..2e03cb556c 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { Item } from '../../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { hasValue } from '../../empty.util';
 import { ItemSearchResult } from '../../object-collection/shared/item-search-result.model';
 import { getComponentByItemType } from '../item-type-decorator';
-import { ElementViewMode } from '../../view-mode';
+import { MetadataRepresentation } from '../../../core/shared/metadata-representation/metadata-representation.model';
 
 export const ITEM: InjectionToken<string> = new InjectionToken<string>('item');
 
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ export const ITEM: InjectionToken<string> = new InjectionToken<string>('item');
  */
 export class ItemTypeSwitcherComponent implements OnInit {
   /**
-   * The item to determine the component for
+   * The item or metadata to determine the component for
    */
-  @Input() object: Item | SearchResult<Item>;
+  @Input() object: Item | SearchResult<Item> | MetadataRepresentation;
 
   /**
    * The preferred view-mode to display
    */
-  @Input() viewMode: ElementViewMode;
+  @Input() viewMode: string;
 
   /**
    * The object injector used to inject the item into the child component
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ export class ItemTypeSwitcherComponent implements OnInit {
    * @returns {string}
    */
   getComponent(): string {
+    if (hasValue((this.object as any).representationType)) {
+      const metadataRepresentation = this.object as MetadataRepresentation;
+      return getComponentByItemType(metadataRepresentation.itemType, this.viewMode, metadataRepresentation.representationType);
+    }
+
     let item: Item;
     if (hasValue((this.object as any).dspaceObject)) {
       const searchResult = this.object as ItemSearchResult;
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.html
index 8cdf8cac6a..d433c7acf2 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.html
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<ds-item-type-switcher [object]="object" [viewMode]="ElementViewMode.SetElement"></ds-item-type-switcher>
+<ds-item-type-switcher [object]="object" [viewMode]="viewMode"></ds-item-type-switcher>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.ts
index a9677c9777..4d34e75d61 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import { Component } from '@angular/core';
 
 import { Item } from '../../../core/shared/item.model';
-import * as viewMode from '../../../shared/view-mode';
 import { renderElementsFor } from '../../object-collection/shared/dso-element-decorator';
 import { AbstractListableElementComponent } from '../../object-collection/shared/object-collection-element/abstract-listable-element.component';
 import { SetViewMode } from '../../view-mode';
+import { VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT } from '../../../+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items-component';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-item-list-element',
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ import { SetViewMode } from '../../view-mode';
  */
 @renderElementsFor(Item, SetViewMode.List)
 export class ItemListElementComponent extends AbstractListableElementComponent<Item> {
-  ElementViewMode = viewMode.ElementViewMode;
+  viewMode = VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT;
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal-issue/journal-issue-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal-issue/journal-issue-list-element.component.ts
index 4f18822773..3b1b9eb1c9 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal-issue/journal-issue-list-element.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal-issue/journal-issue-list-element.component.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Component } from '@angular/core';
 import { rendersItemType } from '../../../../items/item-type-decorator';
-import { ElementViewMode } from '../../../../view-mode';
 import { TypedItemSearchResultListElementComponent } from '../typed-item-search-result-list-element.component';
+import { VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT } from '../../../../../+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items-component';
 
-@rendersItemType('JournalIssue', ElementViewMode.SetElement)
+@rendersItemType('JournalIssue', VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT)
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-journal-issue-list-element',
   styleUrls: ['./journal-issue-list-element.component.scss'],
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal-volume/journal-volume-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal-volume/journal-volume-list-element.component.ts
index a95dca88f9..49a11b2cd9 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal-volume/journal-volume-list-element.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal-volume/journal-volume-list-element.component.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Component } from '@angular/core';
 import { rendersItemType } from '../../../../items/item-type-decorator';
-import { ElementViewMode } from '../../../../view-mode';
 import { TypedItemSearchResultListElementComponent } from '../typed-item-search-result-list-element.component';
+import { VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT } from '../../../../../+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items-component';
 
-@rendersItemType('JournalVolume', ElementViewMode.SetElement)
+@rendersItemType('JournalVolume', VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT)
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-journal-volume-list-element',
   styleUrls: ['./journal-volume-list-element.component.scss'],
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal/journal-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal/journal-list-element.component.ts
index 28be0d8149..45926c681c 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal/journal-list-element.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal/journal-list-element.component.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Component } from '@angular/core';
 import { rendersItemType } from '../../../../items/item-type-decorator';
-import { ElementViewMode } from '../../../../view-mode';
 import { TypedItemSearchResultListElementComponent } from '../typed-item-search-result-list-element.component';
+import { VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT } from '../../../../../+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items-component';
 
-@rendersItemType('Journal', ElementViewMode.SetElement)
+@rendersItemType('Journal', VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT)
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-journal-list-element',
   styleUrls: ['./journal-list-element.component.scss'],
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/orgunit/orgunit-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/orgunit/orgunit-list-element.component.ts
index e3433f7e76..699cb6dfab 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/orgunit/orgunit-list-element.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/orgunit/orgunit-list-element.component.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Component } from '@angular/core';
 import { rendersItemType } from '../../../../items/item-type-decorator';
-import { ElementViewMode } from '../../../../view-mode';
 import { TypedItemSearchResultListElementComponent } from '../typed-item-search-result-list-element.component';
+import { VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT } from '../../../../../+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items-component';
 
-@rendersItemType('OrgUnit', ElementViewMode.SetElement)
+@rendersItemType('OrgUnit', VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT)
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-orgunit-list-element',
   styleUrls: ['./orgunit-list-element.component.scss'],
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/person/person-list-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/person/person-list-element.component.html
index 803674b56e..2d89fda483 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/person/person-list-element.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/person/person-list-element.component.html
@@ -13,4 +13,3 @@
         </ds-truncatable-part>
   </span>
 </ds-truncatable>
-
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/person/person-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/person/person-list-element.component.ts
index b0369458f9..e12cc60813 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/person/person-list-element.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/person/person-list-element.component.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Component } from '@angular/core';
 import { rendersItemType } from '../../../../items/item-type-decorator';
-import { ElementViewMode } from '../../../../view-mode';
 import { TypedItemSearchResultListElementComponent } from '../typed-item-search-result-list-element.component';
+import { VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT } from '../../../../../+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items-component';
 
-@rendersItemType('Person', ElementViewMode.SetElement)
+@rendersItemType('Person', VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT)
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-person-list-element',
   styleUrls: ['./person-list-element.component.scss'],
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/person/person-metadata-list-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/person/person-metadata-list-element.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..92e57d7ef4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/person/person-metadata-list-element.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<ng-template #descTemplate>
+  <span class="text-muted">
+      <span *ngIf="item.filterMetadata(['person.identifier.jobtitle']).length > 0"
+            class="item-list-job-title">
+              <span *ngFor="let value of getValues(['person.identifier.jobtitle']); let last=last;">
+                  <span [innerHTML]="value"><span [innerHTML]="value"></span></span>
+              </span>
+      </span>
+  </span>
+</ng-template>
+<ds-truncatable [id]="item.id">
+  <a [routerLink]="['/items/' + item.id]"
+     [innerHTML]="getFirstValue('dc.contributor.author')"
+     [tooltip]="descTemplate"></a>
+</ds-truncatable>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/person/person-metadata-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/person/person-metadata-list-element.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1f3d736d1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/person/person-metadata-list-element.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { rendersItemType } from '../../../../items/item-type-decorator';
+import { VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT } from '../../../../../+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items-component';
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+import { TypedItemSearchResultListElementComponent } from '../typed-item-search-result-list-element.component';
+import { MetadataRepresentationType } from '../../../../../core/shared/metadata-representation/metadata-representation.model';
+
+@rendersItemType('Person', VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT, MetadataRepresentationType.Item)
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-person-metadata-list-element',
+  templateUrl: './person-metadata-list-element.component.html'
+})
+/**
+ * The component for displaying a list element for an item of the type Person
+ */
+export class PersonMetadataListElementComponent extends TypedItemSearchResultListElementComponent {
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/project/project-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/project/project-list-element.component.ts
index 6b130e4786..e688056bc6 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/project/project-list-element.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/project/project-list-element.component.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Component } from '@angular/core';
 import { rendersItemType } from '../../../../items/item-type-decorator';
-import { ElementViewMode } from '../../../../view-mode';
 import { TypedItemSearchResultListElementComponent } from '../typed-item-search-result-list-element.component';
+import { VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT } from '../../../../../+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items-component';
 
-@rendersItemType('Project', ElementViewMode.SetElement)
+@rendersItemType('Project', VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT)
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-project-list-element',
   styleUrls: ['./project-list-element.component.scss'],
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/publication/publication-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/publication/publication-list-element.component.ts
index 4575ab5cca..58a0568931 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/publication/publication-list-element.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/publication/publication-list-element.component.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import { Component } from '@angular/core';
 import { DEFAULT_ITEM_TYPE, rendersItemType } from '../../../../items/item-type-decorator';
-import { ElementViewMode } from '../../../../view-mode';
 import { TypedItemSearchResultListElementComponent } from '../typed-item-search-result-list-element.component';
+import { VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT } from '../../../../../+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items-component';
 
-@rendersItemType('Publication', ElementViewMode.SetElement)
-@rendersItemType(DEFAULT_ITEM_TYPE, ElementViewMode.SetElement)
+@rendersItemType('Publication', VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT)
+@rendersItemType(DEFAULT_ITEM_TYPE, VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT)
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-publication-list-element',
   styleUrls: ['./publication-list-element.component.scss'],
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/item/item-metadata-list-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/item/item-metadata-list-element.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..764fdc1064
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/item/item-metadata-list-element.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<ds-item-type-switcher [object]="metadataRepresentation" [viewMode]="viewMode">
+</ds-item-type-switcher>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/item/item-metadata-list-element.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/item/item-metadata-list-element.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..90de549800
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/item/item-metadata-list-element.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { ITEM } from '../../../items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component';
+import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
+import { ItemMetadataListElementComponent } from './item-metadata-list-element.component';
+import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import { ItemMetadataRepresentation } from '../../../../core/shared/metadata-representation/item/item-metadata-representation.model';
+
+const mockItemMetadataRepresentation = new ItemMetadataRepresentation('type');
+
+describe('ItemMetadataListElementComponent', () => {
+  let comp: ItemMetadataListElementComponent;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<ItemMetadataListElementComponent>;
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [],
+      declarations: [ItemMetadataListElementComponent],
+      providers: [
+        { provide: ITEM, useValue: mockItemMetadataRepresentation }
+      ],
+      schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]
+    }).overrideComponent(ItemMetadataListElementComponent, {
+      set: {changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.Default}
+    }).compileComponents();
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(ItemMetadataListElementComponent);
+    comp = fixture.componentInstance;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+  }));
+
+  it('should call an item-type-switcher component and pass the item-metadata-representation', () => {
+    const itemTypeSwitcher = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('ds-item-type-switcher')).nativeElement;
+    expect(itemTypeSwitcher.object).toBe(mockItemMetadataRepresentation);
+  });
+
+});
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/item/item-metadata-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/item/item-metadata-list-element.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a5900cc763
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/item/item-metadata-list-element.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import * as viewMode from '../../../view-mode';
+import { MetadataRepresentationType } from '../../../../core/shared/metadata-representation/metadata-representation.model';
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+import { MetadataRepresentationListElementComponent } from '../metadata-representation-list-element.component';
+import { DEFAULT_ITEM_TYPE, rendersItemType } from '../../../items/item-type-decorator';
+import { VIEW_MODE_METADATA } from '../../../../+item-page/simple/metadata-representation-list/metadata-representation-list.component';
+import { VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT } from '../../../../+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items-component';
+
+@rendersItemType(DEFAULT_ITEM_TYPE, VIEW_MODE_METADATA, MetadataRepresentationType.Item)
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-item-metadata-list-element',
+  templateUrl: './item-metadata-list-element.component.html'
+})
+/**
+ * A component for displaying MetadataRepresentation objects in the form of items
+ * It will send the MetadataRepresentation object along with ElementViewMode.SetElement to the ItemTypeSwitcherComponent,
+ * which will in his turn decide how to render the item as metadata.
+ */
+export class ItemMetadataListElementComponent extends MetadataRepresentationListElementComponent {
+  /**
+   * The view-mode we're currently on
+   * @type {ElementViewMode}
+   */
+  viewMode = VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT;
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/metadata-representation-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/metadata-representation-list-element.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2488db50b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/metadata-representation-list-element.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { Component, Inject } from '@angular/core';
+import { MetadataRepresentation } from '../../../core/shared/metadata-representation/metadata-representation.model';
+import { ITEM } from '../../items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-metadata-representation-list-element',
+  template: ''
+})
+/**
+ * An abstract class for displaying a single MetadataRepresentation
+ */
+export class MetadataRepresentationListElementComponent {
+  constructor(@Inject(ITEM) public metadataRepresentation: MetadataRepresentation) {
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/plain-text/plain-text-metadata-list-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/plain-text/plain-text-metadata-list-element.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2533cf834b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/plain-text/plain-text-metadata-list-element.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<div>
+  <span>{{metadataRepresentation.getPrimaryValue()}}</span>
+</div>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/plain-text/plain-text-metadata-list-element.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/plain-text/plain-text-metadata-list-element.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..42b9abde16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/plain-text/plain-text-metadata-list-element.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
+import { PlainTextMetadataListElementComponent } from './plain-text-metadata-list-element.component';
+import { MetadatumRepresentation } from '../../../../core/shared/metadata-representation/metadatum/metadatum-representation.model';
+import { ITEM } from '../../../items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component';
+
+const mockMetadataRepresentation = Object.assign(new MetadatumRepresentation('type'), {
+  key: 'dc.contributor.author',
+  value: 'Test Author'
+});
+
+describe('PlainTextMetadataListElementComponent', () => {
+  let comp: PlainTextMetadataListElementComponent;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<PlainTextMetadataListElementComponent>;
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [],
+      declarations: [PlainTextMetadataListElementComponent],
+      providers: [
+        { provide: ITEM, useValue: mockMetadataRepresentation }
+      ],
+      schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]
+    }).overrideComponent(PlainTextMetadataListElementComponent, {
+      set: {changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.Default}
+    }).compileComponents();
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(PlainTextMetadataListElementComponent);
+    comp = fixture.componentInstance;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+  }));
+
+  it('should contain the value as plain text', () => {
+    expect(fixture.debugElement.nativeElement.textContent).toContain(mockMetadataRepresentation.value);
+  });
+
+});
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/plain-text/plain-text-metadata-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/plain-text/plain-text-metadata-list-element.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e7cf235c75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/plain-text/plain-text-metadata-list-element.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { MetadataRepresentationType } from '../../../../core/shared/metadata-representation/metadata-representation.model';
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+import { MetadataRepresentationListElementComponent } from '../metadata-representation-list-element.component';
+import { DEFAULT_ITEM_TYPE, rendersItemType } from '../../../items/item-type-decorator';
+import { VIEW_MODE_METADATA } from '../../../../+item-page/simple/metadata-representation-list/metadata-representation-list.component';
+
+@rendersItemType(DEFAULT_ITEM_TYPE, VIEW_MODE_METADATA, MetadataRepresentationType.PlainText)
+// For now, authority controlled fields are rendered the same way as plain text fields
+@rendersItemType(DEFAULT_ITEM_TYPE, VIEW_MODE_METADATA, MetadataRepresentationType.AuthorityControlled)
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-plain-text-metadata-list-element',
+  templateUrl: './plain-text-metadata-list-element.component.html'
+})
+/**
+ * A component for displaying MetadataRepresentation objects in the form of plain text
+ * It will simply use the value retrieved from MetadataRepresentation.getPrimaryValue() to display as plain text
+ */
+export class PlainTextMetadataListElementComponent extends MetadataRepresentationListElementComponent {
+}
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 8cdf8cac6a..d433c7acf2 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
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<ds-item-type-switcher [object]="object" [viewMode]="ElementViewMode.SetElement"></ds-item-type-switcher>
+<ds-item-type-switcher [object]="object" [viewMode]="viewMode"></ds-item-type-switcher>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.ts
index b9ac52ca40..a164e5a65b 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import { focusBackground } from '../../../animations/focus';
 
 import { renderElementsFor } from '../../../object-collection/shared/dso-element-decorator';
 import { ItemSearchResult } from '../../../object-collection/shared/item-search-result.model';
-import * as viewMode from '../../../../shared/view-mode';
 import { SetViewMode } from '../../../view-mode';
 import { SearchResultListElementComponent } from '../search-result-list-element.component';
+import { VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT } from '../../../../+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items-component';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-item-search-result-list-element',
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ import { SearchResultListElementComponent } from '../search-result-list-element.
 
 @renderElementsFor(ItemSearchResult, SetViewMode.List)
 export class ItemSearchResultListElementComponent extends SearchResultListElementComponent<ItemSearchResult, Item> {
-  ElementViewMode = viewMode.ElementViewMode;
+  viewMode = VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT;
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts b/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts
index e467839b57..1c40e86680 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts
@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@ import { CapitalizePipe } from './utils/capitalize.pipe';
 import { ObjectKeysPipe } from './utils/object-keys-pipe';
 import { MomentModule } from 'ngx-moment';
 import { NouisliderModule } from 'ng2-nouislider';
+import { PlainTextMetadataListElementComponent } from './object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/plain-text/plain-text-metadata-list-element.component';
+import { ItemMetadataListElementComponent } from './object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/item/item-metadata-list-element.component';
+import { TooltipModule } from 'ngx-bootstrap';
+import { PersonMetadataListElementComponent } from './object-list/item-list-element/item-types/person/person-metadata-list-element.component';
+import { MetadataRepresentationListElementComponent } from './object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/metadata-representation-list-element.component';
 
 const MODULES = [
   // Do NOT include UniversalModule, HttpModule, or JsonpModule here
@@ -117,6 +122,10 @@ const MODULES = [
   TextMaskModule
 ];
 
+const ROOT_MODULES = [
+  TooltipModule.forRoot()
+];
+
 const PIPES = [
   // put shared pipes here
   EnumKeysPipe,
@@ -184,12 +193,16 @@ const ENTRY_COMPONENTS = [
   SearchResultGridElementComponent,
   PublicationListElementComponent,
   PersonListElementComponent,
+  PersonMetadataListElementComponent,
   OrgUnitListElementComponent,
   ProjectListElementComponent,
   JournalListElementComponent,
   JournalVolumeListElementComponent,
   JournalIssueListElementComponent,
-  BrowseEntryListElementComponent
+  BrowseEntryListElementComponent,
+  PlainTextMetadataListElementComponent,
+  ItemMetadataListElementComponent,
+  MetadataRepresentationListElementComponent
 ];
 
 const PROVIDERS = [
@@ -206,7 +219,8 @@ const DIRECTIVES = [
 
 @NgModule({
   imports: [
-    ...MODULES
+    ...MODULES,
+    ...ROOT_MODULES
   ],
   declarations: [
     ...PIPES,
diff --git a/src/app/shared/view-mode.ts b/src/app/shared/view-mode.ts
index 2825f20c50..d36764a6e8 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/view-mode.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/view-mode.ts
@@ -8,17 +8,7 @@ export enum SetViewMode {
   Grid = 'grid'
 }
 
-/**
- * Enum used for defining the view-mode of a single element
- * Full         Display the full element
- * SetElement   Display the element as part of a set
- */
-export enum ElementViewMode {
-  Full,
-  SetElement
-}
-
 /**
  * ViewMode refers to either a SetViewMode or ElementViewMode
  */
-export type ViewMode = SetViewMode | ElementViewMode;
+export type ViewMode = SetViewMode;