diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/shared/item.component.spec.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/shared/item.component.spec.ts
index 8e1025a091..2901d24b2c 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/shared/item.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/shared/item.component.spec.ts
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ describe('ItemComponent', () => {
         id: '123',
         leftItem: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(mockItem),
         rightItem: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(relatedItem),
-        relationshipType: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$new RelationshipType())
+        relationshipType: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(new RelationshipType())
       })
     ]));
     mockItem.metadata[metadataField] = [
diff --git a/src/app/+search-page/normalized-search-result.model.ts b/src/app/+search-page/normalized-search-result.model.ts
index 32f3217b54..abb5f21250 100644
--- a/src/app/+search-page/normalized-search-result.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/+search-page/normalized-search-result.model.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-import { autoserialize, autoserializeAs } from 'cerialize';
+import { autoserialize, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
 import { MetadataMap } from '../core/shared/metadata.models';
 import { ListableObject } from '../shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object.model';
+import { NormalizedObject } from '../core/cache/models/normalized-object.model';
 
 /**
  * Represents a normalized version of a search result object of a certain DSpaceObject
  */
+@inheritSerialization(NormalizedObject)
 export class NormalizedSearchResult implements ListableObject {
   /**
    * The UUID of the DSpaceObject that was found
diff --git a/src/app/core/auth/models/normalized-auth-status.model.ts b/src/app/core/auth/models/normalized-auth-status.model.ts
index da0b32fcfb..3892bee408 100644
--- a/src/app/core/auth/models/normalized-auth-status.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/auth/models/normalized-auth-status.model.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { AuthStatus } from './auth-status.model';
 import { autoserialize, autoserializeAs, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
 import { mapsTo, relationship } from '../../cache/builders/build-decorators';
-import { ResourceType } from '../../shared/resource-type';
 import { NormalizedObject } from '../../cache/models/normalized-object.model';
 import { IDToUUIDSerializer } from '../../cache/id-to-uuid-serializer';
 import { EPerson } from '../../eperson/models/eperson.model';
diff --git a/src/app/core/browse/browse.service.ts b/src/app/core/browse/browse.service.ts
index bf368e37ce..eb494d7bdb 100644
--- a/src/app/core/browse/browse.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/browse/browse.service.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { Observable, of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
-import { distinctUntilChanged, map, startWith, take } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { distinctUntilChanged, map, startWith } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import {
-  ensureArrayHasValue, hasValue,
+  ensureArrayHasValue,
+  hasValue,
   hasValueOperator,
   isEmpty,
   isNotEmpty,
@@ -23,7 +24,9 @@ import { BrowseEntry } from '../shared/browse-entry.model';
 import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
 import {
   configureRequest,
-  filterSuccessfulResponses, getBrowseDefinitionLinks, getFirstOccurrence,
+  filterSuccessfulResponses,
+  getBrowseDefinitionLinks,
+  getFirstOccurrence,
   getRemoteDataPayload,
   getRequestFromRequestHref
 } from '../shared/operators';
@@ -32,7 +35,6 @@ import { Item } from '../shared/item.model';
 import { DSpaceObject } from '../shared/dspace-object.model';
 import { BrowseEntrySearchOptions } from './browse-entry-search-options.model';
 import { GenericSuccessResponse } from '../cache/response.models';
-import { RequestEntry } from '../data/request.reducer';
 
 /**
  * The service handling all browse requests
diff --git a/src/app/core/cache/models/items/normalized-relationship-type.model.ts b/src/app/core/cache/models/items/normalized-relationship-type.model.ts
index f0f75a03c2..800b27cd7e 100644
--- a/src/app/core/cache/models/items/normalized-relationship-type.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/models/items/normalized-relationship-type.model.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { mapsTo, relationship } from '../../builders/build-decorators';
 import { NormalizedDSpaceObject } from '../normalized-dspace-object.model';
 import { NormalizedObject } from '../normalized-object.model';
 import { IDToUUIDSerializer } from '../../id-to-uuid-serializer';
-import { NormalizedItemType } from './normalized-item-type.model';
 import { ItemType } from '../../../shared/item-relationships/item-type.model';
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/app/core/cache/models/items/normalized-relationship.model.ts b/src/app/core/cache/models/items/normalized-relationship.model.ts
index d9322581c3..0930134b18 100644
--- a/src/app/core/cache/models/items/normalized-relationship.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/models/items/normalized-relationship.model.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import { autoserialize, autoserializeAs, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
 import { Relationship } from '../../../shared/item-relationships/relationship.model';
-import { ResourceType } from '../../../shared/resource-type';
 import { mapsTo, relationship } from '../../builders/build-decorators';
 import { NormalizedObject } from '../normalized-object.model';
 import { IDToUUIDSerializer } from '../../id-to-uuid-serializer';
-import { NormalizedRelationshipType } from './normalized-relationship-type.model';
 import { RelationshipType } from '../../../shared/item-relationships/relationship-type.model';
+import { Item } from '../../../shared/item.model';
 
 /**
  * Normalized model class for a DSpace Relationship
@@ -24,14 +23,14 @@ export class NormalizedRelationship extends NormalizedObject<Relationship> {
    * The item to the left of this relationship
    */
   @autoserialize
-  @relationship(ResourceType.Item, false)
+  @relationship(Item, false)
   leftItem: string;
 
   /**
    * The item to the right of this relationship
    */
   @autoserialize
-  @relationship(ResourceType.Item, false)
+  @relationship(Item, false)
   rightItem: string;
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-license.model.ts b/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-license.model.ts
index c86d43b961..02bd1808c8 100644
--- a/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-license.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-license.model.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { autoserialize, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
 import { mapsTo } from '../builders/build-decorators';
 import { NormalizedDSpaceObject } from './normalized-dspace-object.model';
 import { License } from '../../shared/license.model';
-import { ResourceType } from '../../shared/resource-type';
 
 /**
  * Normalized model class for a Collection License
diff --git a/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-resource-policy.model.ts b/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-resource-policy.model.ts
index 9a9841fe97..cd25a0af05 100644
--- a/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-resource-policy.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-resource-policy.model.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { mapsTo } from '../builders/build-decorators';
 import { NormalizedObject } from './normalized-object.model';
 import { IDToUUIDSerializer } from '../id-to-uuid-serializer';
 import { ActionType } from './action-type.model';
-import { ResourceType } from '../../shared/resource-type';
 
 /**
  * Normalized model class for a Resource Policy
diff --git a/src/app/core/core.module.ts b/src/app/core/core.module.ts
index 8d0fcc2910..b9ba9f5576 100644
--- a/src/app/core/core.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/core.module.ts
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ import { NormalizedSubmissionFormsModel } from './config/models/normalized-confi
 import { NormalizedSubmissionSectionModel } from './config/models/normalized-config-submission-section.model';
 import { NormalizedAuthStatus } from './auth/models/normalized-auth-status.model';
 import { NormalizedAuthorityValue } from './integration/models/normalized-authority-value.model';
-import { BrowseEntry } from './shared/browse-entry.model';
 import { RoleService } from './roles/role.service';
 import { MyDSpaceGuard } from '../+my-dspace-page/my-dspace.guard';
 import { MyDSpaceResponseParsingService } from './data/mydspace-response-parsing.service';
@@ -115,6 +114,8 @@ import { NormalizedRelationshipType } from './cache/models/items/normalized-rela
 import { NormalizedItemType } from './cache/models/items/normalized-item-type.model';
 import { MetadatafieldParsingService } from './data/metadatafield-parsing.service';
 import { NormalizedSubmissionUploadsModel } from './config/models/normalized-config-submission-uploads.model';
+import { NormalizedBrowseEntry } from './shared/normalized-browse-entry.model';
+import { BrowseDefinition } from './shared/browse-definition.model';
 
 const IMPORTS = [
   CommonModule,
@@ -237,7 +238,8 @@ export const normalizedModels =
     NormalizedSubmissionUploadsModel,
     NormalizedAuthStatus,
     NormalizedAuthorityValue,
-    BrowseEntry,
+    NormalizedBrowseEntry,
+    BrowseDefinition,
     NormalizedClaimedTask,
     NormalizedTaskObject,
     NormalizedPoolTask,
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/browse-entries-response-parsing.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/browse-entries-response-parsing.service.ts
index 5e6a9acaca..a2f5f21312 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/browse-entries-response-parsing.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/browse-entries-response-parsing.service.ts
@@ -3,17 +3,13 @@ import { GLOBAL_CONFIG } from '../../../config';
 import { GlobalConfig } from '../../../config/global-config.interface';
 import { isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { ObjectCacheService } from '../cache/object-cache.service';
-import {
-  ErrorResponse,
-  GenericSuccessResponse,
-  RestResponse
-} from '../cache/response.models';
+import { ErrorResponse, GenericSuccessResponse, RestResponse } from '../cache/response.models';
 import { DSpaceRESTV2Response } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2-response.model';
 import { DSpaceRESTv2Serializer } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.serializer';
-import { BrowseEntry } from '../shared/browse-entry.model';
 import { BaseResponseParsingService } from './base-response-parsing.service';
 import { ResponseParsingService } from './parsing.service';
 import { RestRequest } from './request.models';
+import { NormalizedBrowseEntry } from '../shared/normalized-browse-entry.model';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class BrowseEntriesResponseParsingService extends BaseResponseParsingService implements ResponseParsingService {
@@ -30,7 +26,7 @@ export class BrowseEntriesResponseParsingService extends BaseResponseParsingServ
     if (isNotEmpty(data.payload)) {
       let browseEntries = [];
       if (isNotEmpty(data.payload._embedded) && Array.isArray(data.payload._embedded[Object.keys(data.payload._embedded)[0]])) {
-        const serializer = new DSpaceRESTv2Serializer(BrowseEntry);
+        const serializer = new DSpaceRESTv2Serializer(NormalizedBrowseEntry);
         browseEntries = serializer.deserializeArray(data.payload._embedded[Object.keys(data.payload._embedded)[0]]);
       }
       return new GenericSuccessResponse(browseEntries, data.statusCode, data.statusText, this.processPageInfo(data.payload));
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 c1b0566e0b..8d0fe7cd41 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/browse-response-parsing.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/browse-response-parsing.service.spec.ts
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ describe('BrowseResponseParsingService', () => {
             }
           ],
           defaultSortOrder: 'ASC',
-          type: 'browse',
           metadataKeys: [
             'dc.date.issued'
           ],
@@ -139,7 +138,6 @@ describe('BrowseResponseParsingService', () => {
             }
           ],
           defaultSortOrder: 'ASC',
-          type: 'browse',
           metadataKeys: [
             'dc.contributor.*',
             'dc.creator'
@@ -173,6 +171,5 @@ describe('BrowseResponseParsingService', () => {
       const response = service.parse(validRequest, validResponse);
       expect((response as GenericSuccessResponse<BrowseDefinition[]>).payload).toEqual(definitions);
     });
-
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/app/core/metadata/normalized-metadata-field.model.ts b/src/app/core/metadata/normalized-metadata-field.model.ts
index a844f7a394..c6b2ee32f8 100644
--- a/src/app/core/metadata/normalized-metadata-field.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/metadata/normalized-metadata-field.model.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { autoserialize, deserialize } from 'cerialize';
+import { autoserialize, deserialize, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
 import { mapsTo, relationship } from '../cache/builders/build-decorators';
 import { MetadataField } from './metadata-field.model';
 import { NormalizedObject } from '../cache/models/normalized-object.model';
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { MetadataSchema } from './metadata-schema.model';
  * Class the represents a normalized metadata field
  */
 @mapsTo(MetadataField)
+@inheritSerialization(NormalizedObject)
 export class NormalizedMetadataField extends NormalizedObject<MetadataField> implements ListableObject {
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/app/core/metadata/normalized-metadata-schema.model.ts b/src/app/core/metadata/normalized-metadata-schema.model.ts
index 8d15ef2431..47c7233d81 100644
--- a/src/app/core/metadata/normalized-metadata-schema.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/metadata/normalized-metadata-schema.model.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-import { autoserialize } from 'cerialize';
+import { autoserialize, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
 import { NormalizedObject } from '../cache/models/normalized-object.model';
 import { mapsTo } from '../cache/builders/build-decorators';
 import { ListableObject } from '../../shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object.model';
-import { ResourceType } from '../shared/resource-type';
 import { MetadataSchema } from './metadata-schema.model';
 
 /**
  * Normalized class for a DSpace MetadataSchema
  */
 @mapsTo(MetadataSchema)
+@inheritSerialization(NormalizedObject)
 export class NormalizedMetadataSchema extends NormalizedObject<MetadataSchema> implements ListableObject {
   /**
    * The unique identifier for this schema
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/browse-definition.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/browse-definition.model.ts
index fda6ebd3c1..9fafe7e321 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/browse-definition.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/browse-definition.model.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import { ResourceType } from './resource-type';
 import { TypedObject } from '../cache/object-cache.reducer';
 
 export class BrowseDefinition implements TypedObject {
+  static type = new ResourceType('browse');
+
   @autoserialize
   id: string;
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/normalized-browse-entry.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/normalized-browse-entry.model.ts
index 88e3842ce9..949758cb67 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/normalized-browse-entry.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/normalized-browse-entry.model.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import { autoserialize, autoserializeAs } from 'cerialize';
-import { ResourceType } from './resource-type';
+import { autoserialize, autoserializeAs, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
 import { BrowseEntry } from './browse-entry.model';
 import { NormalizedObject } from '../cache/models/normalized-object.model';
 import { mapsTo } from '../cache/builders/build-decorators';
@@ -9,6 +8,7 @@ import { mapsTo } from '../cache/builders/build-decorators';
  * This class is not normalized because browse entries do not have self links
  */
 @mapsTo(BrowseEntry)
+@inheritSerialization(NormalizedObject)
 export class NormalizedBrowseEntry extends NormalizedObject<BrowseEntry> {
   /**
    * The authority string of this browse entry
diff --git a/src/app/submission/form/collection/submission-form-collection.component.spec.ts b/src/app/submission/form/collection/submission-form-collection.component.spec.ts
index dff503ff5a..93f185af10 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/form/collection/submission-form-collection.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/form/collection/submission-form-collection.component.spec.ts
@@ -27,17 +27,16 @@ import { SubmissionJsonPatchOperationsService } from '../../../core/submission/s
 import { SubmissionJsonPatchOperationsServiceStub } from '../../../shared/testing/submission-json-patch-operations-service-stub';
 import { JsonPatchOperationsBuilder } from '../../../core/json-patch/builder/json-patch-operations-builder';
 import { JsonPatchOperationPathCombiner } from '../../../core/json-patch/builder/json-patch-operation-path-combiner';
-import { Community } from '../../../core/shared/community.model';
 import { PaginatedList } from '../../../core/data/paginated-list';
 import { PageInfo } from '../../../core/shared/page-info.model';
 import { Collection } from '../../../core/shared/collection.model';
 import {
-  createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$,
   createTestComponent
 } from '../../../shared/testing/utils';
 import { cold } from 'jasmine-marbles';
 import { SearchResult } from '../../../+search-page/search-result.model';
 import { SearchService } from '../../../+search-page/search-service/search.service';
+import { RemoteData } from '../../../core/data/remote-data';
 
 const mockCommunity1Collection1 = Object.assign(new Collection(), {
   name: 'Community 1-Collection 1',