diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f2bb074ff4..60bb3c8d09 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@
     "reflect-metadata": "0.1.10",
     "rxjs": "5.4.3",
     "ts-md5": "1.2.2",
+    "uuid": "^3.1.0",
     "webfontloader": "1.6.28",
     "zone.js": "0.8.18"
   },
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@
     "@types/node": "8.0.34",
     "@types/serve-static": "1.7.32",
     "@types/source-map": "0.5.1",
+    "@types/uuid": "^3.4.3",
     "@types/webfontloader": "1.6.29",
     "ajv": "5.2.3",
     "ajv-keywords": "2.1.0",
diff --git a/src/app/+collection-page/collection-page.component.ts b/src/app/+collection-page/collection-page.component.ts
index 853bd0d154..de7e9a72d4 100644
--- a/src/app/+collection-page/collection-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+collection-page/collection-page.component.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { Subscription } from 'rxjs/Subscription';
 import { SortOptions } from '../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
 import { CollectionDataService } from '../core/data/collection-data.service';
 import { ItemDataService } from '../core/data/item-data.service';
+import { PaginatedList } from '../core/data/paginated-list';
 import { RemoteData } from '../core/data/remote-data';
 
 import { MetadataService } from '../core/metadata/metadata.service';
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../shared/pagination/pagination-comp
 })
 export class CollectionPageComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   collectionRDObs: Observable<RemoteData<Collection>>;
-  itemRDObs: Observable<RemoteData<Item[]>>;
+  itemRDObs: Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<Item>>>;
   logoRDObs: Observable<RemoteData<Bitstream>>;
   paginationConfig: PaginationComponentOptions;
   sortConfig: SortOptions;
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..8e2d04c5cd 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 8edc275437..cb371617c9 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
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
 
 import { CollectionDataService } from '../../core/data/collection-data.service';
+import { PaginatedList } from '../../core/data/paginated-list';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../core/data/remote-data';
 import { Collection } from '../../core/shared/collection.model';
 
 import { fadeIn } from '../../shared/animations/fade';
-import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-community-page-sub-collection-list',
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
   animations:[fadeIn]
 })
 export class CommunityPageSubCollectionListComponent implements OnInit {
-  subCollectionsRDObs: Observable<RemoteData<Collection[]>>;
+  subCollectionsRDObs: Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<Collection>>>;
 
   constructor(private cds: CollectionDataService) {
 
diff --git a/src/app/+home-page/top-level-community-list/top-level-community-list.component.ts b/src/app/+home-page/top-level-community-list/top-level-community-list.component.ts
index b364985fc1..1b71220382 100644
--- a/src/app/+home-page/top-level-community-list/top-level-community-list.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+home-page/top-level-community-list/top-level-community-list.component.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component } from '@angular/core';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
 import { SortOptions } from '../../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
 import { CommunityDataService } from '../../core/data/community-data.service';
+import { PaginatedList } from '../../core/data/paginated-list';
 
 import { RemoteData } from '../../core/data/remote-data';
 import { Community } from '../../core/shared/community.model';
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../../shared/pagination/pagination-c
   animations: [fadeInOut]
 })
 export class TopLevelCommunityListComponent {
-  communitiesRDObs: Observable<RemoteData<Community[]>>;
+  communitiesRDObs: Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<Community>>>;
   config: PaginationComponentOptions;
   sortConfig: SortOptions;
 
diff --git a/src/app/+search-page/search-page.component.html b/src/app/+search-page/search-page.component.html
index 68a7bf6a9e..81f0c78527 100644
--- a/src/app/+search-page/search-page.component.html
+++ b/src/app/+search-page/search-page.component.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
                         [query]="query"
                         [scope]="(scopeObjectRDObs | async)?.payload"
                         [currentParams]="currentParams"
-                        [scopes]="(scopeListRDObs | async)?.payload">
+                        [scopes]="(scopeListRDObs | async)?.payload?.page">
         </ds-search-form>
       <div class="row">
         <div id="search-body"
diff --git a/src/app/+search-page/search-page.component.ts b/src/app/+search-page/search-page.component.ts
index 5ed649e4cc..e3426fc96b 100644
--- a/src/app/+search-page/search-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+search-page/search-page.component.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
 import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component, OnDestroy, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
 import { ActivatedRoute } from '@angular/router';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { SortOptions } from '../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
 import { CommunityDataService } from '../core/data/community-data.service';
+import { PaginatedList } from '../core/data/paginated-list';
 import { RemoteData } from '../core/data/remote-data';
 import { Community } from '../core/shared/community.model';
 import { DSpaceObject } from '../core/shared/dspace-object.model';
+import { pushInOut } from '../shared/animations/push';
 import { isNotEmpty } from '../shared/empty.util';
-import { SearchOptions,ViewMode } from './search-options.model';
+import { HostWindowService } from '../shared/host-window.service';
+import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../shared/pagination/pagination-component-options.model';
+import { SearchOptions, ViewMode } from './search-options.model';
 import { SearchResult } from './search-result.model';
 import { SearchService } from './search-service/search.service';
-import { pushInOut } from '../shared/animations/push';
-import { HostWindowService } from '../shared/host-window.service';
 import { SearchSidebarService } from './search-sidebar/search-sidebar.service';
-import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../shared/pagination/pagination-component-options.model';
-import { SortOptions } from '../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
 
 /**
  * This component renders a simple item page.
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ export class SearchPageComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   currentParams = {};
   searchOptions: SearchOptions;
   sortConfig: SortOptions;
-  scopeListRDObs: Observable<RemoteData<Community[]>>;
+  scopeListRDObs: Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<Community>>>;
   isMobileView: Observable<boolean>;
 
   constructor(private service: SearchService,
diff --git a/src/app/+search-page/search-service/search.service.ts b/src/app/+search-page/search-service/search.service.ts
index 36ec4dcaa1..c70fe22ce0 100644
--- a/src/app/+search-page/search-service/search.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/+search-page/search-service/search.service.ts
@@ -1,23 +1,24 @@
 import { Injectable, OnDestroy } from '@angular/core';
-import { RemoteData } from '../../core/data/remote-data';
+import { ActivatedRoute, NavigationExtras, Router } from '@angular/router';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
-import { SearchResult } from '../search-result.model';
-import { ItemDataService } from '../../core/data/item-data.service';
-import { PageInfo } from '../../core/shared/page-info.model';
-import { DSpaceObject } from '../../core/shared/dspace-object.model';
-import { SearchOptions } from '../search-options.model';
-import { hasValue, isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
-import { Metadatum } from '../../core/shared/metadatum.model';
-import { Item } from '../../core/shared/item.model';
-import { SearchFilterConfig } from './search-filter-config.model';
-import { FilterType } from './filter-type.model';
-import { FacetValue } from './facet-value.model';
-import { ItemSearchResult } from '../../shared/object-collection/shared/item-search-result.model';
 import { ViewMode } from '../../+search-page/search-options.model';
-import { Router, NavigationExtras, ActivatedRoute } from '@angular/router';
-import { RouteService } from '../../shared/route.service';
-import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../../shared/pagination/pagination-component-options.model';
 import { SortOptions } from '../../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
+import { ItemDataService } from '../../core/data/item-data.service';
+import { PaginatedList } from '../../core/data/paginated-list';
+import { RemoteData } from '../../core/data/remote-data';
+import { DSpaceObject } from '../../core/shared/dspace-object.model';
+import { Item } from '../../core/shared/item.model';
+import { Metadatum } from '../../core/shared/metadatum.model';
+import { PageInfo } from '../../core/shared/page-info.model';
+import { hasValue, isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { ItemSearchResult } from '../../shared/object-collection/shared/item-search-result.model';
+import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../../shared/pagination/pagination-component-options.model';
+import { RouteService } from '../../shared/route.service';
+import { SearchOptions } from '../search-options.model';
+import { SearchResult } from '../search-result.model';
+import { FacetValue } from './facet-value.model';
+import { FilterType } from './filter-type.model';
+import { SearchFilterConfig } from './search-filter-config.model';
 
 function shuffle(array: any[]) {
   let i = 0;
@@ -118,8 +119,7 @@ export class SearchService implements OnDestroy {
       self += `&sortField=${searchOptions.sort.field}`;
     }
 
-    const errorMessage = undefined;
-    const statusCode = '200';
+    const error = undefined;
     const returningPageInfo = new PageInfo();
 
     if (isNotEmpty(searchOptions)) {
@@ -137,13 +137,12 @@ export class SearchService implements OnDestroy {
     });
 
     return itemsObs
-      .filter((rd: RemoteData<Item[]>) => rd.hasSucceeded)
-      .map((rd: RemoteData<Item[]>) => {
+      .filter((rd: RemoteData<PaginatedList<Item>>) => rd.hasSucceeded)
+      .map((rd: RemoteData<PaginatedList<Item>>) => {
 
-        const totalElements = rd.pageInfo.totalElements > 20 ? 20 : rd.pageInfo.totalElements;
-        const pageInfo = Object.assign({}, rd.pageInfo, { totalElements: totalElements });
+        const totalElements = rd.payload.totalElements > 20 ? 20 : rd.payload.totalElements;
 
-        const payload = shuffle(rd.payload)
+        const page = shuffle(rd.payload.page)
           .map((item: Item, index: number) => {
             const mockResult: SearchResult<DSpaceObject> = new ItemSearchResult();
             mockResult.dspaceObject = item;
@@ -154,24 +153,20 @@ export class SearchService implements OnDestroy {
             return mockResult;
           });
 
+        const payload = Object.assign({}, rd.payload, { totalElements: totalElements, page });
+
         return new RemoteData(
-          self,
           rd.isRequestPending,
           rd.isResponsePending,
           rd.hasSucceeded,
-          errorMessage,
-          statusCode,
-          pageInfo,
+          error,
           payload
         )
       }).startWith(new RemoteData(
-        '',
         true,
         false,
         undefined,
         undefined,
-        undefined,
-        undefined,
         undefined
       ));
   }
@@ -180,17 +175,12 @@ export class SearchService implements OnDestroy {
     const requestPending = false;
     const responsePending = false;
     const isSuccessful = true;
-    const errorMessage = undefined;
-    const statusCode = '200';
-    const returningPageInfo = new PageInfo();
+    const error = undefined;
     return Observable.of(new RemoteData(
-      'https://dspace7.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/api/search',
       requestPending,
       responsePending,
       isSuccessful,
-      errorMessage,
-      statusCode,
-      returningPageInfo,
+      error,
       this.config
     ));
   }
@@ -198,12 +188,12 @@ export class SearchService implements OnDestroy {
   getFacetValuesFor(searchFilterConfigName: string): Observable<RemoteData<FacetValue[]>> {
     const filterConfig = this.config.find((config: SearchFilterConfig) => config.name === searchFilterConfigName);
     return this.routeService.getQueryParameterValues(filterConfig.paramName).map((selectedValues: string[]) => {
-        const values: FacetValue[] = [];
+        const payload: FacetValue[] = [];
         const totalFilters = 13;
         for (let i = 0; i < totalFilters; i++) {
           const value = searchFilterConfigName + ' ' + (i + 1);
           if (!selectedValues.includes(value)) {
-            values.push({
+            payload.push({
               value: value,
               count: Math.floor(Math.random() * 20) + 20 * (totalFilters - i), // make sure first results have the highest (random) count
               search: decodeURI(this.router.url) + (this.router.url.includes('?') ? '&' : '?') + filterConfig.paramName + '=' + value
@@ -213,18 +203,13 @@ export class SearchService implements OnDestroy {
         const requestPending = false;
         const responsePending = false;
         const isSuccessful = true;
-        const errorMessage = undefined;
-        const statusCode = '200';
-        const returningPageInfo = new PageInfo();
+        const error = undefined;
         return new RemoteData(
-          'https://dspace7.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/api/search',
           requestPending,
           responsePending,
           isSuccessful,
-          errorMessage,
-          statusCode,
-          returningPageInfo,
-          values
+          error,
+          payload
         )
       }
     )
diff --git a/src/app/core/browse/browse.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/browse/browse.service.spec.ts
index 65b32b3c0b..764107837b 100644
--- a/src/app/core/browse/browse.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/browse/browse.service.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { getMockRequestService } from '../../shared/mocks/mock-request.service';
+import { getMockResponseCacheService } from '../../shared/mocks/mock-response-cache.service';
 import { BrowseService } from './browse.service';
 import { ResponseCacheService } from '../cache/response-cache.service';
 import { RequestService } from '../data/request.service';
@@ -73,20 +75,16 @@ describe('BrowseService', () => {
   ];
 
   function initMockResponseCacheService(isSuccessful: boolean) {
-    return jasmine.createSpyObj('responseCache', {
-      get: cold('b-', {
-        b: {
-          response: {
-            isSuccessful,
-            browseDefinitions,
-          }
+    const rcs = getMockResponseCacheService();
+    (rcs.get as any).and.returnValue(cold('b-', {
+      b: {
+        response: {
+          isSuccessful,
+          browseDefinitions,
         }
-      })
-    });
-  }
-
-  function initMockRequestService() {
-    return jasmine.createSpyObj('requestService', ['configure']);
+      }
+    }));
+    return rcs;
   }
 
   function initTestService() {
@@ -106,7 +104,7 @@ describe('BrowseService', () => {
     describe('if getEndpoint fires', () => {
       beforeEach(() => {
         responseCache = initMockResponseCacheService(true);
-        requestService = initMockRequestService();
+        requestService = getMockRequestService();
         service = initTestService();
         spyOn(service, 'getEndpoint').and
           .returnValue(hot('--a-', { a: browsesEndpointURL }));
@@ -157,7 +155,7 @@ describe('BrowseService', () => {
       it('should configure a new BrowseEndpointRequest', () => {
         const metadatumKey = 'dc.date.issued';
         const linkName = 'items';
-        const expected = new BrowseEndpointRequest(browsesEndpointURL);
+        const expected = new BrowseEndpointRequest(requestService.generateRequestId(), browsesEndpointURL);
 
         scheduler.schedule(() => service.getBrowseURLFor(metadatumKey, linkName).subscribe());
         scheduler.flush();
@@ -171,7 +169,7 @@ describe('BrowseService', () => {
     describe('if getEndpoint doesn\'t fire', () => {
       it('should return undefined', () => {
         responseCache = initMockResponseCacheService(true);
-        requestService = initMockRequestService();
+        requestService = getMockRequestService();
         service = initTestService();
         spyOn(service, 'getEndpoint').and
           .returnValue(hot('----'));
@@ -188,7 +186,7 @@ describe('BrowseService', () => {
     describe('if the browses endpoint can\'t be retrieved', () => {
       it('should throw an error', () => {
         responseCache = initMockResponseCacheService(false);
-        requestService = initMockRequestService();
+        requestService = getMockRequestService();
         service = initTestService();
         spyOn(service, 'getEndpoint').and
           .returnValue(hot('--a-', { a: browsesEndpointURL }));
diff --git a/src/app/core/browse/browse.service.ts b/src/app/core/browse/browse.service.ts
index 6d8d504b82..a321e14706 100644
--- a/src/app/core/browse/browse.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/browse/browse.service.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export class BrowseService extends HALEndpointService {
     return this.getEndpoint()
       .filter((href: string) => isNotEmpty(href))
       .distinctUntilChanged()
-      .map((endpointURL: string) => new BrowseEndpointRequest(endpointURL))
+      .map((endpointURL: string) => new BrowseEndpointRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), endpointURL))
       .do((request: RestRequest) => this.requestService.configure(request))
       .flatMap((request: RestRequest) => {
         const [successResponse, errorResponse] = this.responseCache.get(request.href)
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 2e3fc01b52..9ed43c242b 100644
--- a/src/app/core/cache/builders/remote-data-build.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/builders/remote-data-build.service.ts
@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { hasValue, isNotEmpty } from '../../../shared/empty.util';
+import { PaginatedList } from '../../data/paginated-list';
+import { RemoteData } from '../../data/remote-data';
+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 { GenericConstructor } from '../../shared/generic-constructor';
+import { NormalizedObjectFactory } from '../models/normalized-object-factory';
 
 import { CacheableObject } from '../object-cache.reducer';
 import { ObjectCacheService } from '../object-cache.service';
-import { RequestService } from '../../data/request.service';
-import { ResponseCacheService } from '../response-cache.service';
-import { RequestEntry } from '../../data/request.reducer';
-import { hasValue, isNotEmpty } from '../../../shared/empty.util';
+import { DSOSuccessResponse, ErrorResponse } from '../response-cache.models';
 import { ResponseCacheEntry } from '../response-cache.reducer';
-import { ErrorResponse, DSOSuccessResponse } from '../response-cache.models';
-import { RemoteData } from '../../data/remote-data';
-import { GenericConstructor } from '../../shared/generic-constructor';
+import { ResponseCacheService } from '../response-cache.service';
 import { getMapsTo, getRelationMetadata, getRelationships } from './build-decorators';
-import { NormalizedObjectFactory } from '../models/normalized-object-factory';
-import { RestRequest } from '../../data/request.models';
-import { PageInfo } from '../../shared/page-info.model';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class RemoteDataBuildService {
@@ -37,10 +38,10 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
       this.objectCache.getRequestHrefBySelfLink(href));
 
     const requestObs = Observable.race(
-      hrefObs.flatMap((href: string) => this.requestService.get(href))
+      hrefObs.flatMap((href: string) => this.requestService.getByHref(href))
         .filter((entry) => hasValue(entry)),
       requestHrefObs.flatMap((requestHref) =>
-        this.requestService.get(requestHref)).filter((entry) => hasValue(entry))
+        this.requestService.getByHref(requestHref)).filter((entry) => hasValue(entry))
     );
 
     const responseCacheObs = Observable.race(
@@ -87,33 +88,19 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
       (href: string, reqEntry: RequestEntry, resEntry: ResponseCacheEntry, payload: T) => {
         const requestPending = hasValue(reqEntry.requestPending) ? reqEntry.requestPending : true;
         const responsePending = hasValue(reqEntry.responsePending) ? reqEntry.responsePending : false;
-        let isSuccessFul: boolean;
-        let errorMessage: string;
-        let statusCode: string;
-        let pageInfo: PageInfo;
+        let isSuccessful: boolean;
+        let error: RemoteDataError;
         if (hasValue(resEntry) && hasValue(resEntry.response)) {
-          isSuccessFul = resEntry.response.isSuccessful;
-          errorMessage = isSuccessFul === false ? (resEntry.response as ErrorResponse).errorMessage : undefined;
-          statusCode = resEntry.response.statusCode;
-
-          if (hasValue((resEntry.response as DSOSuccessResponse).pageInfo)) {
-            const resPageInfo = (resEntry.response as DSOSuccessResponse).pageInfo;
-            if (isNotEmpty(resPageInfo) && resPageInfo.currentPage >= 0) {
-              pageInfo = Object.assign({}, resPageInfo, { currentPage: resPageInfo.currentPage + 1 });
-            } else {
-              pageInfo = resPageInfo;
-            }
-          }
+          isSuccessful = resEntry.response.isSuccessful;
+          const errorMessage = isSuccessful === false ? (resEntry.response as ErrorResponse).errorMessage : undefined;
+          error = new RemoteDataError(resEntry.response.statusCode, errorMessage);
         }
 
         return new RemoteData(
-          href,
           requestPending,
           responsePending,
-          isSuccessFul,
-          errorMessage,
-          statusCode,
-          pageInfo,
+          isSuccessful,
+          error,
           payload
         );
       });
@@ -122,17 +109,17 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
   buildList<TNormalized extends CacheableObject, TDomain>(
     hrefObs: string | Observable<string>,
     normalizedType: GenericConstructor<TNormalized>
-  ): Observable<RemoteData<TDomain[]>> {
+  ): Observable<RemoteData<TDomain[] | PaginatedList<TDomain>>> {
     if (typeof hrefObs === 'string') {
       hrefObs = Observable.of(hrefObs);
     }
 
-    const requestObs = hrefObs.flatMap((href: string) => this.requestService.get(href))
+    const requestObs = hrefObs.flatMap((href: string) => this.requestService.getByHref(href))
       .filter((entry) => hasValue(entry));
     const responseCacheObs = hrefObs.flatMap((href: string) => this.responseCache.get(href))
       .filter((entry) => hasValue(entry));
 
-    const payloadObs = responseCacheObs
+    const tDomainListObs = responseCacheObs
       .filter((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => entry.response.isSuccessful)
       .map((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => (entry.response as DSOSuccessResponse).resourceSelfLinks)
       .flatMap((resourceUUIDs: string[]) => {
@@ -146,6 +133,27 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
       .startWith([])
       .distinctUntilChanged();
 
+    const pageInfoObs = responseCacheObs
+      .filter((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => entry.response.isSuccessful)
+      .map((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => {
+        if (hasValue((entry.response as DSOSuccessResponse).pageInfo)) {
+          const resPageInfo = (entry.response as DSOSuccessResponse).pageInfo;
+          if (isNotEmpty(resPageInfo) && resPageInfo.currentPage >= 0) {
+            return Object.assign({}, resPageInfo, { currentPage: resPageInfo.currentPage + 1 });
+          } else {
+            return resPageInfo;
+          }
+        }
+      });
+
+    const payloadObs = Observable.combineLatest(tDomainListObs, pageInfoObs, (tDomainList, pageInfo) => {
+      if (hasValue(pageInfo)) {
+        return new PaginatedList(pageInfo, tDomainList);
+      } else {
+        return tDomainList;
+      }
+    });
+
     return this.toRemoteDataObservable(hrefObs, requestObs, responseCacheObs, payloadObs);
   }
 
@@ -160,7 +168,7 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
         const resourceConstructor = NormalizedObjectFactory.getConstructor(resourceType);
         if (Array.isArray(normalized[relationship])) {
           normalized[relationship].forEach((href: string) => {
-            this.requestService.configure(new RestRequest(href))
+            this.requestService.configure(new GetRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), href))
           });
 
           const rdArr = [];
@@ -174,7 +182,7 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
             links[relationship] = rdArr[0];
           }
         } else {
-          this.requestService.configure(new RestRequest(normalized[relationship]));
+          this.requestService.configure(new GetRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), normalized[relationship]));
 
           // 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),
@@ -204,40 +212,37 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
           .map((d: RemoteData<T>) => d.isResponsePending)
           .every((b: boolean) => b === true);
 
-        const isSuccessFul: boolean = arr
+        const isSuccessful: boolean = arr
           .map((d: RemoteData<T>) => d.hasSucceeded)
           .every((b: boolean) => b === true);
 
         const errorMessage: string = arr
-          .map((d: RemoteData<T>) => d.errorMessage)
-          .map((e: string, idx: number) => {
+          .map((d: RemoteData<T>) => d.error)
+          .map((e: RemoteDataError, idx: number) => {
             if (hasValue(e)) {
-              return `[${idx}]: ${e}`;
+              return `[${idx}]: ${e.message}`;
             }
           }).filter((e: string) => hasValue(e))
           .join(', ');
 
         const statusCode: string = arr
-          .map((d: RemoteData<T>) => d.statusCode)
-          .map((c: string, idx: number) => {
-            if (hasValue(c)) {
-              return `[${idx}]: ${c}`;
+          .map((d: RemoteData<T>) => d.error)
+          .map((e: RemoteDataError, idx: number) => {
+            if (hasValue(e)) {
+              return `[${idx}]: ${e.statusCode}`;
             }
           }).filter((c: string) => hasValue(c))
           .join(', ');
 
-        const pageInfo = undefined;
+        const error = new RemoteDataError(statusCode, errorMessage);
 
         const payload: T[] = arr.map((d: RemoteData<T>) => d.payload);
 
         return new RemoteData(
-          `dspace-angular://aggregated/object/${new Date().getTime()}`,
           requestPending,
           responsePending,
-          isSuccessFul,
-          errorMessage,
-          statusCode,
-          pageInfo,
+          isSuccessful,
+          error,
           payload
         );
       })
diff --git a/src/app/core/cache/object-cache.reducer.ts b/src/app/core/cache/object-cache.reducer.ts
index 3af7209b24..39c623deed 100644
--- a/src/app/core/cache/object-cache.reducer.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/object-cache.reducer.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ import {
 import { hasValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { CacheEntry } from './cache-entry';
 
+export enum DirtyType {
+  Created = 'Created',
+  Updated = 'Updated',
+  Deleted = 'Deleted'
+}
+
 /**
  * An interface to represent objects that can be cached
  *
@@ -13,6 +19,11 @@ import { CacheEntry } from './cache-entry';
 export interface CacheableObject {
   uuid?: string;
   self: string;
+  // isNew: boolean;
+  // dirtyType: DirtyType;
+  // hasDirtyAttributes: boolean;
+  // changedAttributes: AttributeDiffh;
+  // save(): void;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/app/core/cache/object-cache.service.ts b/src/app/core/cache/object-cache.service.ts
index 31eb2d0b6a..ae41c38fbe 100644
--- a/src/app/core/cache/object-cache.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/object-cache.service.ts
@@ -2,20 +2,21 @@ import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { MemoizedSelector, Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { IndexName } from '../index/index.reducer';
 
 import { ObjectCacheEntry, CacheableObject } from './object-cache.reducer';
 import { AddToObjectCacheAction, RemoveFromObjectCacheAction } from './object-cache.actions';
 import { hasNoValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { GenericConstructor } from '../shared/generic-constructor';
-import { CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
-import { keySelector } from '../shared/selectors';
+import { coreSelector, CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
+import { pathSelector } from '../shared/selectors';
 
 function selfLinkFromUuidSelector(uuid: string): MemoizedSelector<CoreState, string> {
-  return keySelector<string>('index/uuid', uuid);
+  return pathSelector<CoreState, string>(coreSelector, 'index', IndexName.OBJECT, uuid);
 }
 
 function entryFromSelfLinkSelector(selfLink: string): MemoizedSelector<CoreState, ObjectCacheEntry> {
-  return keySelector<ObjectCacheEntry>('data/object', selfLink);
+  return pathSelector<CoreState, ObjectCacheEntry>(coreSelector, 'data/object', selfLink);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ export class ObjectCacheService {
    * the cached plain javascript object in to an instance of
    * a class.
    *
-   * e.g. get('c96588c6-72d3-425d-9d47-fa896255a695', Item)
+   * e.g. getByUUID('c96588c6-72d3-425d-9d47-fa896255a695', Item)
    *
    * @param uuid
    *    The UUID of the object to get
diff --git a/src/app/core/cache/response-cache.service.ts b/src/app/core/cache/response-cache.service.ts
index 65ce8b2bac..77a2402043 100644
--- a/src/app/core/cache/response-cache.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/response-cache.service.ts
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ import { ResponseCacheEntry } from './response-cache.reducer';
 import { hasNoValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { ResponseCacheRemoveAction, ResponseCacheAddAction } from './response-cache.actions';
 import { RestResponse } from './response-cache.models';
-import { CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
-import { keySelector } from '../shared/selectors';
+import { coreSelector, CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
+import { pathSelector } from '../shared/selectors';
 
 function entryFromKeySelector(key: string): MemoizedSelector<CoreState, ResponseCacheEntry> {
-  return keySelector<ResponseCacheEntry>('data/response', key);
+  return pathSelector<CoreState, ResponseCacheEntry>(coreSelector, 'data/response', key);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/app/core/config/config.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/config/config.service.spec.ts
index c0d02be82a..b0c364a86e 100644
--- a/src/app/core/config/config.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/config/config.service.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { cold, getTestScheduler, hot } from 'jasmine-marbles';
 import { TestScheduler } from 'rxjs/Rx';
 import { GlobalConfig } from '../../../config';
+import { getMockRequestService } from '../../shared/mocks/mock-request.service';
 import { ResponseCacheService } from '../cache/response-cache.service';
 import { ConfigService } from './config.service';
 import { RequestService } from '../data/request.service';
@@ -38,10 +39,6 @@ describe('ConfigService', () => {
   const scopedEndpoint = `${serviceEndpoint}/${scopeName}`;
   const searchEndpoint = `${serviceEndpoint}/${BROWSE}?uuid=${scopeID}`;
 
-  function initMockRequestService(): RequestService {
-    return jasmine.createSpyObj('requestService', ['configure']);
-  }
-
   function initMockResponseCacheService(isSuccessful: boolean): ResponseCacheService {
     return jasmine.createSpyObj('responseCache', {
       get: cold('c-', {
@@ -60,7 +57,7 @@ describe('ConfigService', () => {
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     responseCache = initMockResponseCacheService(true);
-    requestService = initMockRequestService();
+    requestService = getMockRequestService();
     service = initTestService();
     scheduler = getTestScheduler();
     spyOn(service, 'getEndpoint').and
@@ -70,7 +67,7 @@ describe('ConfigService', () => {
   describe('getConfigByHref', () => {
 
     it('should configure a new ConfigRequest', () => {
-      const expected = new ConfigRequest(scopedEndpoint);
+      const expected = new ConfigRequest(requestService.generateRequestId(), scopedEndpoint);
       scheduler.schedule(() => service.getConfigByHref(scopedEndpoint).subscribe());
       scheduler.flush();
 
@@ -81,7 +78,7 @@ describe('ConfigService', () => {
   describe('getConfigByName', () => {
 
     it('should configure a new ConfigRequest', () => {
-      const expected = new ConfigRequest(scopedEndpoint);
+      const expected = new ConfigRequest(requestService.generateRequestId(), scopedEndpoint);
       scheduler.schedule(() => service.getConfigByName(scopeName).subscribe());
       scheduler.flush();
 
@@ -93,7 +90,7 @@ describe('ConfigService', () => {
 
     it('should configure a new ConfigRequest', () => {
       findOptions.scopeID = scopeID;
-      const expected = new ConfigRequest(searchEndpoint);
+      const expected = new ConfigRequest(requestService.generateRequestId(), searchEndpoint);
       scheduler.schedule(() => service.getConfigBySearch(findOptions).subscribe());
       scheduler.flush();
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/config/config.service.ts b/src/app/core/config/config.service.ts
index 55c4055ed7..9ad4684300 100644
--- a/src/app/core/config/config.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/config/config.service.ts
@@ -75,14 +75,14 @@ export abstract class ConfigService extends HALEndpointService {
     return this.getEndpoint()
       .filter((href: string) => isNotEmpty(href))
       .distinctUntilChanged()
-      .map((endpointURL: string) => new ConfigRequest(endpointURL))
+      .map((endpointURL: string) => new ConfigRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), endpointURL))
       .do((request: RestRequest) => this.requestService.configure(request))
       .flatMap((request: RestRequest) => this.getConfig(request))
       .distinctUntilChanged();
   }
 
   public getConfigByHref(href: string): Observable<ConfigData> {
-    const request = new ConfigRequest(href);
+    const request = new ConfigRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), href);
     this.requestService.configure(request);
 
     return this.getConfig(request);
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ export abstract class ConfigService extends HALEndpointService {
       .map((endpoint: string) => this.getConfigByNameHref(endpoint, name))
       .filter((href: string) => isNotEmpty(href))
       .distinctUntilChanged()
-      .map((endpointURL: string) => new ConfigRequest(endpointURL))
+      .map((endpointURL: string) => new ConfigRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), endpointURL))
       .do((request: RestRequest) => this.requestService.configure(request))
       .flatMap((request: RestRequest) => this.getConfig(request))
       .distinctUntilChanged();
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export abstract class ConfigService extends HALEndpointService {
       .map((endpoint: string) => this.getConfigSearchHref(endpoint, options))
       .filter((href: string) => isNotEmpty(href))
       .distinctUntilChanged()
-      .map((endpointURL: string) => new ConfigRequest(endpointURL))
+      .map((endpointURL: string) => new ConfigRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), endpointURL))
       .do((request: RestRequest) => this.requestService.configure(request))
       .flatMap((request: RestRequest) => this.getConfig(request))
       .distinctUntilChanged();
diff --git a/src/app/core/core.effects.ts b/src/app/core/core.effects.ts
index f144f773a1..7cda10b4ae 100644
--- a/src/app/core/core.effects.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/core.effects.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 import { ObjectCacheEffects } from './cache/object-cache.effects';
 import { ResponseCacheEffects } from './cache/response-cache.effects';
-import { UUIDIndexEffects } from './index/uuid-index.effects';
+import { UUIDIndexEffects } from './index/index.effects';
 import { RequestEffects } from './data/request.effects';
 
 export const coreEffects = [
diff --git a/src/app/core/core.module.ts b/src/app/core/core.module.ts
index f4c7e2bbcc..768f05f24b 100644
--- a/src/app/core/core.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/core.module.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import { RouteService } from '../shared/route.service';
 import { SubmissionDefinitionsConfigService } from './config/submission-definitions-config.service';
 import { SubmissionFormsConfigService } from './config/submission-forms-config.service';
 import { SubmissionSectionsConfigService } from './config/submission-sections-config.service';
+import { UUIDService } from './shared/uuid.service';
 
 const IMPORTS = [
   CommonModule,
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ const PROVIDERS = [
   SubmissionDefinitionsConfigService,
   SubmissionFormsConfigService,
   SubmissionSectionsConfigService,
+  UUIDService,
   { provide: NativeWindowService, useFactory: NativeWindowFactory }
 ];
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/core.reducers.ts b/src/app/core/core.reducers.ts
index 493c9e96d9..d2898eb3c3 100644
--- a/src/app/core/core.reducers.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/core.reducers.ts
@@ -2,21 +2,21 @@ import { ActionReducerMap, createFeatureSelector } from '@ngrx/store';
 
 import { responseCacheReducer, ResponseCacheState } from './cache/response-cache.reducer';
 import { objectCacheReducer, ObjectCacheState } from './cache/object-cache.reducer';
-import { uuidIndexReducer, UUIDIndexState } from './index/uuid-index.reducer';
+import { indexReducer, IndexState } from './index/index.reducer';
 import { requestReducer, RequestState } from './data/request.reducer';
 
 export interface CoreState {
   'data/object': ObjectCacheState,
   'data/response': ResponseCacheState,
   'data/request': RequestState,
-  'index/uuid': UUIDIndexState
+  'index': IndexState
 }
 
 export const coreReducers: ActionReducerMap<CoreState> = {
   'data/object': objectCacheReducer,
   'data/response': responseCacheReducer,
   'data/request': requestReducer,
-  'index/uuid': uuidIndexReducer
+  'index': indexReducer
 };
 
 export const coreSelector = createFeatureSelector<CoreState>('core');
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/browse-response-parsing.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/data/browse-response-parsing.service.spec.ts
index 263c4a0532..3e3d2190f7 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/browse-response-parsing.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/browse-response-parsing.service.spec.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ describe('BrowseResponseParsingService', () => {
   });
 
   describe('parse', () => {
-    const validRequest = new BrowseEndpointRequest('https://rest.api/discover/browses');
+    const validRequest = new BrowseEndpointRequest('clients/b186e8ce-e99c-4183-bc9a-42b4821bdb78', 'https://rest.api/discover/browses');
 
     const validResponse = {
       payload: {
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.spec.ts
index 0d78a9fa8d..fefe7d3730 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.spec.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 import { cold, getTestScheduler, hot } from 'jasmine-marbles';
 import { TestScheduler } from 'rxjs/Rx';
 import { GlobalConfig } from '../../../config';
+import { getMockRequestService } from '../../shared/mocks/mock-request.service';
 import { RemoteDataBuildService } from '../cache/builders/remote-data-build.service';
 import { NormalizedCommunity } from '../cache/models/normalized-community.model';
 import { CacheableObject } from '../cache/object-cache.reducer';
@@ -62,10 +63,6 @@ describe('ComColDataService', () => {
     });
   }
 
-  function initMockRequestService(): RequestService {
-    return jasmine.createSpyObj('requestService', ['configure']);
-  }
-
   function initMockResponseCacheService(isSuccessful: boolean): ResponseCacheService {
     return jasmine.createSpyObj('responseCache', {
       get: cold('c-', {
@@ -105,12 +102,12 @@ describe('ComColDataService', () => {
 
     it('should configure a new FindByIDRequest for the scope Community', () => {
       cds = initMockCommunityDataService();
-      requestService = initMockRequestService();
+      requestService = getMockRequestService();
       objectCache = initMockObjectCacheService();
       responseCache = initMockResponseCacheService(true);
       service = initTestService();
 
-      const expected = new FindByIDRequest(communityEndpoint, scopeID);
+      const expected = new FindByIDRequest(requestService.generateRequestId(), communityEndpoint, scopeID);
 
       scheduler.schedule(() => service.getScopedEndpoint(scopeID).subscribe());
       scheduler.flush();
@@ -121,7 +118,7 @@ describe('ComColDataService', () => {
     describe('if the scope Community can be found', () => {
       beforeEach(() => {
         cds = initMockCommunityDataService();
-        requestService = initMockRequestService();
+        requestService = getMockRequestService();
         objectCache = initMockObjectCacheService();
         responseCache = initMockResponseCacheService(true);
         service = initTestService();
@@ -144,7 +141,7 @@ describe('ComColDataService', () => {
     describe('if the scope Community can\'t be found', () => {
       beforeEach(() => {
         cds = initMockCommunityDataService();
-        requestService = initMockRequestService();
+        requestService = getMockRequestService();
         objectCache = initMockObjectCacheService();
         responseCache = initMockResponseCacheService(false);
         service = initTestService();
@@ -161,7 +158,7 @@ describe('ComColDataService', () => {
     describe('if the scope is not specified', () => {
       beforeEach(() => {
         cds = initMockCommunityDataService();
-        requestService = initMockRequestService();
+        requestService = getMockRequestService();
         objectCache = initMockObjectCacheService();
         responseCache = initMockResponseCacheService(true);
         service = initTestService();
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.ts
index 17d2fb313c..68981121c1 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export abstract class ComColDataService<TNormalized extends CacheableObject, TDo
         .filter((href: string) => isNotEmpty(href))
         .take(1)
         .do((href: string) => {
-          const request = new FindByIDRequest(href, scopeID);
+          const request = new FindByIDRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), href, scopeID);
           this.requestService.configure(request);
         });
 
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 46e6d61f8f..3a09de6e4c 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/config-response-parsing.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/config-response-parsing.service.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 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';
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ describe('ConfigResponseParsingService', () => {
   });
 
   describe('parse', () => {
-    const validRequest = new ConfigRequest('https://rest.api/config/submissiondefinitions/traditional');
+    const validRequest = new ConfigRequest('69f375b5-19f4-4453-8c7a-7dc5c55aafbb', 'https://rest.api/config/submissiondefinitions/traditional');
 
     const validResponse = {
       payload: {
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
index e2f41f5962..2d003d6fd1 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ import { ResponseCacheService } from '../cache/response-cache.service';
 import { CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
 import { GenericConstructor } from '../shared/generic-constructor';
 import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
-import { RemoteData } from './remote-data';
-import { FindAllOptions, FindAllRequest, FindByIDRequest, RestRequest } from './request.models';
-import { RequestService } from './request.service';
 import { URLCombiner } from '../url-combiner/url-combiner';
+import { PaginatedList } from './paginated-list';
+import { RemoteData } from './remote-data';
+import { FindAllOptions, FindAllRequest, FindByIDRequest, GetRequest } from './request.models';
+import { RequestService } from './request.service';
 
 export abstract class DataService<TNormalized extends CacheableObject, TDomain> extends HALEndpointService {
   protected abstract responseCache: ResponseCacheService;
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ export abstract class DataService<TNormalized extends CacheableObject, TDomain>
     }
   }
 
-  findAll(options: FindAllOptions = {}): Observable<RemoteData<TDomain[]>> {
+  findAll(options: FindAllOptions = {}): Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<TDomain>>> {
     const hrefObs = this.getEndpoint().filter((href: string) => isNotEmpty(href))
       .flatMap((endpoint: string) => this.getFindAllHref(endpoint, options));
 
@@ -71,11 +72,11 @@ export abstract class DataService<TNormalized extends CacheableObject, TDomain>
       .filter((href: string) => hasValue(href))
       .take(1)
       .subscribe((href: string) => {
-        const request = new FindAllRequest(href, options);
+        const request = new FindAllRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), href, options);
         this.requestService.configure(request);
       });
 
-    return this.rdbService.buildList<TNormalized, TDomain>(hrefObs, this.normalizedResourceType);
+    return this.rdbService.buildList<TNormalized, TDomain>(hrefObs, this.normalizedResourceType) as Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<TDomain>>>;
   }
 
   getFindByIDHref(endpoint, resourceID): string {
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ export abstract class DataService<TNormalized extends CacheableObject, TDomain>
       .filter((href: string) => hasValue(href))
       .take(1)
       .subscribe((href: string) => {
-        const request = new FindByIDRequest(href, id);
+        const request = new FindByIDRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), href, id);
         this.requestService.configure(request);
       });
 
@@ -98,8 +99,25 @@ export abstract class DataService<TNormalized extends CacheableObject, TDomain>
   }
 
   findByHref(href: string): Observable<RemoteData<TDomain>> {
-    this.requestService.configure(new RestRequest(href));
+    this.requestService.configure(new GetRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), href));
     return this.rdbService.buildSingle<TNormalized, TDomain>(href, this.normalizedResourceType);
   }
 
+  // TODO implement, after the structure of the REST server's POST response is finalized
+  // create(dso: DSpaceObject): Observable<RemoteData<TDomain>> {
+  //   const postHrefObs = this.getEndpoint();
+  //
+  //   // TODO ID is unknown at this point
+  //   const idHrefObs = postHrefObs.map((href: string) => this.getFindByIDHref(href, dso.id));
+  //
+  //   postHrefObs
+  //     .filter((href: string) => hasValue(href))
+  //     .take(1)
+  //     .subscribe((href: string) => {
+  //       const request = new RestRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), href, RestRequestMethod.Post, dso);
+  //       this.requestService.configure(request);
+  //     });
+  //
+  //   return this.rdbService.buildSingle<TNormalized, TDomain>(idHrefObs, this.normalizedResourceType);
+  // }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/paginated-list.ts b/src/app/core/data/paginated-list.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f1d076927d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/data/paginated-list.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { PageInfo } from '../shared/page-info.model';
+
+export class PaginatedList<T> {
+
+  constructor(
+    private pageInfo: PageInfo,
+    public page: T[]
+  ) {
+  }
+
+  get elementsPerPage(): number {
+    return this.pageInfo.elementsPerPage;
+  }
+
+  set elementsPerPage(value: number) {
+    this.pageInfo.elementsPerPage = value;
+  }
+
+  get totalElements(): number {
+    return this.pageInfo.totalElements;
+  }
+
+  set totalElements(value: number) {
+    this.pageInfo.totalElements = value;
+  }
+
+  get totalPages(): number {
+    return this.pageInfo.totalPages;
+  }
+
+  set totalPages(value: number) {
+    this.pageInfo.totalPages = value;
+  }
+
+  get currentPage(): number {
+    return this.pageInfo.currentPage;
+  }
+
+  set currentPage(value: number) {
+    this.pageInfo.currentPage = value;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/remote-data-error.ts b/src/app/core/data/remote-data-error.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2ff27a073
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/data/remote-data-error.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+export class RemoteDataError {
+  constructor(
+    public statusCode: string,
+    public message: string
+  ) {
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/remote-data.ts b/src/app/core/data/remote-data.ts
index d8a2f79e66..2aa3227d12 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/remote-data.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/remote-data.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { PageInfo } from '../shared/page-info.model';
 import { hasValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { RemoteDataError } from './remote-data-error';
 
 export enum RemoteDataState {
   RequestPending = 'RequestPending',
@@ -13,21 +13,18 @@ export enum RemoteDataState {
  */
 export class RemoteData<T> {
   constructor(
-    public self: string,
     private requestPending: boolean,
     private responsePending: boolean,
-    private isSuccessFul: boolean,
-    public errorMessage: string,
-    public statusCode: string,
-    public pageInfo: PageInfo,
+    private isSuccessful: boolean,
+    public error: RemoteDataError,
     public payload: T
   ) {
   }
 
   get state(): RemoteDataState {
-    if (this.isSuccessFul === true && hasValue(this.payload)) {
+    if (this.isSuccessful === true && hasValue(this.payload)) {
       return RemoteDataState.Success
-    } else if (this.isSuccessFul === false) {
+    } else if (this.isSuccessful === false) {
       return RemoteDataState.Failed
     } else if (this.requestPending === true) {
       return RemoteDataState.RequestPending
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/request.actions.ts b/src/app/core/data/request.actions.ts
index 31f0dc5996..436c365caa 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/request.actions.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/request.actions.ts
@@ -27,8 +27,14 @@ export class RequestExecuteAction implements Action {
   type = RequestActionTypes.EXECUTE;
   payload: string;
 
-  constructor(key: string) {
-    this.payload = key
+  /**
+   * Create a new RequestExecuteAction
+   *
+   * @param uuid
+   *    the request's uuid
+   */
+  constructor(uuid: string) {
+    this.payload = uuid
   }
 }
 
@@ -42,11 +48,11 @@ export class RequestCompleteAction implements Action {
   /**
    * Create a new RequestCompleteAction
    *
-   * @param key
-   *    the key under which  this request is stored,
+   * @param uuid
+   *    the request's uuid
    */
-  constructor(key: string) {
-    this.payload = key;
+  constructor(uuid: string) {
+    this.payload = uuid;
   }
 }
 /* tslint:enable:max-classes-per-file */
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/request.effects.ts b/src/app/core/data/request.effects.ts
index 84f19679b1..379540c779 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/request.effects.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/request.effects.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,23 @@
 import { Inject, Injectable, Injector } from '@angular/core';
+import { Request } from '@angular/http';
+import { RequestArgs } from '@angular/http/src/interfaces';
 import { Actions, Effect } from '@ngrx/effects';
 // tslint:disable-next-line:import-blacklist
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 
 import { GLOBAL_CONFIG, GlobalConfig } from '../../../config';
+import { isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { ErrorResponse, RestResponse } from '../cache/response-cache.models';
 import { ResponseCacheService } from '../cache/response-cache.service';
 import { DSpaceRESTV2Response } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2-response.model';
 
 import { DSpaceRESTv2Service } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.service';
 import { RequestActionTypes, RequestCompleteAction, RequestExecuteAction } from './request.actions';
-import { RequestError } from './request.models';
+import { RequestError, RestRequest } from './request.models';
 import { RequestEntry } from './request.reducer';
 import { RequestService } from './request.service';
+import { DSpaceRESTv2Serializer } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.serializer';
+import { NormalizedObjectFactory } from '../cache/models/normalized-object-factory';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class RequestEffects {
@@ -20,18 +25,24 @@ export class RequestEffects {
   @Effect() execute = this.actions$
     .ofType(RequestActionTypes.EXECUTE)
     .flatMap((action: RequestExecuteAction) => {
-      return this.requestService.get(action.payload)
+      return this.requestService.getByUUID(action.payload)
         .take(1);
     })
-    .flatMap((entry: RequestEntry) => {
-      return this.restApi.get(entry.request.href)
+    .map((entry: RequestEntry) => entry.request)
+    .flatMap((request: RestRequest) => {
+      let body;
+      if (isNotEmpty(request.body)) {
+        const serializer = new DSpaceRESTv2Serializer(NormalizedObjectFactory.getConstructor(request.body.type));
+        body = JSON.stringify(serializer.serialize(request.body));
+      }
+      return this.restApi.request(request.method, request.href, body)
         .map((data: DSpaceRESTV2Response) =>
-          this.injector.get(entry.request.getResponseParser()).parse(entry.request, data))
-        .do((response: RestResponse) => this.responseCache.add(entry.request.href, response, this.EnvConfig.cache.msToLive))
-        .map((response: RestResponse) => new RequestCompleteAction(entry.request.href))
+          this.injector.get(request.getResponseParser()).parse(request, data))
+        .do((response: RestResponse) => this.responseCache.add(request.href, response, this.EnvConfig.cache.msToLive))
+        .map((response: RestResponse) => new RequestCompleteAction(request.uuid))
         .catch((error: RequestError) => Observable.of(new ErrorResponse(error))
-          .do((response: RestResponse) => this.responseCache.add(entry.request.href, response, this.EnvConfig.cache.msToLive))
-          .map((response: RestResponse) => new RequestCompleteAction(entry.request.href)));
+          .do((response: RestResponse) => this.responseCache.add(request.href, response, this.EnvConfig.cache.msToLive))
+          .map((response: RestResponse) => new RequestCompleteAction(request.uuid)));
     });
 
   constructor(
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/request.models.ts b/src/app/core/data/request.models.ts
index a80eccfaa8..ee37f9c3d4 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/request.models.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/request.models.ts
@@ -9,22 +9,117 @@ import { BrowseResponseParsingService } from './browse-response-parsing.service'
 import { ConfigResponseParsingService } from './config-response-parsing.service';
 
 /* tslint:disable:max-classes-per-file */
-export class RestRequest {
+
+/**
+ * Represents a Request Method.
+ *
+ * I didn't reuse the RequestMethod enum in @angular/http because
+ * it uses numbers. The string values here are more clear when
+ * debugging.
+ *
+ * The ones commented out are still unsupported in the rest of the codebase
+ */
+export enum RestRequestMethod {
+  Get = 'GET',
+  Post = 'POST',
+  Put = 'PUT',
+  Delete = 'DELETE',
+  Options = 'OPTIONS',
+  Head = 'HEAD',
+  Patch = 'PATCH'
+}
+
+export abstract class RestRequest {
   constructor(
+    public uuid: string,
     public href: string,
-  ) { }
+    public method: RestRequestMethod = RestRequestMethod.Get,
+    public body?: any
+  ) {
+  }
 
   getResponseParser(): GenericConstructor<ResponseParsingService> {
     return DSOResponseParsingService;
   }
 }
 
-export class FindByIDRequest extends RestRequest {
+export class GetRequest extends RestRequest {
   constructor(
+    public uuid: string,
+    public href: string,
+    public body?: any
+  )  {
+    super(uuid, href, RestRequestMethod.Get, body)
+  }
+}
+
+export class PostRequest extends RestRequest {
+  constructor(
+    public uuid: string,
+    public href: string,
+    public body?: any
+  )  {
+    super(uuid, href, RestRequestMethod.Post, body)
+  }
+}
+
+export class PutRequest extends RestRequest {
+  constructor(
+    public uuid: string,
+    public href: string,
+    public body?: any
+  )  {
+    super(uuid, href, RestRequestMethod.Put, body)
+  }
+}
+
+export class DeleteRequest extends RestRequest {
+  constructor(
+    public uuid: string,
+    public href: string,
+    public body?: any
+  )  {
+    super(uuid, href, RestRequestMethod.Delete, body)
+  }
+}
+
+export class OptionsRequest extends RestRequest {
+  constructor(
+    public uuid: string,
+    public href: string,
+    public body?: any
+  )  {
+    super(uuid, href, RestRequestMethod.Options, body)
+  }
+}
+
+export class HeadRequest extends RestRequest {
+  constructor(
+    public uuid: string,
+    public href: string,
+    public body?: any
+  )  {
+    super(uuid, href, RestRequestMethod.Head, body)
+  }
+}
+
+export class PatchRequest extends RestRequest {
+  constructor(
+    public uuid: string,
+    public href: string,
+    public body?: any
+  )  {
+    super(uuid, href, RestRequestMethod.Patch, body)
+  }
+}
+
+export class FindByIDRequest extends GetRequest {
+  constructor(
+    uuid: string,
     href: string,
     public resourceID: string
   ) {
-    super(href);
+    super(uuid, href);
   }
 }
 
@@ -35,19 +130,20 @@ export class FindAllOptions {
   sort?: SortOptions;
 }
 
-export class FindAllRequest extends RestRequest {
+export class FindAllRequest extends GetRequest {
   constructor(
+    uuid: string,
     href: string,
     public options?: FindAllOptions,
   ) {
-    super(href);
+    super(uuid, href);
   }
 }
 
-export class RootEndpointRequest extends RestRequest {
-  constructor(EnvConfig: GlobalConfig) {
+export class RootEndpointRequest extends GetRequest {
+  constructor(uuid: string, EnvConfig: GlobalConfig) {
     const href = new RESTURLCombiner(EnvConfig, '/').toString();
-    super(href);
+    super(uuid, href);
   }
 
   getResponseParser(): GenericConstructor<ResponseParsingService> {
@@ -55,9 +151,9 @@ export class RootEndpointRequest extends RestRequest {
   }
 }
 
-export class BrowseEndpointRequest extends RestRequest {
-  constructor(href: string) {
-    super(href);
+export class BrowseEndpointRequest extends GetRequest {
+  constructor(uuid: string, href: string) {
+    super(uuid, href);
   }
 
   getResponseParser(): GenericConstructor<ResponseParsingService> {
@@ -65,9 +161,9 @@ export class BrowseEndpointRequest extends RestRequest {
   }
 }
 
-export class ConfigRequest extends RestRequest {
-  constructor(href: string) {
-    super(href);
+export class ConfigRequest extends GetRequest {
+  constructor(uuid: string, href: string) {
+    super(uuid, href);
   }
 
   getResponseParser(): GenericConstructor<ResponseParsingService> {
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/request.reducer.spec.ts b/src/app/core/data/request.reducer.spec.ts
index a6d84ffe80..bd8fad5de7 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/request.reducer.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/request.reducer.spec.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { requestReducer, RequestState } from './request.reducer';
 import {
   RequestCompleteAction, RequestConfigureAction, RequestExecuteAction
 } from './request.actions';
-import { RestRequest } from './request.models';
+import { GetRequest, RestRequest } from './request.models';
 
 class NullAction extends RequestCompleteAction {
   type = null;
@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@ class NullAction extends RequestCompleteAction {
 }
 
 describe('requestReducer', () => {
+  const id1 = 'clients/eca2ea1d-6a6a-4f62-8907-176d5fec5014';
+  const id2 = 'clients/eb7cde2e-a03f-4f0b-ac5d-888a4ef2b4eb';
   const link1 = 'https://dspace7.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/api/core/items/567a639f-f5ff-4126-807c-b7d0910808c8';
   const link2 = 'https://dspace7.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/api/core/items/1911e8a4-6939-490c-b58b-a5d70f8d91fb';
   const testState: RequestState = {
-    [link1]: {
-      request: new RestRequest(link1),
+    [id1]: {
+      request: new GetRequest(id1, link1),
       requestPending: false,
       responsePending: false,
       completed: false
@@ -44,37 +46,40 @@ describe('requestReducer', () => {
 
   it('should add the new RestRequest and set \'requestPending\' to true, \'responsePending\' to false and \'completed\' to false for the given RestRequest in the state, in response to a CONFIGURE action', () => {
     const state = testState;
-    const request = new RestRequest(link2);
+    const request = new GetRequest(id2, link2);
 
     const action = new RequestConfigureAction(request);
     const newState = requestReducer(state, action);
 
-    expect(newState[link2].request.href).toEqual(link2);
-    expect(newState[link2].requestPending).toEqual(true);
-    expect(newState[link2].responsePending).toEqual(false);
-    expect(newState[link2].completed).toEqual(false);
+    expect(newState[id2].request.uuid).toEqual(id2);
+    expect(newState[id2].request.href).toEqual(link2);
+    expect(newState[id2].requestPending).toEqual(true);
+    expect(newState[id2].responsePending).toEqual(false);
+    expect(newState[id2].completed).toEqual(false);
   });
 
   it('should set \'requestPending\' to false, \'responsePending\' to true and leave \'completed\' untouched for the given RestRequest in the state, in response to an EXECUTE action', () => {
     const state = testState;
 
-    const action = new RequestExecuteAction(link1);
+    const action = new RequestExecuteAction(id1);
     const newState = requestReducer(state, action);
 
-    expect(newState[link1].request.href).toEqual(link1);
-    expect(newState[link1].requestPending).toEqual(false);
-    expect(newState[link1].responsePending).toEqual(true);
-    expect(newState[link1].completed).toEqual(state[link1].completed);
+    expect(newState[id1].request.uuid).toEqual(id1);
+    expect(newState[id1].request.href).toEqual(link1);
+    expect(newState[id1].requestPending).toEqual(false);
+    expect(newState[id1].responsePending).toEqual(true);
+    expect(newState[id1].completed).toEqual(state[id1].completed);
   });
   it('should leave \'requestPending\' untouched, set \'responsePending\' to false and \'completed\' to true for the given RestRequest in the state, in response to a COMPLETE action', () => {
     const state = testState;
 
-    const action = new RequestCompleteAction(link1);
+    const action = new RequestCompleteAction(id1);
     const newState = requestReducer(state, action);
 
-    expect(newState[link1].request.href).toEqual(link1);
-    expect(newState[link1].requestPending).toEqual(state[link1].requestPending);
-    expect(newState[link1].responsePending).toEqual(false);
-    expect(newState[link1].completed).toEqual(true);
+    expect(newState[id1].request.uuid).toEqual(id1);
+    expect(newState[id1].request.href).toEqual(link1);
+    expect(newState[id1].requestPending).toEqual(state[id1].requestPending);
+    expect(newState[id1].responsePending).toEqual(false);
+    expect(newState[id1].completed).toEqual(true);
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/request.reducer.ts b/src/app/core/data/request.reducer.ts
index 628725f745..3ac35d2741 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/request.reducer.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/request.reducer.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export class RequestEntry {
 }
 
 export interface RequestState {
-  [key: string]: RequestEntry
+  [uuid: string]: RequestEntry
 }
 
 // Object.create(null) ensures the object has no default js properties (e.g. `__proto__`)
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export function requestReducer(state = initialState, action: RequestAction): Req
 
 function configureRequest(state: RequestState, action: RequestConfigureAction): RequestState {
   return Object.assign({}, state, {
-    [action.payload.href]: {
+    [action.payload.uuid]: {
       request: action.payload,
       requestPending: true,
       responsePending: false,
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/request.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/data/request.service.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..17d4a89d05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/data/request.service.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,446 @@
+import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
+import { cold, hot } from 'jasmine-marbles';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { getMockObjectCacheService } from '../../shared/mocks/mock-object-cache.service';
+import { getMockResponseCacheService } from '../../shared/mocks/mock-response-cache.service';
+import { getMockStore } from '../../shared/mocks/mock-store';
+import { defaultUUID, getMockUUIDService } from '../../shared/mocks/mock-uuid.service';
+import { ObjectCacheService } from '../cache/object-cache.service';
+import { ResponseCacheService } from '../cache/response-cache.service';
+import { CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
+import { UUIDService } from '../shared/uuid.service';
+import { RequestConfigureAction, RequestExecuteAction } from './request.actions';
+import {
+  DeleteRequest,
+  GetRequest,
+  HeadRequest,
+  OptionsRequest,
+  PatchRequest,
+  PostRequest,
+  PutRequest, RestRequest
+} from './request.models';
+import { RequestService } from './request.service';
+
+describe('RequestService', () => {
+  let service: RequestService;
+  let serviceAsAny: any;
+  let objectCache: ObjectCacheService;
+  let responseCache: ResponseCacheService;
+  let uuidService: UUIDService;
+  let store: Store<CoreState>;
+
+  const testUUID = '5f2a0d2a-effa-4d54-bd54-5663b960f9eb';
+  const testHref = 'https://rest.api/endpoint/selfLink';
+  const testGetRequest = new GetRequest(testUUID, testHref);
+  const testPostRequest = new PostRequest(testUUID, testHref);
+  const testPutRequest = new PutRequest(testUUID, testHref);
+  const testDeleteRequest = new DeleteRequest(testUUID, testHref);
+  const testOptionsRequest = new OptionsRequest(testUUID, testHref);
+  const testHeadRequest = new HeadRequest(testUUID, testHref);
+  const testPatchRequest = new PatchRequest(testUUID, testHref);
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    objectCache = getMockObjectCacheService();
+    (objectCache.hasBySelfLink as any).and.returnValue(false);
+
+    responseCache = getMockResponseCacheService();
+    (responseCache.has as any).and.returnValue(false);
+    (responseCache.get as any).and.returnValue(Observable.of(undefined));
+
+    uuidService = getMockUUIDService();
+
+    store = getMockStore<CoreState>();
+    (store.select as any).and.returnValue(Observable.of(undefined));
+
+    service = new RequestService(
+      objectCache,
+      responseCache,
+      uuidService,
+      store
+    );
+    serviceAsAny = service as any;
+  });
+
+  describe('generateRequestId', () => {
+    it('should generate a new request ID', () => {
+      const result = service.generateRequestId();
+      const expected = `client/${defaultUUID}`;
+
+      expect(result).toBe(expected);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('isPending', () => {
+    describe('before the request is configured', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        spyOn(service, 'getByHref').and.returnValue(Observable.of(undefined));
+      });
+
+      it('should return false', () => {
+        const result = service.isPending(testGetRequest);
+        const expected = false;
+
+        expect(result).toBe(expected);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when the request has been configured but hasn\'t reached the store yet', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        spyOn(service, 'getByHref').and.returnValue(Observable.of(undefined));
+        serviceAsAny.requestsOnTheirWayToTheStore = [testHref];
+      });
+
+      it('should return true', () => {
+        const result = service.isPending(testGetRequest);
+        const expected = true;
+
+        expect(result).toBe(expected);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when the request has reached the store, before the server responds', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        spyOn(service, 'getByHref').and.returnValue(Observable.of({
+          completed: false
+        }))
+      });
+
+      it('should return true', () => {
+        const result = service.isPending(testGetRequest);
+        const expected = true;
+
+        expect(result).toBe(expected);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('after the server responds', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        spyOn(service, 'getByHref').and.returnValues(Observable.of({
+          completed: true
+        }));
+      });
+
+      it('should return false', () => {
+        const result = service.isPending(testGetRequest);
+        const expected = false;
+
+        expect(result).toBe(expected);
+      });
+    });
+
+  });
+
+  describe('getByUUID', () => {
+    describe('if the request with the specified UUID exists in the store', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        (store.select as any).and.returnValues(hot('a', {
+          a: {
+            completed: true
+          }
+        }));
+      });
+
+      it('should return an Observable of the RequestEntry', () => {
+        const result = service.getByUUID(testUUID);
+        const expected = cold('b', {
+          b: {
+            completed: true
+          }
+        });
+
+        expect(result).toBeObservable(expected);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('if the request with the specified UUID doesn\'t exist in the store', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        (store.select as any).and.returnValues(hot('a', {
+          a: undefined
+        }));
+      });
+
+      it('should return an Observable of undefined', () => {
+        const result = service.getByUUID(testUUID);
+        const expected = cold('b', {
+          b: undefined
+        });
+
+        expect(result).toBeObservable(expected);
+      });
+    });
+
+  });
+
+  describe('getByHref', () => {
+    describe('when the request with the specified href exists in the store', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        (store.select as any).and.returnValues(hot('a', {
+          a: testUUID
+        }));
+        spyOn(service, 'getByUUID').and.returnValue(cold('b', {
+          b: {
+            completed: true
+          }
+        }));
+      });
+
+      it('should return an Observable of the RequestEntry', () => {
+        const result = service.getByHref(testHref);
+        const expected = cold('c', {
+          c: {
+            completed: true
+          }
+        });
+
+        expect(result).toBeObservable(expected);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when the request with the specified href doesn\'t exist in the store', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        (store.select as any).and.returnValues(hot('a', {
+          a: undefined
+        }));
+        spyOn(service, 'getByUUID').and.returnValue(cold('b', {
+          b: undefined
+        }));
+      });
+
+      it('should return an Observable of undefined', () => {
+        const result = service.getByHref(testHref);
+        const expected = cold('c', {
+          c: undefined
+        });
+
+        expect(result).toBeObservable(expected);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('configure', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      spyOn(serviceAsAny, 'dispatchRequest');
+    });
+
+    describe('when the request is a GET request', () => {
+      let request: RestRequest;
+
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        request = testGetRequest;
+      });
+
+      describe('and it isn\'t cached or pending', () => {
+        beforeEach(() => {
+          spyOn(serviceAsAny, 'isCachedOrPending').and.returnValue(false);
+        });
+
+        it('should dispatch the request', () => {
+          service.configure(request);
+          expect(serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest).toHaveBeenCalledWith(request);
+        });
+      });
+      describe('and it is already cached or pending', () => {
+        beforeEach(() => {
+          spyOn(serviceAsAny, 'isCachedOrPending').and.returnValue(true);
+        });
+
+        it('shouldn\'t dispatch the request', () => {
+          service.configure(request);
+          expect(serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when the request isn\'t a GET request', () => {
+      it('should dispatch the request', () => {
+        service.configure(testPostRequest);
+        expect(serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest).toHaveBeenCalledWith(testPostRequest);
+
+        service.configure(testPutRequest);
+        expect(serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest).toHaveBeenCalledWith(testPutRequest);
+
+        service.configure(testDeleteRequest);
+        expect(serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest).toHaveBeenCalledWith(testDeleteRequest);
+
+        service.configure(testOptionsRequest);
+        expect(serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest).toHaveBeenCalledWith(testOptionsRequest);
+
+        service.configure(testHeadRequest);
+        expect(serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest).toHaveBeenCalledWith(testHeadRequest);
+
+        service.configure(testPatchRequest);
+        expect(serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest).toHaveBeenCalledWith(testPatchRequest);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('isCachedOrPending', () => {
+    describe('when the request is cached', () => {
+      describe('in the ObjectCache', () => {
+        beforeEach(() => {
+          (objectCache.hasBySelfLink as any).and.returnValues(true);
+        });
+
+        it('should return true', () => {
+          const result = serviceAsAny.isCachedOrPending(testGetRequest);
+          const expected = true;
+
+          expect(result).toEqual(expected);
+        });
+      });
+      describe('in the responseCache', () => {
+        beforeEach(() => {
+          (responseCache.has as any).and.returnValues(true);
+        });
+
+        describe('and it\'s a DSOSuccessResponse', () => {
+          beforeEach(() => {
+            (responseCache.get as any).and.returnValues(Observable.of({
+                response: {
+                  isSuccessful: true,
+                  resourceSelfLinks: [
+                    'https://rest.api/endpoint/selfLink1',
+                    'https://rest.api/endpoint/selfLink2'
+                  ]
+                }
+              }
+            ));
+          });
+
+          it('should return true if all top level links in the response are cached in the object cache', () => {
+            (objectCache.hasBySelfLink as any).and.returnValues(false, true, true);
+
+            const result = serviceAsAny.isCachedOrPending(testGetRequest);
+            const expected = true;
+
+            expect(result).toEqual(expected);
+          });
+          it('should return false if not all top level links in the response are cached in the object cache', () => {
+            (objectCache.hasBySelfLink as any).and.returnValues(false, true, false);
+
+            const result = serviceAsAny.isCachedOrPending(testGetRequest);
+            const expected = false;
+
+            expect(result).toEqual(expected);
+          });
+        });
+        describe('and it isn\'t a DSOSuccessResponse', () => {
+          beforeEach(() => {
+            (objectCache.hasBySelfLink as any).and.returnValues(false);
+            (responseCache.has as any).and.returnValues(true);
+            (responseCache.get as any).and.returnValues(Observable.of({
+                response: {
+                  isSuccessful: true
+                }
+              }
+            ));
+          });
+
+          it('should return true', () => {
+            const result = serviceAsAny.isCachedOrPending(testGetRequest);
+            const expected = true;
+
+            expect(result).toEqual(expected);
+          });
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when the request is pending', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        spyOn(service, 'isPending').and.returnValue(true);
+      });
+
+      it('should return true', () => {
+        const result = serviceAsAny.isCachedOrPending(testGetRequest);
+        const expected = true;
+
+        expect(result).toEqual(expected);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when the request is neither cached nor pending', () => {
+      it('should return false', () => {
+        const result = serviceAsAny.isCachedOrPending(testGetRequest);
+        const expected = false;
+
+        expect(result).toEqual(expected);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('dispatchRequest', () => {
+    it('should dispatch a RequestConfigureAction', () => {
+      const request = testGetRequest;
+      serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest(request);
+      expect(store.dispatch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(new RequestConfigureAction(request));
+    });
+
+    it('should dispatch a RequestExecuteAction', () => {
+      const request = testGetRequest;
+      serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest(request);
+      expect(store.dispatch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(new RequestExecuteAction(request.uuid));
+    });
+
+    describe('when it\'s a GET request', () => {
+      let request: RestRequest;
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        request = testGetRequest;
+      });
+
+      it('should track it on it\'s way to the store', () => {
+        spyOn(serviceAsAny, 'trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore');
+        serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest(request);
+        expect(serviceAsAny.trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore).toHaveBeenCalledWith(request);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when it\'s not a GET request', () => {
+      it('shouldn\'t track it', () => {
+        spyOn(serviceAsAny, 'trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore');
+
+        serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest(testPostRequest);
+        expect(serviceAsAny.trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+        serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest(testPutRequest);
+        expect(serviceAsAny.trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+        serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest(testDeleteRequest);
+        expect(serviceAsAny.trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+        serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest(testOptionsRequest);
+        expect(serviceAsAny.trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+        serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest(testHeadRequest);
+        expect(serviceAsAny.trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+        serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest(testPatchRequest);
+        expect(serviceAsAny.trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore', () => {
+    let request: GetRequest;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      request = testGetRequest;
+    });
+
+    describe('when the method is called with a new request', () => {
+      it('should start tracking the request', () => {
+        expect(serviceAsAny.requestsOnTheirWayToTheStore.includes(request.href)).toBeFalsy();
+        serviceAsAny.trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore(request);
+        expect(serviceAsAny.requestsOnTheirWayToTheStore.includes(request.href)).toBeTruthy();
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when the request is added to the store', () => {
+      it('should stop tracking the request', () => {
+        (store.select as any).and.returnValues(Observable.of({ request }));
+        serviceAsAny.trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore(request);
+        expect(serviceAsAny.requestsOnTheirWayToTheStore.includes(request.href)).toBeFalsy();
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/request.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/request.service.ts
index 0eee771a52..f589221e63 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/request.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/request.service.ts
@@ -10,42 +10,45 @@ import { DSOSuccessResponse, RestResponse } from '../cache/response-cache.models
 import { ResponseCacheEntry } from '../cache/response-cache.reducer';
 import { ResponseCacheService } from '../cache/response-cache.service';
 import { coreSelector, CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
-import { keySelector } from '../shared/selectors';
+import { IndexName } from '../index/index.reducer';
+import { pathSelector } from '../shared/selectors';
+import { UUIDService } from '../shared/uuid.service';
 import { RequestConfigureAction, RequestExecuteAction } from './request.actions';
-import { RestRequest } from './request.models';
+import { GetRequest, RestRequest, RestRequestMethod } from './request.models';
 
 import { RequestEntry, RequestState } from './request.reducer';
 
-function entryFromHrefSelector(href: string): MemoizedSelector<CoreState, RequestEntry> {
-  return keySelector<RequestEntry>('data/request', href);
-}
-
-export function requestStateSelector(): MemoizedSelector<CoreState, RequestState> {
-  return createSelector(coreSelector, (state: CoreState) => {
-    return state['data/request'] as RequestState;
-  });
-}
-
 @Injectable()
 export class RequestService {
   private requestsOnTheirWayToTheStore: string[] = [];
 
-  constructor(
-    private objectCache: ObjectCacheService,
-    private responseCache: ResponseCacheService,
-    private store: Store<CoreState>
-  ) {
+  constructor(private objectCache: ObjectCacheService,
+              private responseCache: ResponseCacheService,
+              private uuidService: UUIDService,
+              private store: Store<CoreState>) {
   }
 
-  isPending(href: string): boolean {
+  private entryFromUUIDSelector(uuid: string): MemoizedSelector<CoreState, RequestEntry> {
+    return pathSelector<CoreState, RequestEntry>(coreSelector, 'data/request', uuid);
+  }
+
+  private uuidFromHrefSelector(href: string): MemoizedSelector<CoreState, string> {
+    return pathSelector<CoreState, string>(coreSelector, 'index', IndexName.REQUEST, href);
+  }
+
+  generateRequestId(): string {
+    return `client/${this.uuidService.generate()}`;
+  }
+
+  isPending(request: GetRequest): boolean {
     // first check requests that haven't made it to the store yet
-    if (this.requestsOnTheirWayToTheStore.includes(href)) {
+    if (this.requestsOnTheirWayToTheStore.includes(request.href)) {
       return true;
     }
 
     // then check the store
     let isPending = false;
-    this.store.select(entryFromHrefSelector(href))
+    this.getByHref(request.href)
       .take(1)
       .subscribe((re: RequestEntry) => {
         isPending = (hasValue(re) && !re.completed)
@@ -54,11 +57,22 @@ export class RequestService {
     return isPending;
   }
 
-  get(href: string): Observable<RequestEntry> {
-    return this.store.select(entryFromHrefSelector(href));
+  getByUUID(uuid: string): Observable<RequestEntry> {
+    return this.store.select(this.entryFromUUIDSelector(uuid));
+  }
+
+  getByHref(href: string): Observable<RequestEntry> {
+    return this.store.select(this.uuidFromHrefSelector(href))
+      .flatMap((uuid: string) => this.getByUUID(uuid));
   }
 
   configure<T extends CacheableObject>(request: RestRequest): void {
+    if (request.method !== RestRequestMethod.Get || !this.isCachedOrPending(request)) {
+      this.dispatchRequest(request);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private isCachedOrPending(request: GetRequest) {
     let isCached = this.objectCache.hasBySelfLink(request.href);
     if (!isCached && this.responseCache.has(request.href)) {
       const [successResponse, errorResponse] = this.responseCache.get(request.href)
@@ -82,29 +96,33 @@ export class RequestService {
       ).subscribe((c) => isCached = c);
     }
 
-    const isPending = this.isPending(request.href);
+    const isPending = this.isPending(request);
 
-    if (!(isCached || isPending)) {
-      this.store.dispatch(new RequestConfigureAction(request));
-      this.store.dispatch(new RequestExecuteAction(request.href));
-      this.trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore(request.href);
+    return isCached || isPending;
+  }
+
+  private dispatchRequest(request: RestRequest) {
+    this.store.dispatch(new RequestConfigureAction(request));
+    this.store.dispatch(new RequestExecuteAction(request.uuid));
+    if (request.method === RestRequestMethod.Get) {
+      this.trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore(request);
     }
   }
 
   /**
    * ngrx action dispatches are asynchronous. But this.isPending needs to return true as soon as the
-   * configure method for a request has been executed, otherwise certain requests will happen multiple times.
+   * configure method for a GET request has been executed, otherwise certain requests will happen multiple times.
    *
-   * This method will store the href of every request that gets configured in a local variable, and
+   * This method will store the href of every GET request that gets configured in a local variable, and
    * remove it as soon as it can be found in the store.
    */
-  private trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore(href: string) {
-    this.requestsOnTheirWayToTheStore = [...this.requestsOnTheirWayToTheStore, href];
-    this.store.select(entryFromHrefSelector(href))
+  private trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore(request: GetRequest) {
+    this.requestsOnTheirWayToTheStore = [...this.requestsOnTheirWayToTheStore, request.href];
+    this.store.select(this.entryFromUUIDSelector(request.href))
       .filter((re: RequestEntry) => hasValue(re))
       .take(1)
       .subscribe((re: RequestEntry) => {
-        this.requestsOnTheirWayToTheStore = this.requestsOnTheirWayToTheStore.filter((pendingHref: string) => pendingHref !== href)
+        this.requestsOnTheirWayToTheStore = this.requestsOnTheirWayToTheStore.filter((pendingHref: string) => pendingHref !== request.href)
       });
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2-response.model.ts b/src/app/core/dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2-response.model.ts
index cb39fc718e..d225eadcc4 100644
--- a/src/app/core/dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2-response.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2-response.model.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export interface DSpaceRESTV2Response {
   payload: {
-    [name: string]: string;
+    [name: string]: any;
     _embedded?: any;
     _links?: any;
     page?: any;
diff --git a/src/app/core/dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.service.ts b/src/app/core/dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.service.ts
index e72121c4a4..b2d3197723 100644
--- a/src/app/core/dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.service.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
-import { HttpClient, HttpResponse } from '@angular/common/http';
+import { Request } from '@angular/http';
+import { HttpClient, HttpResponse } from '@angular/common/http'
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { RestRequestMethod } from '../data/request.models';
 
 import { DSpaceRESTV2Response } from './dspace-rest-v2-response.model';
 
@@ -19,10 +21,8 @@ export class DSpaceRESTv2Service {
    *
    * @param absoluteURL
    *      A URL
-   * @param options
-   *      An object, with options for the http call.
-   * @return {Observable<DSpaceRESTV2Response>}
-   *      An Observable<DSpaceRESTV2Response> containing the response from the server
+   * @return {Observable<string>}
+   *      An Observable<string> containing the response from the server
    */
   get(absoluteURL: string): Observable<DSpaceRESTV2Response> {
     return this.http.get(absoluteURL, { observe: 'response' })
@@ -33,4 +33,25 @@ export class DSpaceRESTv2Service {
       });
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Performs a request to the REST API.
+   *
+   * @param method
+   *    the HTTP method for the request
+   * @param url
+   *    the URL for the request
+   * @param body
+   *    an optional body for the request
+   * @return {Observable<string>}
+   *      An Observable<string> containing the response from the server
+   */
+  request(method: RestRequestMethod, url: string, body?: any): Observable<DSpaceRESTV2Response> {
+    return this.http.request(method, url, { body, observe: 'response' })
+      .map((res) => ({ payload: res.body, statusCode: res.statusText }))
+      .catch((err) => {
+        console.log('Error: ', err);
+        return Observable.throw(err);
+      });
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/index/index.actions.ts b/src/app/core/index/index.actions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..014b6561a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/index/index.actions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import { Action } from '@ngrx/store';
+
+import { type } from '../../shared/ngrx/type';
+import { IndexName } from './index.reducer';
+
+/**
+ * The list of HrefIndexAction type definitions
+ */
+export const IndexActionTypes = {
+  ADD: type('dspace/core/index/ADD'),
+  REMOVE_BY_VALUE: type('dspace/core/index/REMOVE_BY_VALUE')
+};
+
+/* tslint:disable:max-classes-per-file */
+/**
+ * An ngrx action to add an value to the index
+ */
+export class AddToIndexAction implements Action {
+  type = IndexActionTypes.ADD;
+  payload: {
+    name: IndexName;
+    value: string;
+    key: string;
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Create a new AddToIndexAction
+   *
+   * @param name
+   *    the name of the index to add to
+   * @param key
+   *    the key to add
+   * @param value
+   *    the self link of the resource the key belongs to
+   */
+  constructor(name: IndexName, key: string, value: string) {
+    this.payload = { name, key, value };
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * An ngrx action to remove an value from the index
+ */
+export class RemoveFromIndexByValueAction implements Action {
+  type = IndexActionTypes.REMOVE_BY_VALUE;
+  payload: {
+    name: IndexName,
+    value: string
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Create a new RemoveFromIndexByValueAction
+   *
+   * @param name
+   *    the name of the index to remove from
+   * @param value
+   *    the value to remove the UUID for
+   */
+  constructor(name: IndexName, value: string) {
+    this.payload = { name, value };
+  }
+
+}
+/* tslint:enable:max-classes-per-file */
+
+/**
+ * A type to encompass all HrefIndexActions
+ */
+export type IndexAction = AddToIndexAction | RemoveFromIndexByValueAction;
diff --git a/src/app/core/index/index.effects.ts b/src/app/core/index/index.effects.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05ae529c8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/index/index.effects.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { Effect, Actions } from '@ngrx/effects';
+
+import {
+  ObjectCacheActionTypes, AddToObjectCacheAction,
+  RemoveFromObjectCacheAction
+} from '../cache/object-cache.actions';
+import { RequestActionTypes, RequestConfigureAction } from '../data/request.actions';
+import { RestRequestMethod } from '../data/request.models';
+import { AddToIndexAction, RemoveFromIndexByValueAction } from './index.actions';
+import { hasValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { IndexName } from './index.reducer';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class UUIDIndexEffects {
+
+  @Effect() addObject$ = this.actions$
+    .ofType(ObjectCacheActionTypes.ADD)
+    .filter((action: AddToObjectCacheAction) => hasValue(action.payload.objectToCache.uuid))
+    .map((action: AddToObjectCacheAction) => {
+      return new AddToIndexAction(
+        IndexName.OBJECT,
+        action.payload.objectToCache.uuid,
+        action.payload.objectToCache.self
+      );
+    });
+
+  @Effect() removeObject$ = this.actions$
+    .ofType(ObjectCacheActionTypes.REMOVE)
+    .map((action: RemoveFromObjectCacheAction) => {
+      return new RemoveFromIndexByValueAction(
+        IndexName.OBJECT,
+        action.payload
+      );
+    });
+
+  @Effect() addRequest$ = this.actions$
+    .ofType(RequestActionTypes.CONFIGURE)
+    .filter((action: RequestConfigureAction) => action.payload.method === RestRequestMethod.Get)
+    .map((action: RequestConfigureAction) => {
+      return new AddToIndexAction(
+        IndexName.REQUEST,
+        action.payload.href,
+        action.payload.uuid
+      );
+    });
+
+  // @Effect() removeRequest$ = this.actions$
+  //   .ofType(ObjectCacheActionTypes.REMOVE)
+  //   .map((action: RemoveFromObjectCacheAction) => {
+  //     return new RemoveFromIndexByValueAction(
+  //       IndexName.OBJECT,
+  //       action.payload
+  //     );
+  //   });
+
+  constructor(private actions$: Actions) {
+
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/app/core/index/index.reducer.spec.ts b/src/app/core/index/index.reducer.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a1cf92aeb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/index/index.reducer.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import * as deepFreeze from 'deep-freeze';
+
+import { IndexName, indexReducer, IndexState } from './index.reducer';
+import { AddToIndexAction, RemoveFromIndexByValueAction } from './index.actions';
+
+class NullAction extends AddToIndexAction {
+  type = null;
+  payload = null;
+
+  constructor() {
+    super(null, null, null);
+  }
+}
+
+describe('requestReducer', () => {
+  const key1 = '567a639f-f5ff-4126-807c-b7d0910808c8';
+  const key2 = '1911e8a4-6939-490c-b58b-a5d70f8d91fb';
+  const val1 = 'https://dspace7.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/api/core/items/567a639f-f5ff-4126-807c-b7d0910808c8';
+  const val2 = 'https://dspace7.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/api/core/items/1911e8a4-6939-490c-b58b-a5d70f8d91fb';
+  const testState: IndexState = {
+    [IndexName.OBJECT]: {
+      [key1]: val1
+    }
+  };
+  deepFreeze(testState);
+
+  it('should return the current state when no valid actions have been made', () => {
+    const action = new NullAction();
+    const newState = indexReducer(testState, action);
+
+    expect(newState).toEqual(testState);
+  });
+
+  it('should start with an empty state', () => {
+    const action = new NullAction();
+    const initialState = indexReducer(undefined, action);
+
+    expect(initialState).toEqual(Object.create(null));
+  });
+
+  it('should add the \'key\' with the corresponding \'value\' to the correct substate, in response to an ADD action', () => {
+    const state = testState;
+
+    const action = new AddToIndexAction(IndexName.REQUEST, key2, val2);
+    const newState = indexReducer(state, action);
+
+    expect(newState[IndexName.REQUEST][key2]).toEqual(val2);
+  });
+
+  it('should remove the given \'value\' from its corresponding \'key\' in the correct substate, in response to a REMOVE_BY_VALUE action', () => {
+    const state = testState;
+
+    const action = new RemoveFromIndexByValueAction(IndexName.OBJECT, val1);
+    const newState = indexReducer(state, action);
+
+    expect(newState[IndexName.OBJECT][key1]).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/core/index/index.reducer.ts b/src/app/core/index/index.reducer.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..869dee9e51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/index/index.reducer.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import {
+  IndexAction,
+  IndexActionTypes,
+  AddToIndexAction,
+  RemoveFromIndexByValueAction
+} from './index.actions';
+
+export enum IndexName {
+  OBJECT = 'object/uuid-to-self-link',
+  REQUEST = 'get-request/href-to-uuid'
+}
+
+export interface IndexState {
+  // TODO this should be `[name in IndexName]: {` but that's currently broken,
+  // see https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/13042
+  [name: string]: {
+    [key: string]: string
+  }
+}
+
+// Object.create(null) ensures the object has no default js properties (e.g. `__proto__`)
+const initialState: IndexState = Object.create(null);
+
+export function indexReducer(state = initialState, action: IndexAction): IndexState {
+  switch (action.type) {
+
+    case IndexActionTypes.ADD: {
+      return addToIndex(state, action as AddToIndexAction);
+    }
+
+    case IndexActionTypes.REMOVE_BY_VALUE: {
+      return removeFromIndexByValue(state, action as RemoveFromIndexByValueAction)
+    }
+
+    default: {
+      return state;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function addToIndex(state: IndexState, action: AddToIndexAction): IndexState {
+  const subState = state[action.payload.name];
+  const newSubState = Object.assign({}, subState, {
+    [action.payload.key]: action.payload.value
+  });
+  return Object.assign({}, state, {
+    [action.payload.name]: newSubState
+  })
+}
+
+function removeFromIndexByValue(state: IndexState, action: RemoveFromIndexByValueAction): IndexState {
+  const subState = state[action.payload.name];
+  const newSubState = Object.create(null);
+  for (const value in subState) {
+    if (subState[value] !== action.payload.value) {
+      newSubState[value] = subState[value];
+    }
+  }
+  return Object.assign({}, state, {
+    [action.payload.name]: newSubState
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/app/core/index/uuid-index.actions.ts b/src/app/core/index/uuid-index.actions.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 0bea11204c..0000000000
--- a/src/app/core/index/uuid-index.actions.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-import { Action } from '@ngrx/store';
-
-import { type } from '../../shared/ngrx/type';
-
-/**
- * The list of HrefIndexAction type definitions
- */
-export const UUIDIndexActionTypes = {
-  ADD: type('dspace/core/index/uuid/ADD'),
-  REMOVE_HREF: type('dspace/core/index/uuid/REMOVE_HREF')
-};
-
-/* tslint:disable:max-classes-per-file */
-/**
- * An ngrx action to add an href to the index
- */
-export class AddToUUIDIndexAction implements Action {
-  type = UUIDIndexActionTypes.ADD;
-  payload: {
-    href: string;
-    uuid: string;
-  };
-
-  /**
-   * Create a new AddToUUIDIndexAction
-   *
-   * @param uuid
-   *    the uuid to add
-   * @param href
-   *    the self link of the resource the uuid belongs to
-   */
-  constructor(uuid: string, href: string) {
-    this.payload = { href, uuid };
-  }
-}
-
-/**
- * An ngrx action to remove an href from the index
- */
-export class RemoveHrefFromUUIDIndexAction implements Action {
-  type = UUIDIndexActionTypes.REMOVE_HREF;
-  payload: string;
-
-  /**
-   * Create a new RemoveHrefFromUUIDIndexAction
-   *
-   * @param href
-   *    the href to remove the UUID for
-   */
-  constructor(href: string) {
-    this.payload = href;
-  }
-
-}
-/* tslint:enable:max-classes-per-file */
-
-/**
- * A type to encompass all HrefIndexActions
- */
-export type UUIDIndexAction = AddToUUIDIndexAction | RemoveHrefFromUUIDIndexAction;
diff --git a/src/app/core/index/uuid-index.effects.ts b/src/app/core/index/uuid-index.effects.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f5900ed04..0000000000
--- a/src/app/core/index/uuid-index.effects.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
-import { Effect, Actions } from '@ngrx/effects';
-
-import {
-  ObjectCacheActionTypes, AddToObjectCacheAction,
-  RemoveFromObjectCacheAction
-} from '../cache/object-cache.actions';
-import { AddToUUIDIndexAction, RemoveHrefFromUUIDIndexAction } from './uuid-index.actions';
-import { hasValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
-
-@Injectable()
-export class UUIDIndexEffects {
-
-  @Effect() add$ = this.actions$
-    .ofType(ObjectCacheActionTypes.ADD)
-    .filter((action: AddToObjectCacheAction) => hasValue(action.payload.objectToCache.uuid))
-    .map((action: AddToObjectCacheAction) => {
-      return new AddToUUIDIndexAction(
-        action.payload.objectToCache.uuid,
-        action.payload.objectToCache.self
-      );
-    });
-
-  @Effect() remove$ = this.actions$
-    .ofType(ObjectCacheActionTypes.REMOVE)
-    .map((action: RemoveFromObjectCacheAction) => {
-      return new RemoveHrefFromUUIDIndexAction(action.payload);
-    });
-
-  constructor(private actions$: Actions) {
-
-  }
-
-}
diff --git a/src/app/core/index/uuid-index.reducer.spec.ts b/src/app/core/index/uuid-index.reducer.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e477d8df2e..0000000000
--- a/src/app/core/index/uuid-index.reducer.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-import * as deepFreeze from 'deep-freeze';
-
-import { uuidIndexReducer, UUIDIndexState } from './uuid-index.reducer';
-import { AddToUUIDIndexAction, RemoveHrefFromUUIDIndexAction } from './uuid-index.actions';
-
-class NullAction extends AddToUUIDIndexAction {
-  type = null;
-  payload = null;
-
-  constructor() {
-    super(null, null);
-  }
-}
-
-describe('requestReducer', () => {
-  const link1 = 'https://dspace7.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/api/core/items/567a639f-f5ff-4126-807c-b7d0910808c8';
-  const link2 = 'https://dspace7.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/api/core/items/1911e8a4-6939-490c-b58b-a5d70f8d91fb';
-  const uuid1 = '567a639f-f5ff-4126-807c-b7d0910808c8';
-  const uuid2 = '1911e8a4-6939-490c-b58b-a5d70f8d91fb';
-  const testState: UUIDIndexState = {
-    [uuid1]: link1
-  };
-  deepFreeze(testState);
-
-  it('should return the current state when no valid actions have been made', () => {
-    const action = new NullAction();
-    const newState = uuidIndexReducer(testState, action);
-
-    expect(newState).toEqual(testState);
-  });
-
-  it('should start with an empty state', () => {
-    const action = new NullAction();
-    const initialState = uuidIndexReducer(undefined, action);
-
-    expect(initialState).toEqual(Object.create(null));
-  });
-
-  it('should add the \'uuid\' with the corresponding \'href\' to the state, in response to an ADD action', () => {
-    const state = testState;
-
-    const action = new AddToUUIDIndexAction(uuid2, link2);
-    const newState = uuidIndexReducer(state, action);
-
-    expect(newState[uuid2]).toEqual(link2);
-  });
-
-  it('should remove the given \'href\' from its corresponding \'uuid\' in the state, in response to a REMOVE_HREF action', () => {
-    const state = testState;
-
-    const action = new RemoveHrefFromUUIDIndexAction(link1);
-    const newState = uuidIndexReducer(state, action);
-
-    expect(newState[uuid1]).toBeUndefined();
-  });
-});
diff --git a/src/app/core/index/uuid-index.reducer.ts b/src/app/core/index/uuid-index.reducer.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 191dd8f463..0000000000
--- a/src/app/core/index/uuid-index.reducer.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-import {
-  UUIDIndexAction,
-  UUIDIndexActionTypes,
-  AddToUUIDIndexAction,
-  RemoveHrefFromUUIDIndexAction
-} from './uuid-index.actions';
-
-export interface UUIDIndexState {
-  [uuid: string]: string
-}
-
-// Object.create(null) ensures the object has no default js properties (e.g. `__proto__`)
-const initialState: UUIDIndexState = Object.create(null);
-
-export function uuidIndexReducer(state = initialState, action: UUIDIndexAction): UUIDIndexState {
-  switch (action.type) {
-
-    case UUIDIndexActionTypes.ADD: {
-      return addToUUIDIndex(state, action as AddToUUIDIndexAction);
-    }
-
-    case UUIDIndexActionTypes.REMOVE_HREF: {
-      return removeHrefFromUUIDIndex(state, action as RemoveHrefFromUUIDIndexAction)
-    }
-
-    default: {
-      return state;
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-function addToUUIDIndex(state: UUIDIndexState, action: AddToUUIDIndexAction): UUIDIndexState {
-  return Object.assign({}, state, {
-    [action.payload.uuid]: action.payload.href
-  });
-}
-
-function removeHrefFromUUIDIndex(state: UUIDIndexState, action: RemoveHrefFromUUIDIndexAction): UUIDIndexState {
-  const newState = Object.create(null);
-  for (const uuid in state) {
-    if (state[uuid] !== action.payload) {
-      newState[uuid] = state[uuid];
-    }
-  }
-  return newState;
-}
diff --git a/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.spec.ts
index 4c8775fcfb..4182587cc7 100644
--- a/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.spec.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import { TranslateModule, TranslateLoader } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { Store, StoreModule } from '@ngrx/store';
 
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { RemoteDataError } from '../data/remote-data-error';
+import { UUIDService } from '../shared/uuid.service';
 
 import { MetadataService } from './metadata.service';
 
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ describe('MetadataService', () => {
   let objectCacheService: ObjectCacheService;
   let responseCacheService: ResponseCacheService;
   let requestService: RequestService;
+  let uuidService: UUIDService;
   let remoteDataBuildService: RemoteDataBuildService;
   let itemDataService: ItemDataService;
 
@@ -82,7 +85,8 @@ describe('MetadataService', () => {
 
     objectCacheService = new ObjectCacheService(store);
     responseCacheService = new ResponseCacheService(store);
-    requestService = new RequestService(objectCacheService, responseCacheService, store);
+    uuidService = new UUIDService();
+    requestService = new RequestService(objectCacheService, responseCacheService, uuidService, store);
     remoteDataBuildService = new RemoteDataBuildService(objectCacheService, responseCacheService, requestService);
 
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
@@ -178,13 +182,10 @@ describe('MetadataService', () => {
 
   const mockRemoteData = (mockItem: Item): Observable<RemoteData<Item>> => {
     return Observable.of(new RemoteData<Item>(
-      '',
       false,
       false,
       true,
-      '',
-      '200',
-      {} as PageInfo,
+      undefined,
       MockItem
     ));
   }
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/hal-endpoint.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/shared/hal-endpoint.service.spec.ts
index f7adc1eccf..a47bfd745c 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/hal-endpoint.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/hal-endpoint.service.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { cold, hot } from 'jasmine-marbles';
 import { GlobalConfig } from '../../../config/global-config.interface';
+import { getMockRequestService } from '../../shared/mocks/mock-request.service';
 import { ResponseCacheService } from '../cache/response-cache.service';
 import { RootEndpointRequest } from '../data/request.models';
 import { RequestService } from '../data/request.service';
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ describe('HALEndpointService', () => {
         })
       });
 
-      requestService = jasmine.createSpyObj('requestService', ['configure']);
+      requestService = getMockRequestService();
 
       envConfig = {
         rest: { baseUrl: 'https://rest.api/' }
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ describe('HALEndpointService', () => {
 
     it('should configure a new RootEndpointRequest', () => {
       (service as any).getEndpointMap();
-      const expected = new RootEndpointRequest(envConfig);
+      const expected = new RootEndpointRequest(requestService.generateRequestId(), envConfig);
       expect(requestService.configure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expected);
     });
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/hal-endpoint.service.ts b/src/app/core/shared/hal-endpoint.service.ts
index fa11fed308..84587f1eea 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/hal-endpoint.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/hal-endpoint.service.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export abstract class HALEndpointService {
   protected abstract EnvConfig: GlobalConfig;
 
   protected getEndpointMap(): Observable<EndpointMap> {
-    const request = new RootEndpointRequest(this.EnvConfig);
+    const request = new RootEndpointRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), this.EnvConfig);
     this.requestService.configure(request);
     return this.responseCache.get(request.href)
       .map((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => entry.response)
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/item.model.spec.ts b/src/app/core/shared/item.model.spec.ts
index 1e962f7038..c020cd3454 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/item.model.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/item.model.spec.ts
@@ -104,13 +104,10 @@ describe('Item', () => {
 
 function createRemoteDataObject(object: any) {
   return Observable.of(new RemoteData(
-    '',
     false,
     false,
     true,
     undefined,
-    '200',
-    new PageInfo(),
     object
   ));
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/selectors.ts b/src/app/core/shared/selectors.ts
index 06f444b2e6..7bd35d39c1 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/selectors.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/selectors.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 import { createSelector, MemoizedSelector } from '@ngrx/store';
-import { coreSelector, CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
-import { hasValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { hasNoValue, isEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 
-export function keySelector<T>(subState: string, key: string): MemoizedSelector<CoreState, T> {
-  return createSelector(coreSelector, (state: CoreState) => {
-    if (hasValue(state[subState])) {
-      return state[subState][key];
-    } else {
-      return undefined;
-    }
-  });
+export function pathSelector<From, To>(selector: MemoizedSelector<any, From>, ...path: string[]): MemoizedSelector<any, To> {
+  return createSelector(selector, (state: any) => getSubState(state, path));
+}
+
+function getSubState(state: any, path: string[]) {
+  const current = path[0];
+  const remainingPath = path.slice(1);
+  const subState = state[current];
+  if (hasNoValue(subState) || isEmpty(remainingPath)) {
+    return subState;
+  } else {
+    return getSubState(subState, remainingPath);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/uuid.service.ts b/src/app/core/shared/uuid.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c02facbac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/uuid.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import * as uuidv4 from 'uuid/v4';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class UUIDService {
+  generate(): string {
+    return uuidv4();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mocks/mock-item.ts b/src/app/shared/mocks/mock-item.ts
index 6b34a31888..81c1fcf26c 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/mocks/mock-item.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/mocks/mock-item.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export const MockItem: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
     self: 'dspace-angular://aggregated/object/1507836003548',
     requestPending: false,
     responsePending: false,
-    isSuccessFul: true,
+    isSuccessful: true,
     errorMessage: '',
     statusCode: '202',
     pageInfo: {},
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export const MockItem: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
           self: 'https://dspace7.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/api/core/bitstreamformats/10',
           requestPending: false,
           responsePending: false,
-          isSuccessFul: true,
+          isSuccessful: true,
           errorMessage: '',
           statusCode: '202',
           pageInfo: {},
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export const MockItem: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
           self: 'https://dspace7.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/api/core/bitstreamformats/4',
           requestPending: false,
           responsePending: false,
-          isSuccessFul: true,
+          isSuccessful: true,
           errorMessage: '',
           statusCode: '202',
           pageInfo: {},
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ export const MockItem: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
       self: 'https://dspace7.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/api/core/collections/1c11f3f1-ba1f-4f36-908a-3f1ea9a557eb',
       requestPending: false,
       responsePending: false,
-      isSuccessFul: true,
+      isSuccessful: true,
       errorMessage: '',
       statusCode: '202',
       pageInfo: {},
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mocks/mock-object-cache.service.ts b/src/app/shared/mocks/mock-object-cache.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e35a519ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/mocks/mock-object-cache.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { ObjectCacheService } from '../../core/cache/object-cache.service';
+
+export function getMockObjectCacheService(): ObjectCacheService {
+  return jasmine.createSpyObj('objectCacheService', [
+    'add',
+    'remove',
+    'getByUUID',
+    'getBySelfLink',
+    'getRequestHrefBySelfLink',
+    'getRequestHrefByUUID',
+    'getList',
+    'hasByUUID',
+    'hasBySelfLink'
+  ]);
+
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mocks/mock-request.service.ts b/src/app/shared/mocks/mock-request.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ed8ffa028d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/mocks/mock-request.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { RequestService } from '../../core/data/request.service';
+
+export function getMockRequestService(): RequestService {
+  return jasmine.createSpyObj('requestService', {
+    configure: () => false,
+    generateRequestId: () => 'clients/b186e8ce-e99c-4183-bc9a-42b4821bdb78'
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mocks/mock-response-cache.service.ts b/src/app/shared/mocks/mock-response-cache.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..95b4e7aca0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/mocks/mock-response-cache.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { ResponseCacheService } from '../../core/cache/response-cache.service';
+
+export function getMockResponseCacheService(): ResponseCacheService {
+  return jasmine.createSpyObj('ResponseCacheService', [
+    'add',
+    'get',
+    'has',
+  ]);
+
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mocks/mock-store.ts b/src/app/shared/mocks/mock-store.ts
index c619b5aa77..73c87d324a 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/mocks/mock-store.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/mocks/mock-store.ts
@@ -1,23 +1,15 @@
-import { Action } from '@ngrx/store';
+import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
-import { BehaviorSubject } from 'rxjs/BehaviorSubject';
-
-export class MockStore<T> extends BehaviorSubject<T> {
-
-  constructor(private _initialState: T) {
-    super(_initialState);
-  }
-
-  dispatch = (action: Action): void => {
-    console.info();
-  }
-
-  select = <R>(pathOrMapFn: any): Observable<T> => {
-    return Observable.of(this.getValue());
-  }
-
-  nextState(_newState: T) {
-    this.next(_newState);
-  }
 
+export function getMockStore<T>(): Store<T> {
+  return jasmine.createSpyObj('store', [
+    'select',
+    'dispatch',
+    'lift',
+    'next',
+    'error',
+    'complete',
+    'addReducer',
+    'removeReducer'
+  ]);
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mocks/mock-uuid.service.ts b/src/app/shared/mocks/mock-uuid.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1acf3e1f3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/mocks/mock-uuid.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { UUIDService } from '../../core/shared/uuid.service';
+
+export const defaultUUID = 'c4ce6905-290b-478f-979d-a333bbd7820f';
+
+export function getMockUUIDService(uuid = defaultUUID): UUIDService {
+  return jasmine.createSpyObj('uuidService', {
+    generate: uuid,
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/object-grid.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-grid/object-grid.component.html
index 64231bc931..8040a99552 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-grid/object-grid.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/object-grid.component.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <ds-pagination
   [paginationOptions]="config"
-  [pageInfoState]="pageInfo"
-  [collectionSize]="pageInfo?.totalElements"
+  [pageInfoState]="objects?.payload"
+  [collectionSize]="objects?.payload?.totalElements"
   [sortOptions]="sortConfig"
   [hideGear]="hideGear"
   [hidePagerWhenSinglePage]="hidePagerWhenSinglePage"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   (paginationChange)="onPaginationChange($event)">
     <div class="row mt-2" *ngIf="objects?.hasSucceeded" @fadeIn>
         <div class="col-lg-4 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 "
-          *ngFor="let object of objects?.payload">
+          *ngFor="let object of objects?.payload?.page">
           <ds-wrapper-grid-element [object]="object"></ds-wrapper-grid-element>
       </div>
     </div>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/object-grid.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-grid/object-grid.component.ts
index 2bf77fc0c3..a8f8ebb183 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-grid/object-grid.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/object-grid.component.ts
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 import {
   ChangeDetectionStrategy,
-  Component, EventEmitter,
+  Component,
+  EventEmitter,
   Input,
   Output,
   ViewEncapsulation
 } from '@angular/core';
 
+import { SortDirection, SortOptions } from '../../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
+import { PaginatedList } from '../../core/data/paginated-list';
+
 import { RemoteData } from '../../core/data/remote-data';
-import { PageInfo } from '../../core/shared/page-info.model';
-
-import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../pagination/pagination-component-options.model';
-
-import { SortOptions, SortDirection } from '../../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
 import { fadeIn } from '../animations/fade';
 import { ListableObject } from '../object-collection/shared/listable-object.model';
-import { hasValue } from '../empty.util';
+
+import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../pagination/pagination-component-options.model';
 
 @Component({
   changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.Default,
@@ -31,13 +31,9 @@ export class ObjectGridComponent {
   @Input() sortConfig: SortOptions;
   @Input() hideGear = false;
   @Input() hidePagerWhenSinglePage = true;
-  private _objects: RemoteData<ListableObject[]>;
-  pageInfo: PageInfo;
-  @Input() set objects(objects: RemoteData<ListableObject[]>) {
+  private _objects: RemoteData<PaginatedList<ListableObject>>;
+  @Input() set objects(objects: RemoteData<PaginatedList<ListableObject>>) {
     this._objects = objects;
-    if (hasValue(objects)) {
-      this.pageInfo = objects.pageInfo;
-    }
   }
   get objects() {
     return this._objects;
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/object-list.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-list/object-list.component.html
index 39d0ce8758..8de695ae58 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/object-list.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/object-list.component.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <ds-pagination
   [paginationOptions]="config"
-  [pageInfoState]="pageInfo"
-  [collectionSize]="pageInfo?.totalElements"
+  [pageInfoState]="objects?.payload"
+  [collectionSize]="objects?.payload?.totalElements"
   [sortOptions]="sortConfig"
   [hideGear]="hideGear"
   [hidePagerWhenSinglePage]="hidePagerWhenSinglePage"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   (sortFieldChange)="onSortFieldChange($event)"
   (paginationChange)="onPaginationChange($event)">
   <ul *ngIf="objects?.hasSucceeded"> <!--class="list-unstyled"-->
-      <li *ngFor="let object of objects?.payload">
+      <li *ngFor="let object of objects?.payload?.page">
         <ds-wrapper-list-element [object]="object"></ds-wrapper-list-element>
       </li>
   </ul>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/object-list.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/object-list.component.ts
index b9abed37ac..b0296d5ae1 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/object-list.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/object-list.component.ts
@@ -6,17 +6,12 @@ import {
   Output,
   ViewEncapsulation
 } from '@angular/core';
-
+import { SortDirection, SortOptions } from '../../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
+import { PaginatedList } from '../../core/data/paginated-list';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../core/data/remote-data';
-import { PageInfo } from '../../core/shared/page-info.model';
-
-import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../pagination/pagination-component-options.model';
-
-import { SortOptions, SortDirection } from '../../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
-
 import { fadeIn } from '../animations/fade';
 import { ListableObject } from '../object-collection/shared/listable-object.model';
-import { hasValue } from '../empty.util';
+import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../pagination/pagination-component-options.model';
 
 @Component({
   changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.Default,
@@ -32,14 +27,11 @@ export class ObjectListComponent {
   @Input() sortConfig: SortOptions;
   @Input() hideGear = false;
   @Input() hidePagerWhenSinglePage = true;
-  private _objects: RemoteData<ListableObject[]>;
-  pageInfo: PageInfo;
-  @Input() set objects(objects: RemoteData<ListableObject[]>) {
+  private _objects: RemoteData<PaginatedList<ListableObject>>;
+  @Input() set objects(objects: RemoteData<PaginatedList<ListableObject>>) {
     this._objects = objects;
-    if (hasValue(objects)) {
-      this.pageInfo = objects.pageInfo;
-    }
   }
+
   get objects() {
     return this._objects;
   }
@@ -82,6 +74,7 @@ export class ObjectListComponent {
    */
   @Output() sortFieldChange: EventEmitter<string> = new EventEmitter<string>();
   data: any = {};
+
   onPageChange(event) {
     this.pageChange.emit(event);
   }
@@ -101,4 +94,5 @@ export class ObjectListComponent {
   onPaginationChange(event) {
     this.paginationChange.emit(event);
   }
+
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 91b2a787e2..3955f0a44b 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -225,6 +225,12 @@
   version "0.5.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/source-map/-/source-map-0.5.1.tgz#7e74db5d06ab373a712356eebfaea2fad0ea2367"
 
+"@types/uuid@^3.4.3":
+  version "3.4.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/uuid/-/uuid-3.4.3.tgz#121ace265f5569ce40f4f6d0ff78a338c732a754"
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/node" "*"
+
 "@types/webfontloader@1.6.29":
   version "1.6.29"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/webfontloader/-/webfontloader-1.6.29.tgz#c6b5f6eb8ca31d0aae6b02b6c1300349dd93ea8e"