diff --git a/utilities/testrunner/selenium/how-to-create-firefox-profile.txt b/utilities/testrunner/selenium/how-to-create-firefox-profile.txt
index 0c5af1d1d..03007d63f 100644
--- a/utilities/testrunner/selenium/how-to-create-firefox-profile.txt
+++ b/utilities/testrunner/selenium/how-to-create-firefox-profile.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-Here is an excellent description of how to create a Firefox profile for use when running Selenium tests.
-
+Here is an excellent description of how to create a Firefox profile for use when running Selenium tests.
+
 http://girliemangalo.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/creating-firefox-profile-for-your-selenium-rc-tests/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/VTwo/fields/IndividualsViaSolrQueryOptions.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/VTwo/fields/IndividualsViaSolrQueryOptions.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc9527297
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/VTwo/fields/IndividualsViaSolrQueryOptions.java
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+/* $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ */
+package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.edit.n3editing.VTwo.fields;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
+
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrQuery;
+import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrServer;
+import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.response.QueryResponse;
+import org.apache.solr.common.SolrDocument;
+import org.apache.solr.common.SolrDocumentList;
+
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.Individual;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.VitroVocabulary;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.WebappDaoFactory;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.edit.n3editing.VTwo.EditConfigurationVTwo;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.search.VitroSearchTermNames;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.search.solr.SolrSetup;
+
+/*
+ * This runs a solr query to get individuals of a certain class instead of relying on the dao classes. 
+ * Also it gets individuals that belong to the most specific type(s) specified.
+ */
+public class IndividualsViaSolrQueryOptions extends IndividualsViaVClassOptions implements FieldOptions {
+	private Log log = LogFactory.getLog(IndividualsViaSolrQueryOptions.class);	
+
+    private ServletContext servletContext;
+    public IndividualsViaSolrQueryOptions(ServletContext context, String ... vclassURIs) throws Exception {
+        super(vclassURIs);           
+        this.servletContext = context;
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    protected Map<String,Individual> getIndividualsForClass(String vclassURI, WebappDaoFactory wDaoFact ){
+    	Map<String, Individual> individualMap = new HashMap<String, Individual>();
+    	try {
+	    	SolrServer solrServer = SolrSetup.getSolrServer(servletContext);
+	
+			//solr query for type count.    		
+			SolrQuery query = new SolrQuery();
+			if( VitroVocabulary.OWL_THING.equals( vclassURI )){
+				query.setQuery( "*:*" );    			
+			}else{
+				query.setQuery( VitroSearchTermNames.MOST_SPECIFIC_TYPE_URIS + ":" + vclassURI);
+			}
+			 query.setStart(0)
+             .setRows(1000);
+	        query.setFields(VitroSearchTermNames.URI); // fields to retrieve
+
+			QueryResponse rsp = solrServer.query(query);
+			SolrDocumentList docs = rsp.getResults();
+			long found = docs.getNumFound();
+			if(found > 0) {
+				for (SolrDocument doc : docs) {
+					try {
+						String uri = doc.get(VitroSearchTermNames.URI).toString();
+						Individual individual = wDaoFact.getIndividualDao().getIndividualByURI(uri);
+						if (individual == null) {
+							log.debug("No individual for search document with uri = " + uri);
+						} else {
+							individualMap.put(individual.getURI(), individual);
+							log.debug("Adding individual " + uri + " to individual list");
+						} 
+					}
+					catch(Exception ex) {
+						log.error("An error occurred retrieving the individual solr query resutls", ex);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+    	} catch(Exception ex) {
+    		log.error("Error occurred in executing solr query ", ex);
+    	}
+        return individualMap;        
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    public Map<String, String> getOptions(
+            EditConfigurationVTwo editConfig, 
+            String fieldName, 
+            WebappDaoFactory wDaoFact) throws Exception {              
+        
+    	 Map<String, Individual> individualMap = new HashMap<String, Individual>();
+
+         for( String vclassURI : vclassURIs){
+             individualMap.putAll(  getIndividualsForClass( vclassURI, wDaoFact) );
+         }
+
+         //sort the individuals 
+         List<Individual> individuals = new ArrayList<Individual>();
+         individuals.addAll(individualMap.values());
+         Collections.sort(individuals);
+
+         Map<String, String> optionsMap = new HashMap<String,String>();
+         
+         if (defaultOptionLabel != null) {
+             optionsMap.put(LEFT_BLANK, defaultOptionLabel);
+         }
+
+         if (individuals.size() == 0) {     
+        	//return empty map, unlike individualsViaVclass
+             return optionsMap ;
+         } else {
+             for (Individual ind : individuals) {                
+                 if (ind.getURI() != null) {
+                     optionsMap.put(ind.getURI(), ind.getName().trim());
+                 }
+             }
+         }
+         return optionsMap;
+        
+    }
+    
+    
+}
+
+
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/VTwo/fields/IndividualsViaVClassOptions.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/VTwo/fields/IndividualsViaVClassOptions.java
index cebc7d23e..741624e5a 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/VTwo/fields/IndividualsViaVClassOptions.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/VTwo/fields/IndividualsViaVClassOptions.java
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.edit.n3editing.VTwo.EditConfigurationVTw
 public class IndividualsViaVClassOptions implements FieldOptions {
 
     public static final String LEFT_BLANK = "";
-    private List<String> vclassURIs;    
-    private String defaultOptionLabel;    
+    protected List<String> vclassURIs;    
+    protected String defaultOptionLabel;    
 
     public IndividualsViaVClassOptions(String ... vclassURIs) throws Exception {
         super();