diff --git a/resources/i18n/en.json b/resources/i18n/en.json
index e2a1e354a8..fe3bb0c2ff 100644
--- a/resources/i18n/en.json
+++ b/resources/i18n/en.json
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@
         "f.dateIssued.max": "End date",
         "f.subject": "Subject",
         "f.has_content_in_original_bundle": "Has files",
-        "f.entityType": "Entity Type"
+        "f.entityType": "Item Type"
       },
       "filter": {
         "show-more": "Show more",
@@ -376,8 +376,8 @@
           "head": "Has files"
         },
         "entityType": {
-          "placeholder": "Entity Type",
-          "head": "Entity Type"
+          "placeholder": "Item Type",
+          "head": "Item Type"
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/field-components/metadata-values/metadata-values.component.spec.ts b/src/app/+item-page/field-components/metadata-values/metadata-values.component.spec.ts
index 9447e1c48e..9682386b96 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/field-components/metadata-values/metadata-values.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/field-components/metadata-values/metadata-values.component.spec.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { MockTranslateLoader } from '../../../shared/mocks/mock-translate-loader';
 import { MetadataValuesComponent } from './metadata-values.component';
 import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import { Metadatum } from '../../../core/shared/metadatum.model';
 
 let comp: MetadataValuesComponent;
 let fixture: ComponentFixture<MetadataValuesComponent>;
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ const mockMetadata = [
     key: 'journal.identifier.description',
     language: 'en_US',
     value: 'desc'
-  }];
+  }] as Metadatum[];
 const mockSeperator = '<br/>';
 const mockLabel = 'fake.message';
 
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/item-page.module.ts b/src/app/+item-page/item-page.module.ts
index 51b9ac2c9e..0c4ccc868b 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/item-page.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/item-page.module.ts
@@ -19,17 +19,18 @@ import { FileSectionComponent } from './simple/field-components/file-section/fil
 import { CollectionsComponent } from './field-components/collections/collections.component';
 import { FullItemPageComponent } from './full/full-item-page.component';
 import { FullFileSectionComponent } from './full/field-components/file-section/full-file-section.component';
-import { RelatedEntitiesComponent } from './simple/related-entities/related-entities-component';
+import { RelatedItemsComponent } from './simple/related-items/related-items-component';
 import { SearchPageModule } from '../+search-page/search-page.module';
-import { PublicationComponent } from './simple/entity-types/publication/publication.component';
-import { PersonComponent } from './simple/entity-types/person/person.component';
-import { OrgunitComponent } from './simple/entity-types/orgunit/orgunit.component';
-import { ProjectComponent } from './simple/entity-types/project/project.component';
-import { JournalComponent } from './simple/entity-types/journal/journal.component';
-import { JournalVolumeComponent } from './simple/entity-types/journal-volume/journal-volume.component';
-import { JournalIssueComponent } from './simple/entity-types/journal-issue/journal-issue.component';
-import { EntityComponent } from './simple/entity-types/shared/entity.component';
+import { PublicationComponent } from './simple/item-types/publication/publication.component';
+import { PersonComponent } from './simple/item-types/person/person.component';
+import { OrgunitComponent } from './simple/item-types/orgunit/orgunit.component';
+import { ProjectComponent } from './simple/item-types/project/project.component';
+import { JournalComponent } from './simple/item-types/journal/journal.component';
+import { JournalVolumeComponent } from './simple/item-types/journal-volume/journal-volume.component';
+import { JournalIssueComponent } from './simple/item-types/journal-issue/journal-issue.component';
+import { ItemComponent } from './simple/item-types/shared/item.component';
 import { EditItemPageModule } from './edit-item-page/edit-item-page.module';
+import { MetadataRepresentationListComponent } from './simple/metadata-representation-list/metadata-representation-list.component';
 import { RelatedEntitiesSearchComponent } from './simple/related-entities/related-entities-search/related-entities-search.component';
 
 @NgModule({
@@ -59,12 +60,13 @@ import { RelatedEntitiesSearchComponent } from './simple/related-entities/relate
     ProjectComponent,
     OrgunitComponent,
     PersonComponent,
-    RelatedEntitiesComponent,
-    EntityComponent,
+    RelatedItemsComponent,
+    ItemComponent,
     GenericItemPageFieldComponent,
     JournalComponent,
     JournalIssueComponent,
     JournalVolumeComponent,
+    MetadataRepresentationListComponent,
     RelatedEntitiesSearchComponent
   ],
   entryComponents: [
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-page.component.html b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-page.component.html
index 0db8bbf318..b6de496dc4 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-page.component.html
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-page.component.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <div class="container" *ngVar="(itemRD$ | async) as itemRD">
   <div class="item-page" *ngIf="itemRD?.hasSucceeded" @fadeInOut>
     <div *ngIf="itemRD?.payload as item">
-      <ds-entity-type-switcher [object]="item" [viewMode]="ElementViewMode.Full"></ds-entity-type-switcher>
+      <ds-item-type-switcher [object]="item" [viewMode]="viewMode"></ds-item-type-switcher>
     </div>
   </div>
   <ds-error *ngIf="itemRD?.hasFailed" message="{{'error.item' | translate}}"></ds-error>
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-page.component.spec.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-page.component.spec.ts
index bc1df00300..fbe616227f 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-page.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-page.component.spec.ts
@@ -8,14 +8,13 @@ import { ActivatedRoute } from '@angular/router';
 import { ActivatedRouteStub } from '../../shared/testing/active-router-stub';
 import { MetadataService } from '../../core/metadata/metadata.service';
 import { VarDirective } from '../../shared/utils/var.directive';
-import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../core/data/remote-data';
 import { Item } from '../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { PaginatedList } from '../../core/data/paginated-list';
 import { PageInfo } from '../../core/shared/page-info.model';
 import { BrowserAnimationsModule } from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
 import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
-import { createRelationshipsObservable } from './entity-types/shared/entity.component.spec';
+import { createRelationshipsObservable } from './item-types/shared/item.component.spec';
 import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
 
 const mockItem: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-page.component.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-page.component.ts
index 1cee863070..ac23add738 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-page.component.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import { fadeInOut } from '../../shared/animations/fade';
 import { hasValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import * as viewMode from '../../shared/view-mode';
 
+export const VIEW_MODE_FULL = 'full';
+
 /**
  * This component renders a simple item page.
  * The route parameter 'id' is used to request the item it represents.
@@ -46,9 +48,8 @@ export class ItemPageComponent implements OnInit {
 
   /**
    * The view-mode we're currently on
-   * @type {ElementViewMode}
    */
-  ElementViewMode = viewMode.ElementViewMode;
+  viewMode = VIEW_MODE_FULL;
 
   constructor(
     private route: ActivatedRoute,
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/journal-issue/journal-issue.component.html b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal-issue/journal-issue.component.html
similarity index 90%
rename from src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/journal-issue/journal-issue.component.html
rename to src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal-issue/journal-issue.component.html
index d83b4ed9b8..e17a902297 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/journal-issue/journal-issue.component.html
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal-issue/journal-issue.component.html
@@ -24,15 +24,15 @@
     </ds-generic-item-page-field>
   </div>
   <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6">
-    <ds-related-entities
-      [entities]="volumes$ | async"
+    <ds-related-items
+      [items]="volumes$ | async"
       [label]="'relationships.isSingleVolumeOf' | translate">
-    </ds-related-entities>
-    <ds-related-entities
+    </ds-related-items>
+    <ds-related-items
       class="mb-1 mt-1"
-      [entities]="publications$ | async"
+      [items]="publications$ | async"
       [label]="'relationships.isPublicationOfJournalIssue' | translate">
-    </ds-related-entities>
+    </ds-related-items>
     <ds-generic-item-page-field [item]="item"
       [fields]="['journalissue.identifier.description']"
       [label]="'journalissue.page.description'">
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/journal-issue/journal-issue.component.scss b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal-issue/journal-issue.component.scss
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/journal-issue/journal-issue.component.scss
rename to src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal-issue/journal-issue.component.scss
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/journal-issue/journal-issue.component.spec.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal-issue/journal-issue.component.spec.ts
similarity index 81%
rename from src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/journal-issue/journal-issue.component.spec.ts
rename to src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal-issue/journal-issue.component.spec.ts
index a2db07362d..a648250b03 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/journal-issue/journal-issue.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal-issue/journal-issue.component.spec.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { Item } from '../../../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../../../core/data/remote-data';
 import { PaginatedList } from '../../../../core/data/paginated-list';
 import { PageInfo } from '../../../../core/shared/page-info.model';
-import { createRelationshipsObservable, getEntityPageFieldsTest } from '../shared/entity.component.spec';
+import { createRelationshipsObservable, getItemPageFieldsTest } from '../shared/item.component.spec';
 import { JournalIssueComponent } from './journal-issue.component';
 import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
 
@@ -33,4 +32,4 @@ const mockItem: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
   relationships: createRelationshipsObservable()
 });
 
-describe('JournalIssueComponent', getEntityPageFieldsTest(mockItem, JournalIssueComponent));
+describe('JournalIssueComponent', getItemPageFieldsTest(mockItem, JournalIssueComponent));
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/journal-issue/journal-issue.component.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal-issue/journal-issue.component.ts
similarity index 71%
rename from src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/journal-issue/journal-issue.component.ts
rename to src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal-issue/journal-issue.component.ts
index 91d4b1ce8c..9240616c59 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/journal-issue/journal-issue.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal-issue/journal-issue.component.ts
@@ -2,22 +2,22 @@ import { Component, Inject } from '@angular/core';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { ItemDataService } from '../../../../core/data/item-data.service';
 import { Item } from '../../../../core/shared/item.model';
-import { rendersEntityType } from '../../../../shared/entities/entity-type-decorator';
-import { ITEM } from '../../../../shared/entities/switcher/entity-type-switcher.component';
-import { ElementViewMode } from '../../../../shared/view-mode';
+import { rendersItemType } from '../../../../shared/items/item-type-decorator';
+import { ITEM } from '../../../../shared/items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component';
 import { isNotEmpty } from '../../../../shared/empty.util';
-import { EntityComponent, filterRelationsByTypeLabel, relationsToItems } from '../shared/entity.component';
+import { ItemComponent, filterRelationsByTypeLabel, relationsToItems } from '../shared/item.component';
+import { VIEW_MODE_FULL } from '../../item-page.component';
 
-@rendersEntityType('JournalIssue', ElementViewMode.Full)
+@rendersItemType('JournalIssue', VIEW_MODE_FULL)
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-journal-issue',
   styleUrls: ['./journal-issue.component.scss'],
   templateUrl: './journal-issue.component.html'
 })
 /**
- * The component for displaying metadata and relations of an item with entity type Journal Issue
+ * The component for displaying metadata and relations of an item of the type Journal Issue
  */
-export class JournalIssueComponent extends EntityComponent {
+export class JournalIssueComponent extends ItemComponent {
   /**
    * The volumes related to this journal issue
    */
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/journal-volume/journal-volume.component.html b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal-volume/journal-volume.component.html
similarity index 87%
rename from src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/journal-volume/journal-volume.component.html
rename to src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal-volume/journal-volume.component.html
index df770b06d8..a956e40fdd 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/journal-volume/journal-volume.component.html
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal-volume/journal-volume.component.html
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@
     </ds-generic-item-page-field>
   </div>
   <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6">
-    <ds-related-entities
-      [entities]="journals$ | async"
+    <ds-related-items
+      [items]="journals$ | async"
       [label]="'relationships.isSingleJournalOf' | translate">
-    </ds-related-entities>
-    <ds-related-entities
-      [entities]="issues$ | async"
+    </ds-related-items>
+    <ds-related-items
+      [items]="issues$ | async"
       [label]="'relationships.isIssueOf' | translate">
-    </ds-related-entities>
+    </ds-related-items>
     <ds-generic-item-page-field [item]="item"
       [fields]="['journalvolume.identifier.description']"
       [label]="'journalvolume.page.description'">
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/journal-volume/journal-volume.component.scss b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal-volume/journal-volume.component.scss
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/journal-volume/journal-volume.component.scss
rename to src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal-volume/journal-volume.component.scss
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/journal-volume/journal-volume.component.spec.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal-volume/journal-volume.component.spec.ts
similarity index 79%
rename from src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/journal-volume/journal-volume.component.spec.ts
rename to src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal-volume/journal-volume.component.spec.ts
index 2cab243924..5442048a50 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/journal-volume/journal-volume.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal-volume/journal-volume.component.spec.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { Item } from '../../../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../../../core/data/remote-data';
 import { PaginatedList } from '../../../../core/data/paginated-list';
 import { PageInfo } from '../../../../core/shared/page-info.model';
-import { createRelationshipsObservable, getEntityPageFieldsTest } from '../shared/entity.component.spec';
+import { createRelationshipsObservable, getItemPageFieldsTest } from '../shared/item.component.spec';
 import { JournalVolumeComponent } from './journal-volume.component';
 import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
 
@@ -28,4 +27,4 @@ const mockItem: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
   relationships: createRelationshipsObservable()
 });
 
-describe('JournalVolumeComponent', getEntityPageFieldsTest(mockItem, JournalVolumeComponent));
+describe('JournalVolumeComponent', getItemPageFieldsTest(mockItem, JournalVolumeComponent));
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/journal-volume/journal-volume.component.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal-volume/journal-volume.component.ts
similarity index 71%
rename from src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/journal-volume/journal-volume.component.ts
rename to src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal-volume/journal-volume.component.ts
index c6b9233ece..0372fe5d30 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/journal-volume/journal-volume.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal-volume/journal-volume.component.ts
@@ -2,22 +2,22 @@ import { Component, Inject } from '@angular/core';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { ItemDataService } from '../../../../core/data/item-data.service';
 import { Item } from '../../../../core/shared/item.model';
-import { rendersEntityType } from '../../../../shared/entities/entity-type-decorator';
-import { ITEM } from '../../../../shared/entities/switcher/entity-type-switcher.component';
-import { ElementViewMode } from '../../../../shared/view-mode';
+import { rendersItemType } from '../../../../shared/items/item-type-decorator';
+import { ITEM } from '../../../../shared/items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component';
 import { isNotEmpty } from '../../../../shared/empty.util';
-import { EntityComponent, filterRelationsByTypeLabel, relationsToItems } from '../shared/entity.component';
+import { ItemComponent, filterRelationsByTypeLabel, relationsToItems } from '../shared/item.component';
+import { VIEW_MODE_FULL } from '../../item-page.component';
 
-@rendersEntityType('JournalVolume', ElementViewMode.Full)
+@rendersItemType('JournalVolume', VIEW_MODE_FULL)
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-journal-volume',
   styleUrls: ['./journal-volume.component.scss'],
   templateUrl: './journal-volume.component.html'
 })
 /**
- * The component for displaying metadata and relations of an item with entity type Journal Volume
+ * The component for displaying metadata and relations of an item of the type Journal Volume
  */
-export class JournalVolumeComponent extends EntityComponent {
+export class JournalVolumeComponent extends ItemComponent {
   /**
    * The journals related to this journal volume
    */
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/journal/journal.component.html b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal/journal.component.html
similarity index 94%
rename from src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/journal/journal.component.html
rename to src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal/journal.component.html
index df50f613fb..157d6133bf 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/journal/journal.component.html
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal/journal.component.html
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
     </ds-generic-item-page-field>
   </div>
   <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6">
-    <ds-related-entities
-      [entities]="volumes$ | async"
+    <ds-related-items
+      [items]="volumes$ | async"
       [label]="'relationships.isVolumeOf' | translate">
-    </ds-related-entities>
+    </ds-related-items>
     <ds-generic-item-page-field class="item-page-fields" [item]="item"
       [fields]="['journal.identifier.description']"
       [label]="'journal.page.description'">
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/journal/journal.component.scss b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal/journal.component.scss
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/journal/journal.component.scss
rename to src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal/journal.component.scss
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/journal/journal.component.spec.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal/journal.component.spec.ts
similarity index 96%
rename from src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/journal/journal.component.spec.ts
rename to src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal/journal.component.spec.ts
index d9915e0410..8a18f0f727 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/journal/journal.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal/journal.component.spec.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, DebugElement, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
 import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { TruncatableService } from '../../../../shared/truncatable/truncatable.service';
-import { ITEM } from '../../../../shared/entities/switcher/entity-type-switcher.component';
+import { ITEM } from '../../../../shared/items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component';
 import { TruncatePipe } from '../../../../shared/utils/truncate.pipe';
 import { ItemDataService } from '../../../../core/data/item-data.service';
-import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { Item } from '../../../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
 import { TranslateLoader, TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/journal/journal.component.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal/journal.component.ts
similarity index 66%
rename from src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/journal/journal.component.ts
rename to src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal/journal.component.ts
index 7e1e0233b6..12ba91eb6b 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/journal/journal.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/journal/journal.component.ts
@@ -2,22 +2,22 @@ import { Component, Inject } from '@angular/core';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { ItemDataService } from '../../../../core/data/item-data.service';
 import { Item } from '../../../../core/shared/item.model';
-import { rendersEntityType } from '../../../../shared/entities/entity-type-decorator';
-import { ITEM } from '../../../../shared/entities/switcher/entity-type-switcher.component';
-import { ElementViewMode } from '../../../../shared/view-mode';
+import { rendersItemType } from '../../../../shared/items/item-type-decorator';
+import { ITEM } from '../../../../shared/items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component';
 import { isNotEmpty } from '../../../../shared/empty.util';
-import { EntityComponent, filterRelationsByTypeLabel, relationsToItems } from '../shared/entity.component';
+import { ItemComponent, filterRelationsByTypeLabel, relationsToItems } from '../shared/item.component';
+import { VIEW_MODE_FULL } from '../../item-page.component';
 
-@rendersEntityType('Journal', ElementViewMode.Full)
+@rendersItemType('Journal', VIEW_MODE_FULL)
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-journal',
   styleUrls: ['./journal.component.scss'],
   templateUrl: './journal.component.html'
 })
 /**
- * The component for displaying metadata and relations of an item with entity type Journal
+ * The component for displaying metadata and relations of an item of the type Journal
  */
-export class JournalComponent extends EntityComponent {
+export class JournalComponent extends ItemComponent {
   /**
    * The volumes related to this journal
    */
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/orgunit/orgunit.component.html b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/orgunit/orgunit.component.html
similarity index 86%
rename from src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/orgunit/orgunit.component.html
rename to src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/orgunit/orgunit.component.html
index e5a02b54e5..7eacf66347 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/orgunit/orgunit.component.html
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/orgunit/orgunit.component.html
@@ -24,18 +24,18 @@
     </ds-generic-item-page-field>
   </div>
   <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6">
-    <ds-related-entities
-      [entities]="people$ | async"
+    <ds-related-items
+      [items]="people$ | async"
       [label]="'relationships.isPersonOf' | translate">
-    </ds-related-entities>
-    <ds-related-entities
-      [entities]="projects$ | async"
+    </ds-related-items>
+    <ds-related-items
+      [items]="projects$ | async"
       [label]="'relationships.isProjectOf' | translate">
-    </ds-related-entities>
-    <ds-related-entities
-      [entities]="publications$ | async"
+    </ds-related-items>
+    <ds-related-items
+      [items]="publications$ | async"
       [label]="'relationships.isPublicationOf' | translate">
-    </ds-related-entities>
+    </ds-related-items>
     <ds-generic-item-page-field [item]="item"
       [fields]="['orgunit.identifier.description']"
       [label]="'orgunit.page.description'">
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/orgunit/orgunit.component.scss b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/orgunit/orgunit.component.scss
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/orgunit/orgunit.component.scss
rename to src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/orgunit/orgunit.component.scss
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/orgunit/orgunit.component.spec.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/orgunit/orgunit.component.spec.ts
similarity index 82%
rename from src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/orgunit/orgunit.component.spec.ts
rename to src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/orgunit/orgunit.component.spec.ts
index e7e83ccc2a..bb356ba7fb 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/orgunit/orgunit.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/orgunit/orgunit.component.spec.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { Item } from '../../../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../../../core/data/remote-data';
 import { PaginatedList } from '../../../../core/data/paginated-list';
 import { PageInfo } from '../../../../core/shared/page-info.model';
-import { createRelationshipsObservable, getEntityPageFieldsTest } from '../shared/entity.component.spec';
+import { createRelationshipsObservable, getItemPageFieldsTest } from '../shared/item.component.spec';
 import { OrgunitComponent } from './orgunit.component';
 import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
 
@@ -38,4 +37,4 @@ const mockItem: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
   relationships: createRelationshipsObservable()
 });
 
-describe('OrgUnitComponent', getEntityPageFieldsTest(mockItem, OrgunitComponent));
+describe('OrgUnitComponent', getItemPageFieldsTest(mockItem, OrgunitComponent));
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/orgunit/orgunit.component.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/orgunit/orgunit.component.ts
similarity index 74%
rename from src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/orgunit/orgunit.component.ts
rename to src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/orgunit/orgunit.component.ts
index 1f99f29ea2..1a6ab4ba36 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/orgunit/orgunit.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/orgunit/orgunit.component.ts
@@ -2,22 +2,22 @@ import { Component, Inject, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { ItemDataService } from '../../../../core/data/item-data.service';
 import { Item } from '../../../../core/shared/item.model';
-import { rendersEntityType } from '../../../../shared/entities/entity-type-decorator';
-import { ElementViewMode } from '../../../../shared/view-mode';
-import { ITEM } from '../../../../shared/entities/switcher/entity-type-switcher.component';
+import { rendersItemType } from '../../../../shared/items/item-type-decorator';
+import { ITEM } from '../../../../shared/items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component';
 import { isNotEmpty } from '../../../../shared/empty.util';
-import { EntityComponent, filterRelationsByTypeLabel, relationsToItems } from '../shared/entity.component';
+import { ItemComponent, filterRelationsByTypeLabel, relationsToItems } from '../shared/item.component';
+import { VIEW_MODE_FULL } from '../../item-page.component';
 
-@rendersEntityType('OrgUnit', ElementViewMode.Full)
+@rendersItemType('OrgUnit', VIEW_MODE_FULL)
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-orgunit',
   styleUrls: ['./orgunit.component.scss'],
   templateUrl: './orgunit.component.html'
 })
 /**
- * The component for displaying metadata and relations of an item with entity type Organisation Unit
+ * The component for displaying metadata and relations of an item of the type Organisation Unit
  */
-export class OrgunitComponent extends EntityComponent implements OnInit {
+export class OrgunitComponent extends ItemComponent implements OnInit {
   /**
    * The people related to this organisation unit
    */
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/person/person.component.html b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/person/person.component.html
similarity index 92%
rename from src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/person/person.component.html
rename to src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/person/person.component.html
index fdc03c36a8..30153353de 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/person/person.component.html
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/person/person.component.html
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@
     </ds-generic-item-page-field>
   </div>
   <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6">
-    <ds-related-entities
-      [entities]="projects$ | async"
+    <ds-related-items
+      [items]="projects$ | async"
       [label]="'relationships.isProjectOf' | translate">
-    </ds-related-entities>
-    <ds-related-entities
-      [entities]="orgUnits$ | async"
+    </ds-related-items>
+    <ds-related-items
+      [items]="orgUnits$ | async"
       [label]="'relationships.isOrgUnitOf' | translate">
-    </ds-related-entities>
+    </ds-related-items>
     <ds-generic-item-page-field [item]="item"
       [fields]="['person.identifier.jobtitle']"
       [label]="'person.page.jobtitle'">
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/person/person.component.scss b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/person/person.component.scss
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/person/person.component.scss
rename to src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/person/person.component.scss
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/person/person.component.spec.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/person/person.component.spec.ts
similarity index 85%
rename from src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/person/person.component.spec.ts
rename to src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/person/person.component.spec.ts
index 70eba79180..4c582f67e8 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/person/person.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/person/person.component.spec.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { Item } from '../../../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../../../core/data/remote-data';
 import { PaginatedList } from '../../../../core/data/paginated-list';
 import { PageInfo } from '../../../../core/shared/page-info.model';
-import { createRelationshipsObservable, getEntityPageFieldsTest } from '../shared/entity.component.spec';
+import { createRelationshipsObservable, getItemPageFieldsTest } from '../shared/item.component.spec';
 import { PersonComponent } from './person.component';
 import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
 
@@ -48,4 +47,4 @@ const mockItem: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
   relationships: createRelationshipsObservable()
 });
 
-describe('PersonComponent', getEntityPageFieldsTest(mockItem, PersonComponent));
+describe('PersonComponent', getItemPageFieldsTest(mockItem, PersonComponent));
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/person/person.component.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/person/person.component.ts
similarity index 80%
rename from src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/person/person.component.ts
rename to src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/person/person.component.ts
index 2ba3a5bdcf..3cf5a230bf 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/person/person.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/person/person.component.ts
@@ -2,23 +2,23 @@ import { Component, Inject } from '@angular/core';
 import { Observable ,  of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
 import { ItemDataService } from '../../../../core/data/item-data.service';
 import { Item } from '../../../../core/shared/item.model';
-import { rendersEntityType } from '../../../../shared/entities/entity-type-decorator';
-import { ITEM } from '../../../../shared/entities/switcher/entity-type-switcher.component';
-import { ElementViewMode } from '../../../../shared/view-mode';
+import { rendersItemType } from '../../../../shared/items/item-type-decorator';
+import { ITEM } from '../../../../shared/items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component';
 import { SearchFixedFilterService } from '../../../../+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-fixed-filter.service';
 import { isNotEmpty } from '../../../../shared/empty.util';
-import { EntityComponent, filterRelationsByTypeLabel, relationsToItems } from '../shared/entity.component';
+import { ItemComponent, filterRelationsByTypeLabel, relationsToItems } from '../shared/item.component';
+import { VIEW_MODE_FULL } from '../../item-page.component';
 
-@rendersEntityType('Person', ElementViewMode.Full)
+@rendersItemType('Person', VIEW_MODE_FULL)
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-person',
   styleUrls: ['./person.component.scss'],
   templateUrl: './person.component.html'
 })
 /**
- * The component for displaying metadata and relations of an item with entity type Person
+ * The component for displaying metadata and relations of an item of the type Person
  */
-export class PersonComponent extends EntityComponent {
+export class PersonComponent extends ItemComponent {
   /**
    * The publications related to this person
    */
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/project/project.component.html b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/project/project.component.html
similarity index 86%
rename from src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/project/project.component.html
rename to src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/project/project.component.html
index 36a71bd71a..17aa8b2065 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/project/project.component.html
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/project/project.component.html
@@ -20,18 +20,18 @@
     </ds-generic-item-page-field>
   </div>
   <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6">
-    <ds-related-entities
-      [entities]="people$ | async"
+    <ds-related-items
+      [items]="people$ | async"
       [label]="'relationships.isPersonOf' | translate">
-    </ds-related-entities>
-    <ds-related-entities
-      [entities]="publications$ | async"
+    </ds-related-items>
+    <ds-related-items
+      [items]="publications$ | async"
       [label]="'relationships.isPublicationOf' | translate">
-    </ds-related-entities>
-    <ds-related-entities
-      [entities]="orgUnits$ | async"
+    </ds-related-items>
+    <ds-related-items
+      [items]="orgUnits$ | async"
       [label]="'relationships.isOrgUnitOf' | translate">
-    </ds-related-entities>
+    </ds-related-items>
     <ds-generic-item-page-field [item]="item"
       [fields]="['project.identifier.description']"
       [label]="'project.page.description'">
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/project/project.component.scss b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/project/project.component.scss
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/project/project.component.scss
rename to src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/project/project.component.scss
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/project/project.component.spec.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/project/project.component.spec.ts
similarity index 83%
rename from src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/project/project.component.spec.ts
rename to src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/project/project.component.spec.ts
index c2fceb4266..e28c97f87d 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/project/project.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/project/project.component.spec.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { Item } from '../../../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../../../core/data/remote-data';
 import { PaginatedList } from '../../../../core/data/paginated-list';
 import { PageInfo } from '../../../../core/shared/page-info.model';
-import { createRelationshipsObservable, getEntityPageFieldsTest } from '../shared/entity.component.spec';
+import { createRelationshipsObservable, getItemPageFieldsTest } from '../shared/item.component.spec';
 import { ProjectComponent } from './project.component';
 import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
 
@@ -38,4 +37,4 @@ const mockItem: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
   relationships: createRelationshipsObservable()
 });
 
-describe('ProjectComponent', getEntityPageFieldsTest(mockItem, ProjectComponent));
+describe('ProjectComponent', getItemPageFieldsTest(mockItem, ProjectComponent));
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/project/project.component.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/project/project.component.ts
similarity index 74%
rename from src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/project/project.component.ts
rename to src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/project/project.component.ts
index e31d748129..4bdb6012f2 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/project/project.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/project/project.component.ts
@@ -2,22 +2,22 @@ import { Component, Inject, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { ItemDataService } from '../../../../core/data/item-data.service';
 import { Item } from '../../../../core/shared/item.model';
-import { rendersEntityType } from '../../../../shared/entities/entity-type-decorator';
-import { ElementViewMode } from '../../../../shared/view-mode';
-import { ITEM } from '../../../../shared/entities/switcher/entity-type-switcher.component';
+import { rendersItemType } from '../../../../shared/items/item-type-decorator';
+import { ITEM } from '../../../../shared/items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component';
 import { isNotEmpty } from '../../../../shared/empty.util';
-import { EntityComponent, filterRelationsByTypeLabel, relationsToItems } from '../shared/entity.component';
+import { ItemComponent, filterRelationsByTypeLabel, relationsToItems } from '../shared/item.component';
+import { VIEW_MODE_FULL } from '../../item-page.component';
 
-@rendersEntityType('Project', ElementViewMode.Full)
+@rendersItemType('Project', VIEW_MODE_FULL)
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-project',
   styleUrls: ['./project.component.scss'],
   templateUrl: './project.component.html'
 })
 /**
- * The component for displaying metadata and relations of an item with entity type Project
+ * The component for displaying metadata and relations of an item of the type Project
  */
-export class ProjectComponent extends EntityComponent implements OnInit {
+export class ProjectComponent extends ItemComponent implements OnInit {
   /**
    * The people related to this project
    */
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/publication/publication.component.html b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/publication/publication.component.html
similarity index 82%
rename from src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/publication/publication.component.html
rename to src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/publication/publication.component.html
index 2df7f0e53e..ab1ce097f5 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/publication/publication.component.html
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/publication/publication.component.html
@@ -21,22 +21,22 @@
     </ds-generic-item-page-field>
   </div>
   <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6">
-    <ds-related-entities
-      [entities]="authors$ | async"
-      [label]="'relationships.isAuthorOf' | translate">
-    </ds-related-entities>
-    <ds-related-entities
-      [entities]="projects$ | async"
+    <ds-metadata-representation-list
+      [label]="'relationships.isAuthorOf' | translate"
+      [representations]="authors$ | async">
+    </ds-metadata-representation-list>
+    <ds-related-items
+      [items]="projects$ | async"
       [label]="'relationships.isProjectOf' | translate">
-    </ds-related-entities>
-    <ds-related-entities
-      [entities]="orgUnits$ | async"
+    </ds-related-items>
+    <ds-related-items
+      [items]="orgUnits$ | async"
       [label]="'relationships.isOrgUnitOf' | translate">
-    </ds-related-entities>
-    <ds-related-entities
-      [entities]="journalIssues$ | async"
+    </ds-related-items>
+    <ds-related-items
+      [items]="journalIssues$ | async"
       [label]="'relationships.isJournalIssueOf' | translate">
-    </ds-related-entities>
+    </ds-related-items>
     <ds-item-page-abstract-field [item]="item"></ds-item-page-abstract-field>
     <ds-generic-item-page-field [item]="item"
       [fields]="['dc.subject']"
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/publication/publication.component.scss b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/publication/publication.component.scss
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/publication/publication.component.scss
rename to src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/publication/publication.component.scss
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/publication/publication.component.spec.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/publication/publication.component.spec.ts
similarity index 94%
rename from src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/publication/publication.component.spec.ts
rename to src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/publication/publication.component.spec.ts
index c3c9c2cd81..603d358761 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/publication/publication.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/publication/publication.component.spec.ts
@@ -3,18 +3,17 @@ import { TranslateLoader, TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { MockTranslateLoader } from '../../../../shared/mocks/mock-translate-loader';
 import { GenericItemPageFieldComponent } from '../../field-components/specific-field/generic/generic-item-page-field.component';
 import { TruncatePipe } from '../../../../shared/utils/truncate.pipe';
-import { ITEM } from '../../../../shared/entities/switcher/entity-type-switcher.component';
+import { ITEM } from '../../../../shared/items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component';
 import { ItemDataService } from '../../../../core/data/item-data.service';
 import { SearchFixedFilterService } from '../../../../+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-fixed-filter.service';
 import { TruncatableService } from '../../../../shared/truncatable/truncatable.service';
 import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
 import { Item } from '../../../../core/shared/item.model';
-import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../../../core/data/remote-data';
 import { PaginatedList } from '../../../../core/data/paginated-list';
 import { PageInfo } from '../../../../core/shared/page-info.model';
 import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
-import { createRelationshipsObservable } from '../shared/entity.component.spec';
+import { createRelationshipsObservable } from '../shared/item.component.spec';
 import { PublicationComponent } from './publication.component';
 import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
 
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/publication/publication.component.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/publication/publication.component.ts
similarity index 66%
rename from src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/publication/publication.component.ts
rename to src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/publication/publication.component.ts
index 09481362c1..1ea50598c7 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/publication/publication.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/publication/publication.component.ts
@@ -3,26 +3,27 @@ import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { ItemDataService } from '../../../../core/data/item-data.service';
 import { Item } from '../../../../core/shared/item.model';
 import {
-  DEFAULT_ENTITY_TYPE,
-  rendersEntityType
-} from '../../../../shared/entities/entity-type-decorator';
-import { ITEM } from '../../../../shared/entities/switcher/entity-type-switcher.component';
-import { ElementViewMode } from '../../../../shared/view-mode';
-import { EntityComponent, filterRelationsByTypeLabel, relationsToItems } from '../shared/entity.component';
+  DEFAULT_ITEM_TYPE,
+  rendersItemType
+} from '../../../../shared/items/item-type-decorator';
+import { ITEM } from '../../../../shared/items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component';
+import { ItemComponent, filterRelationsByTypeLabel, relationsToItems } from '../shared/item.component';
+import { MetadataRepresentation } from '../../../../core/shared/metadata-representation/metadata-representation.model';
+import { VIEW_MODE_FULL } from '../../item-page.component';
 
-@rendersEntityType('Publication', ElementViewMode.Full)
-@rendersEntityType(DEFAULT_ENTITY_TYPE, ElementViewMode.Full)
+@rendersItemType('Publication', VIEW_MODE_FULL)
+@rendersItemType(DEFAULT_ITEM_TYPE, VIEW_MODE_FULL)
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-publication',
   styleUrls: ['./publication.component.scss'],
   templateUrl: './publication.component.html',
   changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,
 })
-export class PublicationComponent extends EntityComponent implements OnInit {
+export class PublicationComponent extends ItemComponent implements OnInit {
   /**
    * The authors related to this publication
    */
-  authors$: Observable<Item[]>;
+  authors$: Observable<MetadataRepresentation[]>;
 
   /**
    * The projects related to this publication
@@ -51,10 +52,7 @@ export class PublicationComponent extends EntityComponent implements OnInit {
 
     if (this.resolvedRelsAndTypes$) {
 
-      this.authors$ = this.resolvedRelsAndTypes$.pipe(
-        filterRelationsByTypeLabel('isAuthorOfPublication'),
-        relationsToItems(this.item.id, this.ids)
-      );
+      this.authors$ = this.buildRepresentations('Person', 'dc.contributor.author', this.ids);
 
       this.projects$ = this.resolvedRelsAndTypes$.pipe(
         filterRelationsByTypeLabel('isProjectOfPublication'),
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/shared/entity.component.spec.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/shared/item.component.spec.ts
similarity index 66%
rename from src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/shared/entity.component.spec.ts
rename to src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/shared/item.component.spec.ts
index 9565da1e7d..28bd8e33e3 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/shared/entity.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/shared/item.component.spec.ts
@@ -7,27 +7,36 @@ import { ItemDataService } from '../../../../core/data/item-data.service';
 import { TranslateLoader, TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { MockTranslateLoader } from '../../../../shared/mocks/mock-translate-loader';
 import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, DebugElement, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
-import { ITEM } from '../../../../shared/entities/switcher/entity-type-switcher.component';
+import { ITEM } from '../../../../shared/items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component';
 import { TruncatePipe } from '../../../../shared/utils/truncate.pipe';
 import { isNotEmpty } from '../../../../shared/empty.util';
 import { SearchFixedFilterService } from '../../../../+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-fixed-filter.service';
-import { RelationshipType } from '../../../../core/shared/entities/relationship-type.model';
+import { RelationshipType } from '../../../../core/shared/item-relationships/relationship-type.model';
 import { PaginatedList } from '../../../../core/data/paginated-list';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../../../core/data/remote-data';
-import { Relationship } from '../../../../core/shared/entities/relationship.model';
-import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
+import { Relationship } from '../../../../core/shared/item-relationships/relationship.model';
 import { PageInfo } from '../../../../core/shared/page-info.model';
-import { compareArraysUsing, compareArraysUsingIds } from './entity.component';
+import { compareArraysUsing, compareArraysUsingIds, ItemComponent } from './item.component';
 import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
+import { BrowserAnimationsModule } from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
+import { ItemPageComponent } from '../../item-page.component';
+import { VarDirective } from '../../../../shared/utils/var.directive';
+import { ActivatedRoute } from '@angular/router';
+import { MetadataService } from '../../../../core/metadata/metadata.service';
+import { of } from 'rxjs/internal/observable/of';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/internal/Observable';
+import { MetadataRepresentation } from '../../../../core/shared/metadata-representation/metadata-representation.model';
+import { MetadatumRepresentation } from '../../../../core/shared/metadata-representation/metadatum/metadatum-representation.model';
+import { ItemMetadataRepresentation } from '../../../../core/shared/metadata-representation/item/item-metadata-representation.model';
 
 /**
- * Create a generic test for an entity-page-fields component using a mockItem and the type of component
+ * Create a generic test for an item-page-fields component using a mockItem and the type of component
  * @param {Item} mockItem     The item to use for testing. The item needs to contain just the metadata necessary to
  *                            execute the tests for it's component.
  * @param component           The type of component to create test cases for.
  * @returns {() => void}      Returns a specDefinition for the test.
  */
-export function getEntityPageFieldsTest(mockItem: Item, component) {
+export function getItemPageFieldsTest(mockItem: Item, component) {
   return () => {
     let comp: any;
     let fixture: ComponentFixture<any>;
@@ -101,7 +110,7 @@ export function createRelationshipsObservable() {
     })
   ])));
 }
-describe('EntityComponent', () => {
+describe('ItemComponent', () => {
   const arr1 = [
     {
       id: 1,
@@ -307,4 +316,116 @@ describe('EntityComponent', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('when calling buildRepresentations', () => {
+    let comp: ItemComponent;
+    let fixture: ComponentFixture<ItemComponent>;
+
+    const metadataField = 'dc.contributor.author';
+    const mockItem = Object.assign(new Item(), {
+      id: '1',
+      uuid: '1',
+      metadata: [
+        {
+          key: metadataField,
+          value: 'Second value',
+          place: 1
+        },
+        {
+          key: metadataField,
+          value: 'Third value',
+          place: 2,
+          authority: 'virtual::123'
+        },
+        {
+          key: metadataField,
+          value: 'First value',
+          place: 0
+        },
+        {
+          key: metadataField,
+          value: 'Fourth value',
+          place: 3,
+          authority: '123'
+        }
+      ],
+      relationships: observableOf(new RemoteData(false, false, true, null, new PaginatedList(new PageInfo(), [
+        Object.assign(new Relationship(), {
+          uuid: '123',
+          id: '123',
+          leftId: '1',
+          rightId: '2',
+          relationshipType: observableOf(new RemoteData(false, false, true, null, new RelationshipType()))
+        })
+      ])))
+    });
+    const relatedItem = Object.assign(new Item(), {
+      id: '2',
+      metadata: [
+        {
+          key: 'dc.title',
+          value: 'related item'
+        }
+      ]
+    });
+    const mockItemDataService = {
+      findById: (id) => {
+        if (id === relatedItem.id) {
+          return observableOf(new RemoteData(false, false, true, null, relatedItem))
+        }
+      }
+    } as ItemDataService;
+
+    let representations: Observable<MetadataRepresentation[]>;
+
+    beforeEach(async(() => {
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+        imports: [TranslateModule.forRoot({
+          loader: {
+            provide: TranslateLoader,
+            useClass: MockTranslateLoader
+          }
+        }), BrowserAnimationsModule],
+        declarations: [ItemComponent, VarDirective],
+        providers: [
+          {provide: ITEM, useValue: mockItem}
+        ],
+
+        schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]
+      }).overrideComponent(ItemComponent, {
+        set: {changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.Default}
+      }).compileComponents();
+    }));
+
+    beforeEach(async(() => {
+      fixture = TestBed.createComponent(ItemComponent);
+      comp = fixture.componentInstance;
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      representations = comp.buildRepresentations('bogus', metadataField, mockItemDataService);
+    }));
+
+    it('should contain exactly 4 metadata-representations', () => {
+      representations.subscribe((reps: MetadataRepresentation[]) => {
+        expect(reps.length).toEqual(4);
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should have all the representations in the correct order', () => {
+      representations.subscribe((reps: MetadataRepresentation[]) => {
+        expect(reps[0].getValue()).toEqual('First value');
+        expect(reps[1].getValue()).toEqual('Second value');
+        expect(reps[2].getValue()).toEqual('related item');
+        expect(reps[3].getValue()).toEqual('Fourth value');
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should have created the correct MetadatumRepresentation and ItemMetadataRepresentation objects for the correct Metadata', () => {
+      representations.subscribe((reps: MetadataRepresentation[]) => {
+        expect(reps[0] instanceof MetadatumRepresentation).toEqual(true);
+        expect(reps[1] instanceof MetadatumRepresentation).toEqual(true);
+        expect(reps[2] instanceof ItemMetadataRepresentation).toEqual(true);
+        expect(reps[3] instanceof MetadatumRepresentation).toEqual(true);
+      });
+    });
+  })
+
 });
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/shared/entity.component.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/shared/item.component.ts
similarity index 54%
rename from src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/shared/entity.component.ts
rename to src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/shared/item.component.ts
index 616c14269b..3cea15c251 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/entity-types/shared/entity.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/shared/item.component.ts
@@ -4,12 +4,17 @@ import { distinctUntilChanged, filter, flatMap, map } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { ItemDataService } from '../../../../core/data/item-data.service';
 import { PaginatedList } from '../../../../core/data/paginated-list';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../../../core/data/remote-data';
-import { RelationshipType } from '../../../../core/shared/entities/relationship-type.model';
-import { Relationship } from '../../../../core/shared/entities/relationship.model';
+import { RelationshipType } from '../../../../core/shared/item-relationships/relationship-type.model';
+import { Relationship } from '../../../../core/shared/item-relationships/relationship.model';
 import { Item } from '../../../../core/shared/item.model';
-import { getRemoteDataPayload } from '../../../../core/shared/operators';
-import { hasValue } from '../../../../shared/empty.util';
-import { ITEM } from '../../../../shared/entities/switcher/entity-type-switcher.component';
+import { getRemoteDataPayload, getSucceededRemoteData } from '../../../../core/shared/operators';
+import { hasNoValue, hasValue } from '../../../../shared/empty.util';
+import { ITEM } from '../../../../shared/items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component';
+import { MetadataRepresentation } from '../../../../core/shared/metadata-representation/metadata-representation.model';
+import { ItemMetadataRepresentation } from '../../../../core/shared/metadata-representation/item/item-metadata-representation.model';
+import { Metadatum } from '../../../../core/shared/metadatum.model';
+import { MetadatumRepresentation } from '../../../../core/shared/metadata-representation/metadatum/metadatum-representation.model';
+import { of } from 'rxjs/internal/observable/of';
 
 /**
  * Operator for comparing arrays using a mapping function
@@ -82,18 +87,54 @@ export const relationsToItems = (thisId: string, ids: ItemDataService) =>
       distinctUntilChanged(compareArraysUsingIds()),
     );
 
+/**
+ * Operator for turning a list of relationships into a list of metadatarepresentations given the original metadata
+ * @param thisId      The id of the parent item
+ * @param itemType    The type of relation this list resembles (for creating representations)
+ * @param metadata    The list of original Metadatum objects
+ * @param ids         The ItemDataService to use for fetching Items from the Rest API
+ */
+export const relationsToRepresentations = (thisId: string, itemType: string, metadata: Metadatum[], ids: ItemDataService) =>
+  (source: Observable<Relationship[]>): Observable<MetadataRepresentation[]> =>
+    source.pipe(
+      flatMap((rels: Relationship[]) =>
+        observableZip(
+          ...metadata
+            .map((metadatum: any) => Object.assign(new Metadatum(), metadatum))
+            .map((metadatum: Metadatum) => {
+            if (metadatum.isVirtual) {
+              const matchingRels = rels.filter((rel: Relationship) => ('' + rel.id) === metadatum.virtualValue);
+              if (matchingRels.length > 0) {
+                const matchingRel = matchingRels[0];
+                let queryId = matchingRel.leftId;
+                if (matchingRel.leftId === thisId) {
+                  queryId = matchingRel.rightId;
+                }
+                return ids.findById(queryId).pipe(
+                  getSucceededRemoteData(),
+                  map((d: RemoteData<Item>) => Object.assign(new ItemMetadataRepresentation(itemType), d.payload))
+                );
+              }
+            } else {
+              return of(Object.assign(new MetadatumRepresentation(itemType), metadatum));
+            }
+          })
+        )
+      )
+    );
+
 @Component({
-  selector: 'ds-entity',
+  selector: 'ds-item',
   template: ''
 })
 /**
  * A generic component for displaying metadata and relations of an item
  */
-export class EntityComponent implements OnInit {
+export class ItemComponent implements OnInit {
   /**
    * Resolved relationships and types together in one observable
    */
-  resolvedRelsAndTypes$: Observable<[Relationship[], RelationshipType[]]>
+  resolvedRelsAndTypes$: Observable<[Relationship[], RelationshipType[]]>;
 
   constructor(
     @Inject(ITEM) public item: Item
@@ -125,4 +166,25 @@ export class EntityComponent implements OnInit {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Build a list of MetadataRepresentations for the current item. This combines all metadata and relationships of a
+   * certain type.
+   * @param itemType          The type of item we're building representations of. Used for matching templates.
+   * @param metadataField     The metadata field that resembles the item type.
+   * @param itemDataService   ItemDataService to turn relations into items.
+   */
+  buildRepresentations(itemType: string, metadataField: string, itemDataService: ItemDataService): Observable<MetadataRepresentation[]> {
+    const metadata = this.item.findMetadataSortedByPlace(metadataField);
+    const relsCurrentPage$ = this.item.relationships.pipe(
+      getSucceededRemoteData(),
+      getRemoteDataPayload(),
+      map((pl: PaginatedList<Relationship>) => pl.page),
+      distinctUntilChanged(compareArraysUsingIds())
+    );
+
+    return relsCurrentPage$.pipe(
+      relationsToRepresentations(this.item.id, itemType, metadata, itemDataService)
+    );
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/metadata-representation-list/metadata-representation-list.component.html b/src/app/+item-page/simple/metadata-representation-list/metadata-representation-list.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..48eabf8451
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/metadata-representation-list/metadata-representation-list.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<ds-metadata-field-wrapper *ngIf="representations && representations.length > 0" [label]="label">
+  <ds-item-type-switcher *ngFor="let rep of representations"
+                           [object]="rep" [viewMode]="viewMode">
+  </ds-item-type-switcher>
+</ds-metadata-field-wrapper>
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/metadata-representation-list/metadata-representation-list.component.spec.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/metadata-representation-list/metadata-representation-list.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77ba30778e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/metadata-representation-list/metadata-representation-list.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
+import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import { MetadataRepresentationListComponent } from './metadata-representation-list.component';
+import { MetadatumRepresentation } from '../../../core/shared/metadata-representation/metadatum/metadatum-representation.model';
+import { ItemMetadataRepresentation } from '../../../core/shared/metadata-representation/item/item-metadata-representation.model';
+
+const itemType = 'type';
+const metadataRepresentation1 = new MetadatumRepresentation(itemType);
+const metadataRepresentation2 = new ItemMetadataRepresentation(itemType);
+const representations = [metadataRepresentation1, metadataRepresentation2];
+
+describe('MetadataRepresentationListComponent', () => {
+  let comp: MetadataRepresentationListComponent;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<MetadataRepresentationListComponent>;
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [],
+      declarations: [MetadataRepresentationListComponent],
+      providers: [],
+      schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]
+    }).overrideComponent(MetadataRepresentationListComponent, {
+      set: {changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.Default}
+    }).compileComponents();
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(MetadataRepresentationListComponent);
+    comp = fixture.componentInstance;
+    comp.representations = representations;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+  }));
+
+  it(`should load ${representations.length} item-type-switcher components`, () => {
+    const fields = fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.css('ds-item-type-switcher'));
+    expect(fields.length).toBe(representations.length);
+  });
+
+});
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/metadata-representation-list/metadata-representation-list.component.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/metadata-representation-list/metadata-representation-list.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b821557f4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/metadata-representation-list/metadata-representation-list.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { Component, Input } from '@angular/core';
+import * as viewMode from '../../../shared/view-mode';
+import { MetadataRepresentation } from '../../../core/shared/metadata-representation/metadata-representation.model';
+
+export const VIEW_MODE_METADATA = 'metadata';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-metadata-representation-list',
+  templateUrl: './metadata-representation-list.component.html'
+})
+/**
+ * This component is used for displaying metadata
+ * It expects a list of MetadataRepresentation objects and a label to put on top of the list
+ */
+export class MetadataRepresentationListComponent {
+  /**
+   * A list of metadata-representations to display
+   */
+  @Input() representations: MetadataRepresentation[];
+
+  /**
+   * An i18n label to use as a title for the list
+   */
+  @Input() label: string;
+
+  /**
+   * The view-mode we're currently on
+   * @type {ElementViewMode}
+   */
+  viewMode = VIEW_MODE_METADATA;
+}
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/related-entities/related-entities-component.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/related-entities/related-entities-component.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 85532eacbe..0000000000
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/related-entities/related-entities-component.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-import { Component, Input } from '@angular/core';
-import { Item } from '../../../core/shared/item.model';
-import * as viewMode from '../../../shared/view-mode';
-
-@Component({
-  selector: 'ds-related-entities',
-  styleUrls: ['./related-entities.component.scss'],
-  templateUrl: './related-entities.component.html'
-})
-/**
- * This component is used for displaying relations between entities
- * It expects a list of entities to display and a label to put on top
- */
-export class RelatedEntitiesComponent {
-  /**
-   * A list of entities to display
-   */
-  @Input() entities: Item[];
-
-  /**
-   * An i18n label to use as a title for the list (usually describes the relation)
-   */
-  @Input() label: string;
-
-  /**
-   * The view-mode we're currently on
-   * @type {ElementViewMode}
-   */
-  ElementViewMode = viewMode.ElementViewMode
-}
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/related-entities/related-entities.component.html b/src/app/+item-page/simple/related-entities/related-entities.component.html
deleted file mode 100644
index f09f0ccdef..0000000000
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/related-entities/related-entities.component.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-<ds-metadata-field-wrapper *ngIf="entities && entities.length > 0" [label]="label">
-  <ds-entity-type-switcher *ngFor="let entity of entities"
-                           [object]="entity" [viewMode]="ElementViewMode.SetElement">
-  </ds-entity-type-switcher>
-</ds-metadata-field-wrapper>
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items-component.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items-component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce8ca58b29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items-component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { Component, Input } from '@angular/core';
+import { Item } from '../../../core/shared/item.model';
+
+export const VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT = 'element';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-related-items',
+  styleUrls: ['./related-items.component.scss'],
+  templateUrl: './related-items.component.html'
+})
+/**
+ * This component is used for displaying relations between items
+ * It expects a list of items to display and a label to put on top
+ */
+export class RelatedItemsComponent {
+  /**
+   * A list of items to display
+   */
+  @Input() items: Item[];
+
+  /**
+   * An i18n label to use as a title for the list (usually describes the relation)
+   */
+  @Input() label: string;
+
+  /**
+   * The view-mode we're currently on
+   * @type {ElementViewMode}
+   */
+  viewMode = VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT;
+}
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items.component.html b/src/app/+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4b284ad63c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<ds-metadata-field-wrapper *ngIf="items && items.length > 0" [label]="label">
+  <ds-item-type-switcher *ngFor="let item of items"
+                           [object]="item" [viewMode]="viewMode">
+  </ds-item-type-switcher>
+</ds-metadata-field-wrapper>
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/related-entities/related-entities.component.scss b/src/app/+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items.component.scss
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/+item-page/simple/related-entities/related-entities.component.scss
rename to src/app/+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items.component.scss
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/related-entities/related-entities.component.spec.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items.component.spec.ts
similarity index 62%
rename from src/app/+item-page/simple/related-entities/related-entities.component.spec.ts
rename to src/app/+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items.component.spec.ts
index a8897c1e88..ef42ab1098 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/related-entities/related-entities.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items.component.spec.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
-import { RelatedEntitiesComponent } from './related-entities-component';
+import { RelatedItemsComponent } from './related-items-component';
 import { Item } from '../../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../../core/data/remote-data';
 import { PaginatedList } from '../../../core/data/paginated-list';
 import { PageInfo } from '../../../core/shared/page-info.model';
 import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
-import { createRelationshipsObservable } from '../entity-types/shared/entity.component.spec';
+import { createRelationshipsObservable } from '../item-types/shared/item.component.spec';
 import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
 
 const mockItem1: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
@@ -19,33 +19,33 @@ const mockItem2: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
   metadata: [],
   relationships: createRelationshipsObservable()
 });
-const mockEntities = [mockItem1, mockItem2];
+const mockItems = [mockItem1, mockItem2];
 
-describe('RelatedEntitiesComponent', () => {
-  let comp: RelatedEntitiesComponent;
-  let fixture: ComponentFixture<RelatedEntitiesComponent>;
+describe('RelatedItemsComponent', () => {
+  let comp: RelatedItemsComponent;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<RelatedItemsComponent>;
 
   beforeEach(async(() => {
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
       imports: [],
-      declarations: [RelatedEntitiesComponent],
+      declarations: [RelatedItemsComponent],
       providers: [],
       schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]
-    }).overrideComponent(RelatedEntitiesComponent, {
+    }).overrideComponent(RelatedItemsComponent, {
       set: {changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.Default}
     }).compileComponents();
   }));
 
   beforeEach(async(() => {
-    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(RelatedEntitiesComponent);
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(RelatedItemsComponent);
     comp = fixture.componentInstance;
-    comp.entities = mockEntities;
+    comp.items = mockItems;
     fixture.detectChanges();
   }));
 
-  it(`should load ${mockEntities.length} entity-type-switcher components`, () => {
-    const fields = fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.css('ds-entity-type-switcher'));
-    expect(fields.length).toBe(mockEntities.length);
+  it(`should load ${mockItems.length} item-type-switcher components`, () => {
+    const fields = fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.css('ds-item-type-switcher'));
+    expect(fields.length).toBe(mockItems.length);
   });
 
 });
diff --git a/src/app/core/cache/models/entities/normalized-entity-type.model.ts b/src/app/core/cache/models/items/normalized-item-type.model.ts
similarity index 53%
rename from src/app/core/cache/models/entities/normalized-entity-type.model.ts
rename to src/app/core/cache/models/items/normalized-item-type.model.ts
index 729aa39d7b..80ec132c42 100644
--- a/src/app/core/cache/models/entities/normalized-entity-type.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/models/items/normalized-item-type.model.ts
@@ -1,32 +1,32 @@
 import { autoserialize, autoserializeAs, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
-import { EntityType } from '../../../shared/entities/entity-type.model';
+import { ItemType } from '../../../shared/item-relationships/item-type.model';
 import { ResourceType } from '../../../shared/resource-type';
 import { mapsTo } from '../../builders/build-decorators';
 import { NormalizedObject } from '../normalized-object.model';
 import { IDToUUIDSerializer } from '../../id-to-uuid-serializer';
 
 /**
- * Normalized model class for a DSpace EntityType
+ * Normalized model class for a DSpace ItemType
  */
-@mapsTo(EntityType)
+@mapsTo(ItemType)
 @inheritSerialization(NormalizedObject)
-export class NormalizedEntityType extends NormalizedObject {
+export class NormalizedItemType extends NormalizedObject {
 
   /**
-   * The label that describes the ResourceType of the Entity
+   * The label that describes the ResourceType of the Item
    */
   @autoserialize
   label: string;
 
   /**
-   * The identifier of this EntityType
+   * The identifier of this ItemType
    */
   @autoserialize
   id: string;
 
   /**
-   * The universally unique identifier of this EntityType
+   * The universally unique identifier of this ItemType
    */
-  @autoserializeAs(new IDToUUIDSerializer(ResourceType.EntityType), 'id')
+  @autoserializeAs(new IDToUUIDSerializer(ResourceType.ItemType), 'id')
   uuid: string;
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/cache/models/entities/normalized-relationship-type.model.ts b/src/app/core/cache/models/items/normalized-relationship-type.model.ts
similarity index 85%
rename from src/app/core/cache/models/entities/normalized-relationship-type.model.ts
rename to src/app/core/cache/models/items/normalized-relationship-type.model.ts
index ea71e217b9..271bd9cb6f 100644
--- a/src/app/core/cache/models/entities/normalized-relationship-type.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/models/items/normalized-relationship-type.model.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { autoserialize, autoserializeAs, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
-import { RelationshipType } from '../../../shared/entities/relationship-type.model';
+import { RelationshipType } from '../../../shared/item-relationships/relationship-type.model';
 import { ResourceType } from '../../../shared/resource-type';
 import { mapsTo, relationship } from '../../builders/build-decorators';
 import { NormalizedDSpaceObject } from '../normalized-dspace-object.model';
@@ -56,17 +56,17 @@ export class NormalizedRelationshipType extends NormalizedObject {
   rightMinCardinality: number;
 
   /**
-   * The type of Entity found to the left of this RelationshipType
+   * The type of Item found to the left of this RelationshipType
    */
   @autoserialize
-  @relationship(ResourceType.EntityType, false)
+  @relationship(ResourceType.ItemType, false)
   leftType: string;
 
   /**
-   * The type of Entity found to the right of this RelationshipType
+   * The type of Item found to the right of this RelationshipType
    */
   @autoserialize
-  @relationship(ResourceType.EntityType, false)
+  @relationship(ResourceType.ItemType, false)
   rightType: string;
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/app/core/cache/models/entities/normalized-relationship.model.ts b/src/app/core/cache/models/items/normalized-relationship.model.ts
similarity index 75%
rename from src/app/core/cache/models/entities/normalized-relationship.model.ts
rename to src/app/core/cache/models/items/normalized-relationship.model.ts
index 598687bbde..5d0ca2a9ad 100644
--- a/src/app/core/cache/models/entities/normalized-relationship.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/models/items/normalized-relationship.model.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { autoserialize, autoserializeAs, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
-import { Relationship } from '../../../shared/entities/relationship.model';
+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';
@@ -19,25 +19,25 @@ export class NormalizedRelationship extends NormalizedObject {
   id: string;
 
   /**
-   * The identifier of the Entity to the left side of this Relationship
+   * The identifier of the Item to the left side of this Relationship
    */
   @autoserialize
   leftId: string;
 
   /**
-   * The identifier of the Entity to the right side of this Relationship
+   * The identifier of the Item to the right side of this Relationship
    */
   @autoserialize
   rightId: string;
 
   /**
-   * The place of the Entity to the left side of this Relationship
+   * The place of the Item to the left side of this Relationship
    */
   @autoserialize
   leftPlace: number;
 
   /**
-   * The place of the Entity to the right side of this Relationship
+   * The place of the Item to the right side of this Relationship
    */
   @autoserialize
   rightPlace: number;
diff --git a/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-object-factory.ts b/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-object-factory.ts
index 2f8cab737f..e3b2f8dcd2 100644
--- a/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-object-factory.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-object-factory.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { NormalizedEntityType } from './entities/normalized-entity-type.model';
-import { NormalizedRelationshipType } from './entities/normalized-relationship-type.model';
-import { NormalizedRelationship } from './entities/normalized-relationship.model';
+import { NormalizedItemType } from './items/normalized-item-type.model';
+import { NormalizedRelationshipType } from './items/normalized-relationship-type.model';
+import { NormalizedRelationship } from './items/normalized-relationship.model';
 import { NormalizedBitstream } from './normalized-bitstream.model';
 import { NormalizedBundle } from './normalized-bundle.model';
 import { NormalizedItem } from './normalized-item.model';
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ export class NormalizedObjectFactory {
       case ResourceType.RelationshipType: {
         return NormalizedRelationshipType
       }
-      case ResourceType.EntityType: {
-        return NormalizedEntityType
+      case ResourceType.ItemType: {
+        return NormalizedItemType
       }
       case ResourceType.EPerson: {
         return NormalizedEPerson
diff --git a/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.spec.ts
index 006707d710..189517e9f5 100644
--- a/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.spec.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import { MockTranslateLoader } from '../../shared/mocks/mock-translate-loader';
 import { BrowseService } from '../browse/browse.service';
 import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
 import { EmptyError } from 'rxjs/internal-compatibility';
+import { Metadatum } from '../shared/metadatum.model';
 
 /* tslint:disable:max-classes-per-file */
 @Component({
@@ -223,7 +224,7 @@ describe('MetadataService', () => {
       key: 'dc.publisher',
       language: 'en_US',
       value: 'Mock Publisher'
-    });
+    } as Metadatum);
     return publishedMockItem;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/dspace-object.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/dspace-object.model.ts
index 3a40d142aa..916274eda6 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/dspace-object.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/dspace-object.model.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Metadatum } from './metadatum.model'
-import { isEmpty, isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { hasNoValue, isEmpty, isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { CacheableObject } from '../cache/object-cache.reducer';
 import { RemoteData } from '../data/remote-data';
 import { ResourceType } from './resource-type';
@@ -91,4 +91,23 @@ export class  DSpaceObject implements CacheableObject, ListableObject {
     });
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Find metadata on a specific field and order all of them using their "place" property.
+   * @param key
+   */
+  findMetadataSortedByPlace(key: string): Metadatum[] {
+    return this.filterMetadata([key]).sort((a: Metadatum, b: Metadatum) => {
+      if (hasNoValue(a.place) && hasNoValue(b.place)) {
+        return 0;
+      }
+      if (hasNoValue(a.place)) {
+        return -1;
+      }
+      if (hasNoValue(b.place)) {
+        return 1;
+      }
+      return a.place - b.place;
+    });
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/entities/entity-type.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/item-relationships/item-type.model.ts
similarity index 65%
rename from src/app/core/shared/entities/entity-type.model.ts
rename to src/app/core/shared/item-relationships/item-type.model.ts
index 4532e05b19..e4f98ab653 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/entities/entity-type.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/item-relationships/item-type.model.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ import { CacheableObject } from '../../cache/object-cache.reducer';
 import { ResourceType } from '../resource-type';
 
 /**
- * Describes a type of Entity
+ * Describes a type of Item
  */
-export class EntityType implements CacheableObject {
+export class ItemType implements CacheableObject {
   /**
-   * The identifier of this EntityType
+   * The identifier of this ItemType
    */
   id: string;
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export class EntityType implements CacheableObject {
   type: ResourceType;
 
   /**
-   * The universally unique identifier of this EntityType
+   * The universally unique identifier of this ItemType
    */
   uuid: string;
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/entities/relationship-type.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/item-relationships/relationship-type.model.ts
similarity index 80%
rename from src/app/core/shared/entities/relationship-type.model.ts
rename to src/app/core/shared/item-relationships/relationship-type.model.ts
index 05dd0cd754..404d8cdb4b 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/entities/relationship-type.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/item-relationships/relationship-type.model.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { CacheableObject } from '../../cache/object-cache.reducer';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../data/remote-data';
 import { ResourceType } from '../resource-type';
-import { EntityType } from './entity-type.model';
+import { ItemType } from './item-type.model';
 
 /**
- * Describes a type of Relationship between multiple possible Entities
+ * Describes a type of Relationship between multiple possible Items
  */
 export class RelationshipType implements CacheableObject {
   /**
@@ -64,12 +64,12 @@ export class RelationshipType implements CacheableObject {
   rightMinCardinality: number;
 
   /**
-   * The type of Entity found to the left of this RelationshipType
+   * The type of Item found to the left of this RelationshipType
    */
-  leftType: Observable<RemoteData<EntityType>>;
+  leftType: Observable<RemoteData<ItemType>>;
 
   /**
-   * The type of Entity found to the right of this RelationshipType
+   * The type of Item found to the right of this RelationshipType
    */
-  rightType: Observable<RemoteData<EntityType>>;
+  rightType: Observable<RemoteData<ItemType>>;
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/entities/relationship.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/item-relationships/relationship.model.ts
similarity index 73%
rename from src/app/core/shared/entities/relationship.model.ts
rename to src/app/core/shared/item-relationships/relationship.model.ts
index ef76b0a32a..df8f04cd8a 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/entities/relationship.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/item-relationships/relationship.model.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { ResourceType } from '../resource-type';
 import { RelationshipType } from './relationship-type.model';
 
 /**
- * Describes a Relationship between two Entities
+ * Describes a Relationship between two Items
  */
 export class Relationship implements CacheableObject {
   /**
@@ -29,22 +29,22 @@ export class Relationship implements CacheableObject {
   id: string;
 
   /**
-   * The identifier of the Entity to the left side of this Relationship
+   * The identifier of the Item to the left side of this Relationship
    */
   leftId: string;
 
   /**
-   * The identifier of the Entity to the right side of this Relationship
+   * The identifier of the Item to the right side of this Relationship
    */
   rightId: string;
 
   /**
-   * The place of the Entity to the left side of this Relationship
+   * The place of the Item to the left side of this Relationship
    */
   leftPlace: number;
 
   /**
-   * The place of the Entity to the right side of this Relationship
+   * The place of the Item to the right side of this Relationship
    */
   rightPlace: number;
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/item.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/item.model.ts
index e8646777cf..7dadfafdd9 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/item.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/item.model.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { RemoteData } from '../data/remote-data';
 import { Bitstream } from './bitstream.model';
 import { hasValue, isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { PaginatedList } from '../data/paginated-list';
-import { Relationship } from './entities/relationship.model';
+import { Relationship } from './item-relationships/relationship.model';
 
 export class Item extends DSpaceObject {
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/metadata-representation/item/item-metadata-representation.model.spec.ts b/src/app/core/shared/metadata-representation/item/item-metadata-representation.model.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cd153153de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/metadata-representation/item/item-metadata-representation.model.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { MetadataRepresentationType } from '../metadata-representation.model';
+import { ItemMetadataRepresentation, ItemTypeToValue } from './item-metadata-representation.model';
+import { Item } from '../../item.model';
+import { Metadatum } from '../../metadatum.model';
+
+describe('ItemMetadataRepresentation', () => {
+  const valuePrefix = 'Test value for ';
+  const item = new Item();
+  let itemMetadataRepresentation: ItemMetadataRepresentation;
+  item.metadata = Object.keys(ItemTypeToValue).map((key: string) => {
+    return Object.assign(new Metadatum(), {
+      key: ItemTypeToValue[key],
+      value: `${valuePrefix}${ItemTypeToValue[key]}`
+    });
+  });
+
+  for (const itemType of Object.keys(ItemTypeToValue)) {
+    describe(`when creating an ItemMetadataRepresentation with item-type "${itemType}"`, () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        itemMetadataRepresentation = Object.assign(new ItemMetadataRepresentation(itemType), item);
+      });
+
+      it('should have a representation type of item', () => {
+        expect(itemMetadataRepresentation.representationType).toEqual(MetadataRepresentationType.Item);
+      });
+
+      it('should return the correct value when calling getValue', () => {
+        expect(itemMetadataRepresentation.getValue()).toEqual(`${valuePrefix}${ItemTypeToValue[itemType]}`);
+      });
+
+      it('should return the correct item type', () => {
+        expect(itemMetadataRepresentation.itemType).toEqual(itemType);
+      });
+    });
+  }
+});
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/metadata-representation/item/item-metadata-representation.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/metadata-representation/item/item-metadata-representation.model.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d4f3fdf75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/metadata-representation/item/item-metadata-representation.model.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import { Item } from '../../item.model';
+import { MetadataRepresentation, MetadataRepresentationType } from '../metadata-representation.model';
+import { hasValue } from '../../../../shared/empty.util';
+
+/**
+ * An object to convert item types into the metadata field it should render for the item's value
+ */
+export const ItemTypeToValue = {
+  Default: 'dc.title',
+  Person: 'dc.contributor.author'
+};
+
+/**
+ * This class determines which fields to use when rendering an Item as a metadata value.
+ */
+export class ItemMetadataRepresentation extends Item implements MetadataRepresentation {
+
+  /**
+   * The type of item this item can be represented as
+   */
+  itemType: string;
+
+  constructor(itemType: string) {
+    super();
+    this.itemType = itemType;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Fetch the way this item should be rendered as in a list
+   */
+  get representationType(): MetadataRepresentationType {
+    return MetadataRepresentationType.Item;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the value to display, depending on the itemType
+   */
+  getValue(): string {
+    let metadata;
+    if (hasValue(ItemTypeToValue[this.itemType])) {
+      metadata = ItemTypeToValue[this.itemType];
+    } else {
+      metadata = ItemTypeToValue.Default;
+    }
+    return this.findMetadata(metadata);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/metadata-representation/metadata-representation.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/metadata-representation/metadata-representation.model.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..58e5bf906f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/metadata-representation/metadata-representation.model.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/**
+ * An Enum defining the representation type of metadata
+ */
+export enum MetadataRepresentationType {
+  None = 'none',
+  Item = 'item',
+  AuthorityControlled = 'authority_controlled',
+  PlainText = 'plain_text'
+}
+
+/**
+ * An interface containing information about how we should represent certain metadata
+ */
+export interface MetadataRepresentation {
+  /**
+   * The type of item this metadata is representing
+   * e.g. 'Person'
+   * This can be used for template matching
+   */
+  itemType: string;
+
+  /**
+   * How we should render the metadata in a list
+   */
+  representationType: MetadataRepresentationType,
+
+  /**
+   * Fetches the value to be displayed
+   */
+  getValue(): string
+}
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/metadata-representation/metadatum/metadatum-representation.model.spec.ts b/src/app/core/shared/metadata-representation/metadatum/metadatum-representation.model.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c55ff7f9f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/metadata-representation/metadatum/metadatum-representation.model.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import { Metadatum } from '../../metadatum.model';
+import { MetadatumRepresentation } from './metadatum-representation.model';
+import { MetadataRepresentationType } from '../metadata-representation.model';
+
+describe('MetadatumRepresentation', () => {
+  const itemType = 'Person';
+  const normalMetadatum = Object.assign(new Metadatum(), {
+    key: 'dc.contributor.author',
+    value: 'Test Author'
+  });
+  const authorityMetadatum = Object.assign(new Metadatum(), {
+    key: 'dc.contributor.author',
+    value: 'Test Authority Author',
+    authority: '1234'
+  });
+
+  let metadatumRepresentation: MetadatumRepresentation;
+
+  describe('when creating a MetadatumRepresentation based on a standard Metadatum object', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      metadatumRepresentation = Object.assign(new MetadatumRepresentation(itemType), normalMetadatum);
+    });
+
+    it('should have a representation type of plain text', () => {
+      expect(metadatumRepresentation.representationType).toEqual(MetadataRepresentationType.PlainText);
+    });
+
+    it('should return the correct value when calling getPrimaryValue', () => {
+      expect(metadatumRepresentation.getValue()).toEqual(normalMetadatum.value);
+    });
+
+    it('should return the correct item type', () => {
+      expect(metadatumRepresentation.itemType).toEqual(itemType);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('when creating a MetadatumRepresentation based on an authority controlled Metadatum object', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      metadatumRepresentation = Object.assign(new MetadatumRepresentation(itemType), authorityMetadatum);
+    });
+
+    it('should have a representation type of plain text', () => {
+      expect(metadatumRepresentation.representationType).toEqual(MetadataRepresentationType.AuthorityControlled);
+    });
+
+    it('should return the correct value when calling getValue', () => {
+      expect(metadatumRepresentation.getValue()).toEqual(authorityMetadatum.value);
+    });
+
+    it('should return the correct item type', () => {
+      expect(metadatumRepresentation.itemType).toEqual(itemType);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/metadata-representation/metadatum/metadatum-representation.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/metadata-representation/metadatum/metadatum-representation.model.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..08ae041706
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/metadata-representation/metadatum/metadatum-representation.model.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { Metadatum } from '../../metadatum.model';
+import { MetadataRepresentation, MetadataRepresentationType } from '../metadata-representation.model';
+import { hasValue } from '../../../../shared/empty.util';
+
+/**
+ * This class defines the way the metadatum it extends should be represented
+ */
+export class MetadatumRepresentation extends Metadatum implements MetadataRepresentation {
+
+  /**
+   * The type of item this metadatum can be represented as
+   */
+  itemType: string;
+
+  constructor(itemType: string) {
+    super();
+    this.itemType = itemType;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Fetch the way this metadatum should be rendered as in a list
+   */
+  get representationType(): MetadataRepresentationType {
+    if (hasValue(this.authority)) {
+      return MetadataRepresentationType.AuthorityControlled;
+    } else {
+      return MetadataRepresentationType.PlainText;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the value to display
+   */
+  getValue(): string {
+    return this.value;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/metadatum.model.spec.ts b/src/app/core/shared/metadatum.model.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0b552eed56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/metadatum.model.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import { Metadatum } from './metadatum.model';
+
+describe('Metadatum', () => {
+  let metadatum: Metadatum ;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    metadatum = new Metadatum();
+  });
+
+  describe('isVirtual', () => {
+    describe('when the metadatum has no authority key', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        metadatum.authority = undefined;
+      });
+
+      it('should return false', () => {
+        expect(metadatum.isVirtual).toBe(false);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when the metadatum has an authority key', () => {
+      describe('but it doesn\'t start with the virtual prefix', () => {
+        beforeEach(() => {
+          metadatum.authority = 'value';
+        });
+
+        it('should return false', () => {
+          expect(metadatum.isVirtual).toBe(false);
+        });
+      });
+
+      describe('and it starts with the virtual prefix', () => {
+        beforeEach(() => {
+          metadatum.authority = 'virtual::value';
+        });
+
+        it('should return true', () => {
+          expect(metadatum.isVirtual).toBe(true);
+        });
+      });
+
+    });
+
+  });
+
+  describe('virtualValue', () => {
+    describe('when the metadatum isn\'t virtual', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        metadatum.authority = 'value';
+      });
+
+      it('should return undefined', () => {
+        expect(metadatum.virtualValue).toBeUndefined();
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when the metadatum is virtual', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        metadatum.authority = 'virtual::value';
+      });
+
+      it('should return everything in the authority key after virtual::', () => {
+        expect(metadatum.virtualValue).toBe('value');
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/metadatum.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/metadatum.model.ts
index a3c5830608..f8cac4fd51 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/metadatum.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/metadatum.model.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 import { autoserialize } from 'cerialize';
+import { hasValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+
+const VIRTUAL_METADATA_PREFIX = 'virtual::';
 
 export class Metadatum {
 
@@ -20,4 +23,42 @@ export class Metadatum {
   @autoserialize
   value: string;
 
+  /**
+   * The place of this Metadatum within his list of metadata
+   * This is used to render metadata in a specific custom order
+   */
+  @autoserialize
+  place: number;
+
+  /**
+   * The authority key used for authority-controlled metadata
+   */
+  @autoserialize
+  authority: string;
+
+  /**
+   * The authority confidence value
+   */
+  @autoserialize
+  confidence: number;
+
+  /**
+   * Returns true if this Metadatum's authority key starts with 'virtual::'
+   */
+  get isVirtual(): boolean {
+    return hasValue(this.authority) && this.authority.startsWith(VIRTUAL_METADATA_PREFIX);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * If this is a virtual Metadatum, it returns everything in the authority key after 'virtual::'.
+   * Returns undefined otherwise.
+   */
+  get virtualValue(): string {
+    if (this.isVirtual) {
+      return this.authority.substring(this.authority.indexOf(VIRTUAL_METADATA_PREFIX) + VIRTUAL_METADATA_PREFIX.length);
+    } else {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/resource-type.ts b/src/app/core/shared/resource-type.ts
index 4251f68e35..c61989dcc3 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/resource-type.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/resource-type.ts
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ export enum ResourceType {
   ResourcePolicy = 'resourcePolicy',
   Relationship = 'relationship',
   RelationshipType = 'relationshiptype',
-  EntityType = 'entitytype',
+  ItemType = 'entitytype',
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/entities/entity-type-decorator.ts b/src/app/shared/entities/entity-type-decorator.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9af226ea3d..0000000000
--- a/src/app/shared/entities/entity-type-decorator.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-import { hasNoValue, hasValue } from '../empty.util';
-import { ElementViewMode } from '../view-mode';
-
-export const DEFAULT_ENTITY_TYPE = 'Default';
-
-const map = new Map();
-
-/**
- * Decorator used for rendering simple item pages for an Entity by type and viewMode
- * @param type
- * @param viewMode
- */
-export function rendersEntityType(type: string, viewMode: ElementViewMode) {
-  return function decorator(component: any) {
-    if (hasNoValue(map.get(viewMode))) {
-      map.set(viewMode, new Map());
-    }
-    if (hasValue(map.get(viewMode).get(type))) {
-      throw new Error(`There can't be more than one component to render Items of type "${type}" in view mode "${viewMode}"`);
-    }
-    map.get(viewMode).set(type, component);
-  };
-}
-
-/**
- * Get the component used for rendering an entity by type and viewMode
- * @param type
- * @param viewMode
- */
-export function getComponentByEntityType(type: string, viewMode: ElementViewMode) {
-  let component = map.get(viewMode).get(type);
-  if (hasNoValue(component)) {
-    component = map.get(viewMode).get(DEFAULT_ENTITY_TYPE);
-  }
-  return component;
-}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/entities/switcher/entity-type-switcher.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/entities/switcher/entity-type-switcher.component.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 053b03512a..0000000000
--- a/src/app/shared/entities/switcher/entity-type-switcher.component.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-import { EntityTypeSwitcherComponent } from './entity-type-switcher.component';
-import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
-import { NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
-import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
-import { PageInfo } from '../../../core/shared/page-info.model';
-import { Item } from '../../../core/shared/item.model';
-import { PaginatedList } from '../../../core/data/paginated-list';
-import { RemoteData } from '../../../core/data/remote-data';
-import * as decorator from '../entity-type-decorator';
-import { getComponentByEntityType } from '../entity-type-decorator';
-import { ElementViewMode } from '../../view-mode';
-import createSpy = jasmine.createSpy;
-
-const relationType = 'type';
-const mockItem: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
-  bitstreams: observableOf(new RemoteData(false, false, true, null, new PaginatedList(new PageInfo(), []))),
-  metadata: [
-    {
-      key: 'dc.title',
-      language: 'en_US',
-      value: 'test item'
-    },
-    {
-      key: 'relationship.type',
-      language: 'en_US',
-      value: relationType
-    }]
-});
-const viewMode = ElementViewMode.Full;
-
-describe('EntityTypeSwitcherComponent', () => {
-  let comp: EntityTypeSwitcherComponent;
-  let fixture: ComponentFixture<EntityTypeSwitcherComponent>;
-
-  beforeEach(async(() => {
-    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
-      declarations: [ EntityTypeSwitcherComponent ],
-      schemas: [ NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA ]
-    }).compileComponents();  // compile template and css
-  }));
-
-  beforeEach(async(() => {
-    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(EntityTypeSwitcherComponent);
-    comp = fixture.componentInstance;
-    comp.object = mockItem;
-    comp.viewMode = viewMode;
-    spyOnProperty(decorator, 'getComponentByEntityType').and.returnValue(createSpy('getComponentByEntityType'))
-  }));
-
-  describe('when calling getComponent', () => {
-    beforeEach(() => {
-      comp.getComponent();
-    });
-
-    it('should call getComponentByEntityType with parameters type and viewMode', () => {
-      expect(decorator.getComponentByEntityType).toHaveBeenCalledWith(relationType, viewMode);
-    });
-  });
-
-});
diff --git a/src/app/shared/items/item-type-decorator.ts b/src/app/shared/items/item-type-decorator.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c8a1a2df97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/items/item-type-decorator.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import { hasNoValue, hasValue } from '../empty.util';
+import { MetadataRepresentationType } from '../../core/shared/metadata-representation/metadata-representation.model';
+import { VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT } from '../../+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items-component';
+
+export const DEFAULT_ITEM_TYPE = 'Default';
+export const DEFAULT_VIEW_MODE = VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT;
+export const NO_REPRESENTATION_TYPE = MetadataRepresentationType.None;
+export const DEFAULT_REPRESENTATION_TYPE = MetadataRepresentationType.PlainText;
+
+const map = new Map();
+
+/**
+ * Decorator used for rendering simple item pages by type and viewMode (and optionally a representationType)
+ * @param type
+ * @param viewMode
+ * @param representationType
+ */
+export function rendersItemType(type: string, viewMode: string, representationType?: MetadataRepresentationType) {
+  return function decorator(component: any) {
+    if (hasNoValue(map.get(viewMode))) {
+      map.set(viewMode, new Map());
+    }
+    if (hasNoValue(map.get(viewMode).get(type))) {
+      map.get(viewMode).set(type, new Map());
+    }
+    if (hasNoValue(representationType)) {
+      representationType = NO_REPRESENTATION_TYPE;
+    }
+    if (hasValue(map.get(viewMode).get(type).get(representationType))) {
+      throw new Error(`There can't be more than one component to render Metadata of type "${type}" in view mode "${viewMode}" with representation type "${representationType}"`);
+    }
+    map.get(viewMode).get(type).set(representationType, component);
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get the component used for rendering an item by type and viewMode (and optionally a representationType)
+ * @param type
+ * @param viewMode
+ * @param representationType
+ */
+export function getComponentByItemType(type: string, viewMode: string, representationType?: MetadataRepresentationType) {
+  if (hasNoValue(representationType)) {
+    representationType = NO_REPRESENTATION_TYPE;
+  }
+  if (hasNoValue(map.get(viewMode))) {
+    viewMode = DEFAULT_VIEW_MODE;
+  }
+  if (hasNoValue(map.get(viewMode).get(type))) {
+    type = DEFAULT_ITEM_TYPE;
+  }
+  let representationComponent = map.get(viewMode).get(type).get(representationType);
+  if (hasNoValue(representationComponent)) {
+    representationComponent = map.get(viewMode).get(type).get(DEFAULT_REPRESENTATION_TYPE);
+  }
+  if (hasNoValue(representationComponent)) {
+    representationComponent = map.get(viewMode).get(type).get(NO_REPRESENTATION_TYPE);
+  }
+  return representationComponent;
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/entities/switcher/entity-type-switcher.component.html b/src/app/shared/items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component.html
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/shared/entities/switcher/entity-type-switcher.component.html
rename to src/app/shared/items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component.html
diff --git a/src/app/shared/entities/switcher/entity-type-switcher.component.scss b/src/app/shared/items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component.scss
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/shared/entities/switcher/entity-type-switcher.component.scss
rename to src/app/shared/items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component.scss
diff --git a/src/app/shared/items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cb657b1625
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import { ItemTypeSwitcherComponent } from './item-type-switcher.component';
+import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
+import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
+import { PageInfo } from '../../../core/shared/page-info.model';
+import { Item } from '../../../core/shared/item.model';
+import { PaginatedList } from '../../../core/data/paginated-list';
+import { RemoteData } from '../../../core/data/remote-data';
+import * as decorator from '../item-type-decorator';
+import { getComponentByItemType } from '../item-type-decorator';
+import { ItemMetadataRepresentation } from '../../../core/shared/metadata-representation/item/item-metadata-representation.model';
+import createSpy = jasmine.createSpy;
+import { VIEW_MODE_FULL } from '../../../+item-page/simple/item-page.component';
+import { VIEW_MODE_METADATA } from '../../../+item-page/simple/metadata-representation-list/metadata-representation-list.component';
+
+const relationType = 'type';
+const mockItem: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
+  bitstreams: observableOf(new RemoteData(false, false, true, null, new PaginatedList(new PageInfo(), []))),
+  metadata: [
+    {
+      key: 'dc.title',
+      language: 'en_US',
+      value: 'test item'
+    },
+    {
+      key: 'relationship.type',
+      language: 'en_US',
+      value: relationType
+    }]
+});
+const mockItemMetadataRepresentation = Object.assign(new ItemMetadataRepresentation(relationType), mockItem);
+let viewMode = VIEW_MODE_FULL;
+
+describe('ItemTypeSwitcherComponent', () => {
+  let comp: ItemTypeSwitcherComponent;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<ItemTypeSwitcherComponent>;
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      declarations: [ ItemTypeSwitcherComponent ],
+      schemas: [ NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA ]
+    }).compileComponents();  // compile template and css
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(ItemTypeSwitcherComponent);
+    comp = fixture.componentInstance;
+    comp.object = mockItem;
+    comp.viewMode = viewMode;
+    spyOnProperty(decorator, 'getComponentByItemType').and.returnValue(createSpy('getComponentByItemType'))
+  }));
+
+  describe('when the injected object is of type Item', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      viewMode = VIEW_MODE_FULL;
+      comp.object = mockItem;
+      comp.viewMode = viewMode;
+    });
+
+    describe('when calling getComponent', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        comp.getComponent();
+      });
+
+      it('should call getComponentByItemType with parameters type and viewMode', () => {
+        expect(decorator.getComponentByItemType).toHaveBeenCalledWith(relationType, viewMode);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('when the injected object is of type MetadataRepresentation', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      viewMode = VIEW_MODE_METADATA;
+      comp.object = mockItemMetadataRepresentation;
+      comp.viewMode = viewMode;
+    });
+
+    describe('when calling getComponent', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        comp.getComponent();
+      });
+
+      it('should call getComponentByItemType with parameters type, viewMode and representationType', () => {
+        expect(decorator.getComponentByItemType).toHaveBeenCalledWith(relationType, viewMode, mockItemMetadataRepresentation.representationType);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+});
diff --git a/src/app/shared/entities/switcher/entity-type-switcher.component.ts b/src/app/shared/items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component.ts
similarity index 61%
rename from src/app/shared/entities/switcher/entity-type-switcher.component.ts
rename to src/app/shared/items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component.ts
index 4b910ebebc..2e03cb556c 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/entities/switcher/entity-type-switcher.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component.ts
@@ -3,29 +3,29 @@ import { SearchResult } from '../../../+search-page/search-result.model';
 import { Item } from '../../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { hasValue } from '../../empty.util';
 import { ItemSearchResult } from '../../object-collection/shared/item-search-result.model';
-import { getComponentByEntityType } from '../entity-type-decorator';
-import { ElementViewMode } from '../../view-mode';
+import { getComponentByItemType } from '../item-type-decorator';
+import { MetadataRepresentation } from '../../../core/shared/metadata-representation/metadata-representation.model';
 
 export const ITEM: InjectionToken<string> = new InjectionToken<string>('item');
 
 @Component({
-  selector: 'ds-entity-type-switcher',
-  styleUrls: ['./entity-type-switcher.component.scss'],
-  templateUrl: './entity-type-switcher.component.html'
+  selector: 'ds-item-type-switcher',
+  styleUrls: ['./item-type-switcher.component.scss'],
+  templateUrl: './item-type-switcher.component.html'
 })
 /**
  * Component for determining what component to use depending on the item's relationship type (relationship.type)
  */
-export class EntityTypeSwitcherComponent implements OnInit {
+export class ItemTypeSwitcherComponent implements OnInit {
   /**
-   * The item to determine the component for
+   * The item or metadata to determine the component for
    */
-  @Input() object: Item | SearchResult<Item>;
+  @Input() object: Item | SearchResult<Item> | MetadataRepresentation;
 
   /**
    * The preferred view-mode to display
    */
-  @Input() viewMode: ElementViewMode;
+  @Input() viewMode: string;
 
   /**
    * The object injector used to inject the item into the child component
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ export class EntityTypeSwitcherComponent implements OnInit {
    * @returns {string}
    */
   getComponent(): string {
+    if (hasValue((this.object as any).representationType)) {
+      const metadataRepresentation = this.object as MetadataRepresentation;
+      return getComponentByItemType(metadataRepresentation.itemType, this.viewMode, metadataRepresentation.representationType);
+    }
+
     let item: Item;
     if (hasValue((this.object as any).dspaceObject)) {
       const searchResult = this.object as ItemSearchResult;
@@ -57,6 +62,6 @@ export class EntityTypeSwitcherComponent implements OnInit {
     }
 
     const type = item.findMetadata('relationship.type');
-    return getComponentByEntityType(type, this.viewMode);
+    return getComponentByItemType(type, this.viewMode);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-list-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-list-element.component.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 777f131a23..0000000000
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-list-element.component.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-<ds-entity-type-switcher [object]="object" [viewMode]="ElementViewMode.SetElement"></ds-entity-type-switcher>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-list-element.component.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e71a868579..0000000000
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-list-element.component.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-import { Component } from '@angular/core';
-
-import { Item } from '../../../core/shared/item.model';
-import * as viewMode from '../../../shared/view-mode';
-import { renderElementsFor } from '../../object-collection/shared/dso-element-decorator';
-import { AbstractListableElementComponent } from '../../object-collection/shared/object-collection-element/abstract-listable-element.component';
-import { SetViewMode } from '../../view-mode';
-
-@Component({
-  selector: 'ds-entity-list-element',
-  styleUrls: ['./entity-list-element.component.scss'],
-  templateUrl: './entity-list-element.component.html'
-})
-
-/**
- * The component used to list entities depending on type
- * Uses entity-type-switcher to determine which components to use for displaying the list
- */
-@renderElementsFor(Item, SetViewMode.List)
-export class EntityListElementComponent extends AbstractListableElementComponent<Item> {
-  ElementViewMode = viewMode.ElementViewMode;
-}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/journal-issue/journal-issue-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/journal-issue/journal-issue-list-element.component.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f8278fcd3..0000000000
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/journal-issue/journal-issue-list-element.component.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import { Component } from '@angular/core';
-import { rendersEntityType } from '../../../../entities/entity-type-decorator';
-import { ElementViewMode } from '../../../../view-mode';
-import { EntitySearchResultComponent } from '../entity-search-result-component';
-
-@rendersEntityType('JournalIssue', ElementViewMode.SetElement)
-@Component({
-  selector: 'ds-journal-issue-list-element',
-  styleUrls: ['./journal-issue-list-element.component.scss'],
-  templateUrl: './journal-issue-list-element.component.html'
-})
-/**
- * The component for displaying a list element for an item with entity type Journal Issue
- */
-export class JournalIssueListElementComponent extends EntitySearchResultComponent {
-}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/journal-volume/journal-volume-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/journal-volume/journal-volume-list-element.component.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e68b7e462d..0000000000
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/journal-volume/journal-volume-list-element.component.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import { Component } from '@angular/core';
-import { rendersEntityType } from '../../../../entities/entity-type-decorator';
-import { ElementViewMode } from '../../../../view-mode';
-import { EntitySearchResultComponent } from '../entity-search-result-component';
-
-@rendersEntityType('JournalVolume', ElementViewMode.SetElement)
-@Component({
-  selector: 'ds-journal-volume-list-element',
-  styleUrls: ['./journal-volume-list-element.component.scss'],
-  templateUrl: './journal-volume-list-element.component.html'
-})
-/**
- * The component for displaying a list element for an item with entity type Journal Volume
- */
-export class JournalVolumeListElementComponent extends EntitySearchResultComponent {
-}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/journal/journal-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/journal/journal-list-element.component.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 23d030c77f..0000000000
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/journal/journal-list-element.component.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import { Component } from '@angular/core';
-import { rendersEntityType } from '../../../../entities/entity-type-decorator';
-import { ElementViewMode } from '../../../../view-mode';
-import { EntitySearchResultComponent } from '../entity-search-result-component';
-
-@rendersEntityType('Journal', ElementViewMode.SetElement)
-@Component({
-  selector: 'ds-journal-list-element',
-  styleUrls: ['./journal-list-element.component.scss'],
-  templateUrl: './journal-list-element.component.html'
-})
-/**
- * The component for displaying a list element for an item with entity type Journal
- */
-export class JournalListElementComponent extends EntitySearchResultComponent {
-}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/orgunit/orgunit-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/orgunit/orgunit-list-element.component.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 72bd143971..0000000000
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/orgunit/orgunit-list-element.component.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import { Component } from '@angular/core';
-import { rendersEntityType } from '../../../../entities/entity-type-decorator';
-import { ElementViewMode } from '../../../../view-mode';
-import { EntitySearchResultComponent } from '../entity-search-result-component';
-
-@rendersEntityType('OrgUnit', ElementViewMode.SetElement)
-@Component({
-  selector: 'ds-orgunit-list-element',
-  styleUrls: ['./orgunit-list-element.component.scss'],
-  templateUrl: './orgunit-list-element.component.html'
-})
-/**
- * The component for displaying a list element for an item with entity type Organisation Unit
- */
-export class OrgUnitListElementComponent extends EntitySearchResultComponent {
-}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/person/person-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/person/person-list-element.component.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 32e378c8c7..0000000000
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/person/person-list-element.component.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import { Component } from '@angular/core';
-import { rendersEntityType } from '../../../../entities/entity-type-decorator';
-import { ElementViewMode } from '../../../../view-mode';
-import { EntitySearchResultComponent } from '../entity-search-result-component';
-
-@rendersEntityType('Person', ElementViewMode.SetElement)
-@Component({
-  selector: 'ds-person-list-element',
-  styleUrls: ['./person-list-element.component.scss'],
-  templateUrl: './person-list-element.component.html'
-})
-/**
- * The component for displaying a list element for an item with entity type Person
- */
-export class PersonListElementComponent extends EntitySearchResultComponent {
-}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/project/project-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/project/project-list-element.component.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index ffffd70a33..0000000000
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/project/project-list-element.component.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import { Component } from '@angular/core';
-import { rendersEntityType } from '../../../../entities/entity-type-decorator';
-import { ElementViewMode } from '../../../../view-mode';
-import { EntitySearchResultComponent } from '../entity-search-result-component';
-
-@rendersEntityType('Project', ElementViewMode.SetElement)
-@Component({
-  selector: 'ds-project-list-element',
-  styleUrls: ['./project-list-element.component.scss'],
-  templateUrl: './project-list-element.component.html'
-})
-/**
- * The component for displaying a list element for an item with entity type Project
- */
-export class ProjectListElementComponent extends EntitySearchResultComponent {
-}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/publication/publication-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/publication/publication-list-element.component.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e98a5657e..0000000000
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/publication/publication-list-element.component.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-import { Component } from '@angular/core';
-import { DEFAULT_ENTITY_TYPE, rendersEntityType } from '../../../../entities/entity-type-decorator';
-import { ElementViewMode } from '../../../../view-mode';
-import { EntitySearchResultComponent } from '../entity-search-result-component';
-
-@rendersEntityType('Publication', ElementViewMode.SetElement)
-@rendersEntityType(DEFAULT_ENTITY_TYPE, ElementViewMode.SetElement)
-@Component({
-  selector: 'ds-publication-list-element',
-  styleUrls: ['./publication-list-element.component.scss'],
-  templateUrl: './publication-list-element.component.html'
-})
-/**
- * The component for displaying a list element for an item with entity type Publication
- */
-export class PublicationListElementComponent extends EntitySearchResultComponent {
-}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d433c7acf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<ds-item-type-switcher [object]="object" [viewMode]="viewMode"></ds-item-type-switcher>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-list-element.component.scss b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.scss
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-list-element.component.scss
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.scss
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-list-element.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.spec.ts
similarity index 62%
rename from src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-list-element.component.spec.ts
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.spec.ts
index b32db3df06..11fdae7e6d 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-list-element.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.spec.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
-import { EntityListElementComponent } from './entity-list-element.component';
+import { ItemListElementComponent } from './item-list-element.component';
 import { Item } from '../../../core/shared/item.model';
-import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../../core/data/remote-data';
 import { PaginatedList } from '../../../core/data/paginated-list';
 import { PageInfo } from '../../../core/shared/page-info.model';
 import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
-import { createRelationshipsObservable } from '../../../+item-page/simple/entity-types/shared/entity.component.spec';
+import { createRelationshipsObservable } from '../../../+item-page/simple/item-types/shared/item.component.spec';
 import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
 
 const mockItem: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
@@ -16,32 +15,32 @@ const mockItem: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
   relationships: createRelationshipsObservable()
 });
 
-describe('EntityListElementComponent', () => {
-  let comp: EntityListElementComponent;
-  let fixture: ComponentFixture<EntityListElementComponent>;
+describe('ItemListElementComponent', () => {
+  let comp: ItemListElementComponent;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<ItemListElementComponent>;
 
   beforeEach(async(() => {
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
       imports: [],
-      declarations: [EntityListElementComponent],
+      declarations: [ItemListElementComponent],
       providers: [
         { provide: 'objectElementProvider', useValue: mockItem }
       ],
       schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]
-    }).overrideComponent(EntityListElementComponent, {
+    }).overrideComponent(ItemListElementComponent, {
       set: {changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.Default}
     }).compileComponents();
   }));
 
   beforeEach(async(() => {
-    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(EntityListElementComponent);
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(ItemListElementComponent);
     comp = fixture.componentInstance;
     fixture.detectChanges();
   }));
 
-  it('should call an entity-type-switcher component and pass the item', () => {
-    const entityTypeSwitcher = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('ds-entity-type-switcher')).componentInstance;
-    expect(entityTypeSwitcher.object).toBe(mockItem);
+  it('should call an item-type-switcher component and pass the item', () => {
+    const itemTypeSwitcher = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('ds-item-type-switcher')).componentInstance;
+    expect(itemTypeSwitcher.object).toBe(mockItem);
   });
 
 });
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4d34e75d61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+
+import { Item } from '../../../core/shared/item.model';
+import { renderElementsFor } from '../../object-collection/shared/dso-element-decorator';
+import { AbstractListableElementComponent } from '../../object-collection/shared/object-collection-element/abstract-listable-element.component';
+import { SetViewMode } from '../../view-mode';
+import { VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT } from '../../../+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items-component';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-item-list-element',
+  styleUrls: ['./item-list-element.component.scss'],
+  templateUrl: './item-list-element.component.html'
+})
+
+/**
+ * The component used to list items depending on type
+ * Uses item-type-switcher to determine which components to use for displaying the list
+ */
+@renderElementsFor(Item, SetViewMode.List)
+export class ItemListElementComponent extends AbstractListableElementComponent<Item> {
+  viewMode = VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT;
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/journal-issue/journal-issue-list-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal-issue/journal-issue-list-element.component.html
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/journal-issue/journal-issue-list-element.component.html
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal-issue/journal-issue-list-element.component.html
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/journal-issue/journal-issue-list-element.component.scss b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal-issue/journal-issue-list-element.component.scss
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/journal-issue/journal-issue-list-element.component.scss
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal-issue/journal-issue-list-element.component.scss
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/journal-issue/journal-issue-list-element.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal-issue/journal-issue-list-element.component.spec.ts
similarity index 96%
rename from src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/journal-issue/journal-issue-list-element.component.spec.ts
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal-issue/journal-issue-list-element.component.spec.ts
index 07be07d051..4f829a6818 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/journal-issue/journal-issue-list-element.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal-issue/journal-issue-list-element.component.spec.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
 import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
-import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { Item } from '../../../../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { TruncatePipe } from '../../../../utils/truncate.pipe';
 import { TruncatableService } from '../../../../truncatable/truncatable.service';
-import { ITEM } from '../../../../entities/switcher/entity-type-switcher.component';
+import { ITEM } from '../../../../items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component';
 import { JournalIssueListElementComponent } from './journal-issue-list-element.component';
 import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
 
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal-issue/journal-issue-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal-issue/journal-issue-list-element.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3b1b9eb1c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal-issue/journal-issue-list-element.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+import { rendersItemType } from '../../../../items/item-type-decorator';
+import { TypedItemSearchResultListElementComponent } from '../typed-item-search-result-list-element.component';
+import { VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT } from '../../../../../+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items-component';
+
+@rendersItemType('JournalIssue', VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT)
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-journal-issue-list-element',
+  styleUrls: ['./journal-issue-list-element.component.scss'],
+  templateUrl: './journal-issue-list-element.component.html'
+})
+/**
+ * The component for displaying a list element for an item of the type Journal Issue
+ */
+export class JournalIssueListElementComponent extends TypedItemSearchResultListElementComponent {
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/journal-volume/journal-volume-list-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal-volume/journal-volume-list-element.component.html
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/journal-volume/journal-volume-list-element.component.html
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal-volume/journal-volume-list-element.component.html
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/journal-volume/journal-volume-list-element.component.scss b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal-volume/journal-volume-list-element.component.scss
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/journal-volume/journal-volume-list-element.component.scss
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal-volume/journal-volume-list-element.component.scss
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/journal-volume/journal-volume-list-element.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal-volume/journal-volume-list-element.component.spec.ts
similarity index 96%
rename from src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/journal-volume/journal-volume-list-element.component.spec.ts
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal-volume/journal-volume-list-element.component.spec.ts
index 7388d12f25..93071289b8 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/journal-volume/journal-volume-list-element.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal-volume/journal-volume-list-element.component.spec.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
 import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
-import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { Item } from '../../../../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { TruncatePipe } from '../../../../utils/truncate.pipe';
 import { TruncatableService } from '../../../../truncatable/truncatable.service';
-import { ITEM } from '../../../../entities/switcher/entity-type-switcher.component';
+import { ITEM } from '../../../../items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component';
 import { JournalVolumeListElementComponent } from './journal-volume-list-element.component';
 import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
 
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal-volume/journal-volume-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal-volume/journal-volume-list-element.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..49a11b2cd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal-volume/journal-volume-list-element.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+import { rendersItemType } from '../../../../items/item-type-decorator';
+import { TypedItemSearchResultListElementComponent } from '../typed-item-search-result-list-element.component';
+import { VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT } from '../../../../../+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items-component';
+
+@rendersItemType('JournalVolume', VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT)
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-journal-volume-list-element',
+  styleUrls: ['./journal-volume-list-element.component.scss'],
+  templateUrl: './journal-volume-list-element.component.html'
+})
+/**
+ * The component for displaying a list element for an item of the type Journal Volume
+ */
+export class JournalVolumeListElementComponent extends TypedItemSearchResultListElementComponent {
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/journal/journal-list-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal/journal-list-element.component.html
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/journal/journal-list-element.component.html
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal/journal-list-element.component.html
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/journal/journal-list-element.component.scss b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal/journal-list-element.component.scss
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/journal/journal-list-element.component.scss
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal/journal-list-element.component.scss
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/journal/journal-list-element.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal/journal-list-element.component.spec.ts
similarity index 95%
rename from src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/journal/journal-list-element.component.spec.ts
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal/journal-list-element.component.spec.ts
index 8fd8d870fa..abdeb9c00f 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/journal/journal-list-element.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal/journal-list-element.component.spec.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
 import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
-import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { Item } from '../../../../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { TruncatePipe } from '../../../../utils/truncate.pipe';
 import { TruncatableService } from '../../../../truncatable/truncatable.service';
-import { ITEM } from '../../../../entities/switcher/entity-type-switcher.component';
+import { ITEM } from '../../../../items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component';
 import { JournalListElementComponent } from './journal-list-element.component';
 import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
 
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal/journal-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal/journal-list-element.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..45926c681c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal/journal-list-element.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+import { rendersItemType } from '../../../../items/item-type-decorator';
+import { TypedItemSearchResultListElementComponent } from '../typed-item-search-result-list-element.component';
+import { VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT } from '../../../../../+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items-component';
+
+@rendersItemType('Journal', VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT)
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-journal-list-element',
+  styleUrls: ['./journal-list-element.component.scss'],
+  templateUrl: './journal-list-element.component.html'
+})
+/**
+ * The component for displaying a list element for an item of the type Journal
+ */
+export class JournalListElementComponent extends TypedItemSearchResultListElementComponent {
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/orgunit/orgunit-list-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/orgunit/orgunit-list-element.component.html
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/orgunit/orgunit-list-element.component.html
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/orgunit/orgunit-list-element.component.html
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/orgunit/orgunit-list-element.component.scss b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/orgunit/orgunit-list-element.component.scss
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/orgunit/orgunit-list-element.component.scss
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/orgunit/orgunit-list-element.component.scss
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/orgunit/orgunit-list-element.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/orgunit/orgunit-list-element.component.spec.ts
similarity index 95%
rename from src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/orgunit/orgunit-list-element.component.spec.ts
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/orgunit/orgunit-list-element.component.spec.ts
index 678e1e42bc..14b86d720a 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/orgunit/orgunit-list-element.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/orgunit/orgunit-list-element.component.spec.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
 import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
-import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { Item } from '../../../../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { TruncatePipe } from '../../../../utils/truncate.pipe';
 import { TruncatableService } from '../../../../truncatable/truncatable.service';
-import { ITEM } from '../../../../entities/switcher/entity-type-switcher.component';
+import { ITEM } from '../../../../items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component';
 import { OrgUnitListElementComponent } from './orgunit-list-element.component';
 import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
 
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/orgunit/orgunit-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/orgunit/orgunit-list-element.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..699cb6dfab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/orgunit/orgunit-list-element.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+import { rendersItemType } from '../../../../items/item-type-decorator';
+import { TypedItemSearchResultListElementComponent } from '../typed-item-search-result-list-element.component';
+import { VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT } from '../../../../../+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items-component';
+
+@rendersItemType('OrgUnit', VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT)
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-orgunit-list-element',
+  styleUrls: ['./orgunit-list-element.component.scss'],
+  templateUrl: './orgunit-list-element.component.html'
+})
+/**
+ * The component for displaying a list element for an item of the type Organisation Unit
+ */
+export class OrgUnitListElementComponent extends TypedItemSearchResultListElementComponent {
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/person/person-list-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/person/person-list-element.component.html
similarity index 99%
rename from src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/person/person-list-element.component.html
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/person/person-list-element.component.html
index 803674b56e..2d89fda483 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/person/person-list-element.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/person/person-list-element.component.html
@@ -13,4 +13,3 @@
         </ds-truncatable-part>
   </span>
 </ds-truncatable>
-
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/person/person-list-element.component.scss b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/person/person-list-element.component.scss
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/person/person-list-element.component.scss
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/person/person-list-element.component.scss
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/person/person-list-element.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/person/person-list-element.component.spec.ts
similarity index 95%
rename from src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/person/person-list-element.component.spec.ts
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/person/person-list-element.component.spec.ts
index 3005c852af..836588c565 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/person/person-list-element.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/person/person-list-element.component.spec.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
 import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
-import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { Item } from '../../../../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { TruncatePipe } from '../../../../utils/truncate.pipe';
 import { TruncatableService } from '../../../../truncatable/truncatable.service';
-import { ITEM } from '../../../../entities/switcher/entity-type-switcher.component';
+import { ITEM } from '../../../../items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component';
 import { PersonListElementComponent } from './person-list-element.component';
 import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
 
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/person/person-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/person/person-list-element.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e12cc60813
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/person/person-list-element.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+import { rendersItemType } from '../../../../items/item-type-decorator';
+import { TypedItemSearchResultListElementComponent } from '../typed-item-search-result-list-element.component';
+import { VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT } from '../../../../../+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items-component';
+
+@rendersItemType('Person', VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT)
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-person-list-element',
+  styleUrls: ['./person-list-element.component.scss'],
+  templateUrl: './person-list-element.component.html'
+})
+/**
+ * The component for displaying a list element for an item of the type Person
+ */
+export class PersonListElementComponent extends TypedItemSearchResultListElementComponent {
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/person/person-metadata-list-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/person/person-metadata-list-element.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..92e57d7ef4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/person/person-metadata-list-element.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<ng-template #descTemplate>
+  <span class="text-muted">
+      <span *ngIf="item.filterMetadata(['person.identifier.jobtitle']).length > 0"
+            class="item-list-job-title">
+              <span *ngFor="let value of getValues(['person.identifier.jobtitle']); let last=last;">
+                  <span [innerHTML]="value"><span [innerHTML]="value"></span></span>
+              </span>
+      </span>
+  </span>
+</ng-template>
+<ds-truncatable [id]="item.id">
+  <a [routerLink]="['/items/' + item.id]"
+     [innerHTML]="getFirstValue('dc.contributor.author')"
+     [tooltip]="descTemplate"></a>
+</ds-truncatable>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/person/person-metadata-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/person/person-metadata-list-element.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1f3d736d1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/person/person-metadata-list-element.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { rendersItemType } from '../../../../items/item-type-decorator';
+import { VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT } from '../../../../../+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items-component';
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+import { TypedItemSearchResultListElementComponent } from '../typed-item-search-result-list-element.component';
+import { MetadataRepresentationType } from '../../../../../core/shared/metadata-representation/metadata-representation.model';
+
+@rendersItemType('Person', VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT, MetadataRepresentationType.Item)
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-person-metadata-list-element',
+  templateUrl: './person-metadata-list-element.component.html'
+})
+/**
+ * The component for displaying a list element for an item of the type Person
+ */
+export class PersonMetadataListElementComponent extends TypedItemSearchResultListElementComponent {
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/project/project-list-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/project/project-list-element.component.html
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/project/project-list-element.component.html
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/project/project-list-element.component.html
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/project/project-list-element.component.scss b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/project/project-list-element.component.scss
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/project/project-list-element.component.scss
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/project/project-list-element.component.scss
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/project/project-list-element.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/project/project-list-element.component.spec.ts
similarity index 95%
rename from src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/project/project-list-element.component.spec.ts
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/project/project-list-element.component.spec.ts
index b4437ceaea..cd0cce95f2 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/project/project-list-element.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/project/project-list-element.component.spec.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
 import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
-import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { Item } from '../../../../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { TruncatePipe } from '../../../../utils/truncate.pipe';
 import { TruncatableService } from '../../../../truncatable/truncatable.service';
-import { ITEM } from '../../../../entities/switcher/entity-type-switcher.component';
+import { ITEM } from '../../../../items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component';
 import { ProjectListElementComponent } from './project-list-element.component';
 import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
 
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/project/project-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/project/project-list-element.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e688056bc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/project/project-list-element.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+import { rendersItemType } from '../../../../items/item-type-decorator';
+import { TypedItemSearchResultListElementComponent } from '../typed-item-search-result-list-element.component';
+import { VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT } from '../../../../../+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items-component';
+
+@rendersItemType('Project', VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT)
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-project-list-element',
+  styleUrls: ['./project-list-element.component.scss'],
+  templateUrl: './project-list-element.component.html'
+})
+/**
+ * The component for displaying a list element for an item of the type Project
+ */
+export class ProjectListElementComponent extends TypedItemSearchResultListElementComponent {
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/publication/publication-list-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/publication/publication-list-element.component.html
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/publication/publication-list-element.component.html
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/publication/publication-list-element.component.html
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/publication/publication-list-element.component.scss b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/publication/publication-list-element.component.scss
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/publication/publication-list-element.component.scss
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/publication/publication-list-element.component.scss
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/publication/publication-list-element.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/publication/publication-list-element.component.spec.ts
similarity index 97%
rename from src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/publication/publication-list-element.component.spec.ts
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/publication/publication-list-element.component.spec.ts
index 9a2fdbcc0b..6f596d1938 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/publication/publication-list-element.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/publication/publication-list-element.component.spec.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
 import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
-import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { PublicationListElementComponent } from './publication-list-element.component';
 import { Item } from '../../../../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { TruncatePipe } from '../../../../utils/truncate.pipe';
 import { TruncatableService } from '../../../../truncatable/truncatable.service';
-import { ITEM } from '../../../../entities/switcher/entity-type-switcher.component';
+import { ITEM } from '../../../../items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component';
 import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
 
 let publicationListElementComponent: PublicationListElementComponent;
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/publication/publication-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/publication/publication-list-element.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..58a0568931
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/publication/publication-list-element.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+import { DEFAULT_ITEM_TYPE, rendersItemType } from '../../../../items/item-type-decorator';
+import { TypedItemSearchResultListElementComponent } from '../typed-item-search-result-list-element.component';
+import { VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT } from '../../../../../+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items-component';
+
+@rendersItemType('Publication', VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT)
+@rendersItemType(DEFAULT_ITEM_TYPE, VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT)
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-publication-list-element',
+  styleUrls: ['./publication-list-element.component.scss'],
+  templateUrl: './publication-list-element.component.html'
+})
+/**
+ * The component for displaying a list element for an item of the type Publication
+ */
+export class PublicationListElementComponent extends TypedItemSearchResultListElementComponent {
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/entity-search-result.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/typed-item-search-result-list-element.component.spec.ts
similarity index 73%
rename from src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/entity-search-result.component.spec.ts
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/typed-item-search-result-list-element.component.spec.ts
index e9a871985b..e97f632033 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/entity-search-result.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/typed-item-search-result-list-element.component.spec.ts
@@ -2,15 +2,14 @@ import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { TruncatePipe } from '../../../utils/truncate.pipe';
 import { TruncatableService } from '../../../truncatable/truncatable.service';
 import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
-import { EntitySearchResultComponent } from './entity-search-result-component';
+import { TypedItemSearchResultListElementComponent } from './typed-item-search-result-list-element.component';
 import { Item } from '../../../../core/shared/item.model';
-import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../../../core/data/remote-data';
 import { PaginatedList } from '../../../../core/data/paginated-list';
 import { PageInfo } from '../../../../core/shared/page-info.model';
-import { ITEM } from '../../../entities/switcher/entity-type-switcher.component';
+import { ITEM } from '../../../items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component';
 import { ItemSearchResult } from '../../../object-collection/shared/item-search-result.model';
-import { createRelationshipsObservable } from '../../../../+item-page/simple/entity-types/shared/entity.component.spec';
+import { createRelationshipsObservable } from '../../../../+item-page/simple/item-types/shared/item.component.spec';
 import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
 
 const mockItem: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
@@ -23,27 +22,27 @@ const mockSearchResult = {
   hitHighlights: []
 } as ItemSearchResult;
 
-describe('EntitySearchResultComponent', () => {
-  let comp: EntitySearchResultComponent;
-  let fixture: ComponentFixture<EntitySearchResultComponent>;
+describe('ItemSearchResultComponent', () => {
+  let comp: TypedItemSearchResultListElementComponent;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<TypedItemSearchResultListElementComponent>;
 
   describe('when injecting an Item', () => {
     beforeEach(async(() => {
       TestBed.configureTestingModule({
-        declarations: [EntitySearchResultComponent, TruncatePipe],
+        declarations: [TypedItemSearchResultListElementComponent, TruncatePipe],
         providers: [
           {provide: TruncatableService, useValue: {}},
           {provide: ITEM, useValue: mockItem}
         ],
 
         schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]
-      }).overrideComponent(EntitySearchResultComponent, {
+      }).overrideComponent(TypedItemSearchResultListElementComponent, {
         set: {changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.Default}
       }).compileComponents();
     }));
 
     beforeEach(async(() => {
-      fixture = TestBed.createComponent(EntitySearchResultComponent);
+      fixture = TestBed.createComponent(TypedItemSearchResultListElementComponent);
       comp = fixture.componentInstance;
     }));
 
@@ -57,20 +56,20 @@ describe('EntitySearchResultComponent', () => {
   describe('when injecting an ItemSearchResult', () => {
     beforeEach(async(() => {
       TestBed.configureTestingModule({
-        declarations: [EntitySearchResultComponent, TruncatePipe],
+        declarations: [TypedItemSearchResultListElementComponent, TruncatePipe],
         providers: [
           {provide: TruncatableService, useValue: {}},
           {provide: ITEM, useValue: mockSearchResult}
         ],
 
         schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]
-      }).overrideComponent(EntitySearchResultComponent, {
+      }).overrideComponent(TypedItemSearchResultListElementComponent, {
         set: {changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.Default}
       }).compileComponents();
     }));
 
     beforeEach(async(() => {
-      fixture = TestBed.createComponent(EntitySearchResultComponent);
+      fixture = TestBed.createComponent(TypedItemSearchResultListElementComponent);
       comp = fixture.componentInstance;
     }));
 
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/entity-search-result-component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/typed-item-search-result-list-element.component.ts
similarity index 77%
rename from src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/entity-search-result-component.ts
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/typed-item-search-result-list-element.component.ts
index ed53c45395..57b339da53 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/entity-search-result-component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-types/typed-item-search-result-list-element.component.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 import { Component, Inject } from '@angular/core';
 import { Item } from '../../../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { hasValue } from '../../../empty.util';
-import { ITEM } from '../../../entities/switcher/entity-type-switcher.component';
+import { ITEM } from '../../../items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component';
 import { ItemSearchResult } from '../../../object-collection/shared/item-search-result.model';
 import { TruncatableService } from '../../../truncatable/truncatable.service';
 import { SearchResultListElementComponent } from '../../search-result-list-element/search-result-list-element.component';
 
 /**
- * A generic component for displaying entity list elements
+ * A generic component for displaying item list elements
  */
 @Component({
-  selector: 'ds-entity-search-result',
+  selector: 'ds-item-search-result',
   template: ''
 })
-export class EntitySearchResultComponent extends SearchResultListElementComponent<ItemSearchResult, Item> {
+export class TypedItemSearchResultListElementComponent extends SearchResultListElementComponent<ItemSearchResult, Item> {
   item: Item;
 
   constructor(
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/item/item-metadata-list-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/item/item-metadata-list-element.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..764fdc1064
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/item/item-metadata-list-element.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<ds-item-type-switcher [object]="metadataRepresentation" [viewMode]="viewMode">
+</ds-item-type-switcher>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/item/item-metadata-list-element.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/item/item-metadata-list-element.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..90de549800
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/item/item-metadata-list-element.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { ITEM } from '../../../items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component';
+import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
+import { ItemMetadataListElementComponent } from './item-metadata-list-element.component';
+import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import { ItemMetadataRepresentation } from '../../../../core/shared/metadata-representation/item/item-metadata-representation.model';
+
+const mockItemMetadataRepresentation = new ItemMetadataRepresentation('type');
+
+describe('ItemMetadataListElementComponent', () => {
+  let comp: ItemMetadataListElementComponent;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<ItemMetadataListElementComponent>;
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [],
+      declarations: [ItemMetadataListElementComponent],
+      providers: [
+        { provide: ITEM, useValue: mockItemMetadataRepresentation }
+      ],
+      schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]
+    }).overrideComponent(ItemMetadataListElementComponent, {
+      set: {changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.Default}
+    }).compileComponents();
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(ItemMetadataListElementComponent);
+    comp = fixture.componentInstance;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+  }));
+
+  it('should call an item-type-switcher component and pass the item-metadata-representation', () => {
+    const itemTypeSwitcher = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('ds-item-type-switcher')).nativeElement;
+    expect(itemTypeSwitcher.object).toBe(mockItemMetadataRepresentation);
+  });
+
+});
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/item/item-metadata-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/item/item-metadata-list-element.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a5900cc763
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/item/item-metadata-list-element.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import * as viewMode from '../../../view-mode';
+import { MetadataRepresentationType } from '../../../../core/shared/metadata-representation/metadata-representation.model';
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+import { MetadataRepresentationListElementComponent } from '../metadata-representation-list-element.component';
+import { DEFAULT_ITEM_TYPE, rendersItemType } from '../../../items/item-type-decorator';
+import { VIEW_MODE_METADATA } from '../../../../+item-page/simple/metadata-representation-list/metadata-representation-list.component';
+import { VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT } from '../../../../+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items-component';
+
+@rendersItemType(DEFAULT_ITEM_TYPE, VIEW_MODE_METADATA, MetadataRepresentationType.Item)
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-item-metadata-list-element',
+  templateUrl: './item-metadata-list-element.component.html'
+})
+/**
+ * A component for displaying MetadataRepresentation objects in the form of items
+ * It will send the MetadataRepresentation object along with ElementViewMode.SetElement to the ItemTypeSwitcherComponent,
+ * which will in his turn decide how to render the item as metadata.
+ */
+export class ItemMetadataListElementComponent extends MetadataRepresentationListElementComponent {
+  /**
+   * The view-mode we're currently on
+   * @type {ElementViewMode}
+   */
+  viewMode = VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT;
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/metadata-representation-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/metadata-representation-list-element.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2488db50b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/metadata-representation-list-element.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { Component, Inject } from '@angular/core';
+import { MetadataRepresentation } from '../../../core/shared/metadata-representation/metadata-representation.model';
+import { ITEM } from '../../items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-metadata-representation-list-element',
+  template: ''
+})
+/**
+ * An abstract class for displaying a single MetadataRepresentation
+ */
+export class MetadataRepresentationListElementComponent {
+  constructor(@Inject(ITEM) public metadataRepresentation: MetadataRepresentation) {
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/plain-text/plain-text-metadata-list-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/plain-text/plain-text-metadata-list-element.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3e017e1ae8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/plain-text/plain-text-metadata-list-element.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<div>
+  <span>{{metadataRepresentation.getValue()}}</span>
+</div>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/plain-text/plain-text-metadata-list-element.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/plain-text/plain-text-metadata-list-element.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..42b9abde16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/plain-text/plain-text-metadata-list-element.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
+import { PlainTextMetadataListElementComponent } from './plain-text-metadata-list-element.component';
+import { MetadatumRepresentation } from '../../../../core/shared/metadata-representation/metadatum/metadatum-representation.model';
+import { ITEM } from '../../../items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component';
+
+const mockMetadataRepresentation = Object.assign(new MetadatumRepresentation('type'), {
+  key: 'dc.contributor.author',
+  value: 'Test Author'
+});
+
+describe('PlainTextMetadataListElementComponent', () => {
+  let comp: PlainTextMetadataListElementComponent;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<PlainTextMetadataListElementComponent>;
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [],
+      declarations: [PlainTextMetadataListElementComponent],
+      providers: [
+        { provide: ITEM, useValue: mockMetadataRepresentation }
+      ],
+      schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]
+    }).overrideComponent(PlainTextMetadataListElementComponent, {
+      set: {changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.Default}
+    }).compileComponents();
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(PlainTextMetadataListElementComponent);
+    comp = fixture.componentInstance;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+  }));
+
+  it('should contain the value as plain text', () => {
+    expect(fixture.debugElement.nativeElement.textContent).toContain(mockMetadataRepresentation.value);
+  });
+
+});
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/plain-text/plain-text-metadata-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/plain-text/plain-text-metadata-list-element.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e86210a961
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/plain-text/plain-text-metadata-list-element.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { MetadataRepresentationType } from '../../../../core/shared/metadata-representation/metadata-representation.model';
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+import { MetadataRepresentationListElementComponent } from '../metadata-representation-list-element.component';
+import { DEFAULT_ITEM_TYPE, rendersItemType } from '../../../items/item-type-decorator';
+import { VIEW_MODE_METADATA } from '../../../../+item-page/simple/metadata-representation-list/metadata-representation-list.component';
+
+@rendersItemType(DEFAULT_ITEM_TYPE, VIEW_MODE_METADATA, MetadataRepresentationType.PlainText)
+// For now, authority controlled fields are rendered the same way as plain text fields
+@rendersItemType(DEFAULT_ITEM_TYPE, VIEW_MODE_METADATA, MetadataRepresentationType.AuthorityControlled)
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-plain-text-metadata-list-element',
+  templateUrl: './plain-text-metadata-list-element.component.html'
+})
+/**
+ * A component for displaying MetadataRepresentation objects in the form of plain text
+ * It will simply use the value retrieved from MetadataRepresentation.getValue() to display as plain text
+ */
+export class PlainTextMetadataListElementComponent extends MetadataRepresentationListElementComponent {
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.html
index 777f131a23..d433c7acf2 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.html
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<ds-entity-type-switcher [object]="object" [viewMode]="ElementViewMode.SetElement"></ds-entity-type-switcher>
+<ds-item-type-switcher [object]="object" [viewMode]="viewMode"></ds-item-type-switcher>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.spec.ts
index b1f511868a..28fbbc419a 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.spec.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { ItemSearchResultListElementComponent } from './item-search-result-list-
 import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
 import { TruncatableService } from '../../../truncatable/truncatable.service';
 import { TruncatePipe } from '../../../utils/truncate.pipe';
-import { createRelationshipsObservable } from '../../../../+item-page/simple/entity-types/shared/entity.component.spec';
+import { createRelationshipsObservable } from '../../../../+item-page/simple/item-types/shared/item.component.spec';
 import { ItemSearchResult } from '../../../object-collection/shared/item-search-result.model';
 
 const mockItem: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ describe('ItemSearchResultListElementComponent', () => {
       fixture.detectChanges();
     }));
 
-    it('should call an entity-type-switcher component and pass the item', () => {
-      const entityTypeSwitcher = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('ds-entity-type-switcher')).componentInstance;
-      expect(entityTypeSwitcher.object).toBe(mockItem);
+    it('should call an item-type-switcher component and pass the item', () => {
+      const itemTypeSwitcher = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('ds-item-type-switcher')).componentInstance;
+      expect(itemTypeSwitcher.object).toBe(mockItem);
     });
 
   });
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.ts
index b9ac52ca40..a164e5a65b 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import { focusBackground } from '../../../animations/focus';
 
 import { renderElementsFor } from '../../../object-collection/shared/dso-element-decorator';
 import { ItemSearchResult } from '../../../object-collection/shared/item-search-result.model';
-import * as viewMode from '../../../../shared/view-mode';
 import { SetViewMode } from '../../../view-mode';
 import { SearchResultListElementComponent } from '../search-result-list-element.component';
+import { VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT } from '../../../../+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items-component';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-item-search-result-list-element',
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ import { SearchResultListElementComponent } from '../search-result-list-element.
 
 @renderElementsFor(ItemSearchResult, SetViewMode.List)
 export class ItemSearchResultListElementComponent extends SearchResultListElementComponent<ItemSearchResult, Item> {
-  ElementViewMode = viewMode.ElementViewMode;
+  viewMode = VIEW_MODE_ELEMENT;
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts b/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts
index 4220330b42..afe3dadb2e 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts
@@ -14,15 +14,15 @@ import {
 import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 
 import { NgxPaginationModule } from 'ngx-pagination';
-import { EntityTypeSwitcherComponent } from './entities/switcher/entity-type-switcher.component';
-import { EntitySearchResultComponent } from './object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/entity-search-result-component';
-import { PublicationListElementComponent } from './object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/publication/publication-list-element.component';
-import { OrgUnitListElementComponent } from './object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/orgunit/orgunit-list-element.component';
-import { PersonListElementComponent } from './object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/person/person-list-element.component';
-import { ProjectListElementComponent } from './object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/project/project-list-element.component';
-import { JournalListElementComponent } from './object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/journal/journal-list-element.component';
-import { JournalVolumeListElementComponent } from './object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/journal-volume/journal-volume-list-element.component';
-import { JournalIssueListElementComponent } from './object-list/item-list-element/entity-types/journal-issue/journal-issue-list-element.component';
+import { ItemTypeSwitcherComponent } from './items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component';
+import { TypedItemSearchResultListElementComponent } from './object-list/item-list-element/item-types/typed-item-search-result-list-element.component';
+import { PublicationListElementComponent } from './object-list/item-list-element/item-types/publication/publication-list-element.component';
+import { OrgUnitListElementComponent } from './object-list/item-list-element/item-types/orgunit/orgunit-list-element.component';
+import { PersonListElementComponent } from './object-list/item-list-element/item-types/person/person-list-element.component';
+import { ProjectListElementComponent } from './object-list/item-list-element/item-types/project/project-list-element.component';
+import { JournalListElementComponent } from './object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal/journal-list-element.component';
+import { JournalVolumeListElementComponent } from './object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal-volume/journal-volume-list-element.component';
+import { JournalIssueListElementComponent } from './object-list/item-list-element/item-types/journal-issue/journal-issue-list-element.component';
 
 import { FileUploadModule } from 'ng2-file-upload';
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import { ConsolePipe } from './utils/console.pipe';
 
 import { CollectionListElementComponent } from './object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component';
 import { CommunityListElementComponent } from './object-list/community-list-element/community-list-element.component';
-import { EntityListElementComponent } from './object-list/item-list-element/entity-list-element.component';
+import { ItemListElementComponent } from './object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component';
 import { SearchResultListElementComponent } from './object-list/search-result-list-element/search-result-list-element.component';
 import { WrapperListElementComponent } from './object-list/wrapper-list-element/wrapper-list-element.component';
 import { ObjectListComponent } from './object-list/object-list.component';
@@ -95,7 +95,12 @@ import { CapitalizePipe } from './utils/capitalize.pipe';
 import { ObjectKeysPipe } from './utils/object-keys-pipe';
 import { MomentModule } from 'ngx-moment';
 import { MenuModule } from './menu/menu.module';
-import {LangSwitchComponent} from './lang-switch/lang-switch.component';
+import { LangSwitchComponent } from './lang-switch/lang-switch.component';
+import { PlainTextMetadataListElementComponent } from './object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/plain-text/plain-text-metadata-list-element.component';
+import { ItemMetadataListElementComponent } from './object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/item/item-metadata-list-element.component';
+import { TooltipModule } from 'ngx-bootstrap';
+import { PersonMetadataListElementComponent } from './object-list/item-list-element/item-types/person/person-metadata-list-element.component';
+import { MetadataRepresentationListElementComponent } from './object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/metadata-representation-list-element.component';
 
 const MODULES = [
   // Do NOT include UniversalModule, HttpModule, or JsonpModule here
@@ -120,6 +125,10 @@ const MODULES = [
   MenuModule
 ];
 
+const ROOT_MODULES = [
+  TooltipModule.forRoot()
+];
+
 const PIPES = [
   // put shared pipes here
   EnumKeysPipe,
@@ -172,13 +181,14 @@ const COMPONENTS = [
   TruncatablePartComponent,
   BrowseByComponent,
   InputSuggestionsComponent,
-  EntitySearchResultComponent,
-  EntityTypeSwitcherComponent
+  TypedItemSearchResultListElementComponent,
+  ItemTypeSwitcherComponent,
+  BrowseByComponent
 ];
 
 const ENTRY_COMPONENTS = [
   // put shared entry components (components that are created dynamically) here
-  EntityListElementComponent,
+  ItemListElementComponent,
   CollectionListElementComponent,
   CommunityListElementComponent,
   SearchResultListElementComponent,
@@ -188,12 +198,16 @@ const ENTRY_COMPONENTS = [
   SearchResultGridElementComponent,
   PublicationListElementComponent,
   PersonListElementComponent,
+  PersonMetadataListElementComponent,
   OrgUnitListElementComponent,
   ProjectListElementComponent,
   JournalListElementComponent,
   JournalVolumeListElementComponent,
   JournalIssueListElementComponent,
-  BrowseEntryListElementComponent
+  BrowseEntryListElementComponent,
+  PlainTextMetadataListElementComponent,
+  ItemMetadataListElementComponent,
+  MetadataRepresentationListElementComponent
 ];
 
 const PROVIDERS = [
@@ -210,7 +224,8 @@ const DIRECTIVES = [
 
 @NgModule({
   imports: [
-    ...MODULES
+    ...MODULES,
+    ...ROOT_MODULES
   ],
   declarations: [
     ...PIPES,
diff --git a/src/app/shared/view-mode.ts b/src/app/shared/view-mode.ts
index 2825f20c50..d36764a6e8 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/view-mode.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/view-mode.ts
@@ -8,17 +8,7 @@ export enum SetViewMode {
   Grid = 'grid'
 }
 
-/**
- * Enum used for defining the view-mode of a single element
- * Full         Display the full element
- * SetElement   Display the element as part of a set
- */
-export enum ElementViewMode {
-  Full,
-  SetElement
-}
-
 /**
  * ViewMode refers to either a SetViewMode or ElementViewMode
  */
-export type ViewMode = SetViewMode | ElementViewMode;
+export type ViewMode = SetViewMode;