diff --git a/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-template-item.model.ts b/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-template-item.model.ts
index 7a3259d74d..029306b2c3 100644
--- a/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-template-item.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-template-item.model.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { inheritSerialization, deserialize } from 'cerialize';
+import { inheritSerialization, deserialize, autoserializeAs } from 'cerialize';
 
 import { mapsTo, relationship } from '../builders/build-decorators';
 import { TemplateItem } from '../../shared/template-item.model';
@@ -12,6 +12,18 @@ import { Collection } from '../../shared/collection.model';
 @inheritSerialization(NormalizedItem)
 export class NormalizedTemplateItem extends NormalizedItem {
 
+  /**
+   * The human-readable identifier of this DSpaceObject
+   */
+  @autoserializeAs(String)
+  id: string;
+
+  /**
+   * The universally unique identifier of this DSpaceObject
+   */
+  @autoserializeAs(String, 'id')
+  uuid: string;
+
   /**
    * The Collection that this item is a template for
    */
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
index 5a56fd5668..f20cc20b4c 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ export abstract class DataService<T extends CacheableObject> implements UpdateDa
    * Add a new patch to the object cache
    * The patch is derived from the differences between the given object and its version in the object cache
    * @param {DSpaceObject} object The given object
+   * @param ignoreMetadataFields  An optional list of metadata fields to ignore updates for (* is allowed as a wildcard, for example: dc.description.*)
    */
   update(object: T, ignoreMetadataFields: string[] = []): Observable<RemoteData<T>> {
     const ignoreMetadataFieldsPrefix = ignoreMetadataFields.map((field) => field.indexOf('*') > -1 ? field.slice(0, field.indexOf('*')) : field);