diff --git a/webapp/config/example.deploy.properties b/webapp/config/example.deploy.properties
index 7b5499b0a..ff114f2fc 100644
--- a/webapp/config/example.deploy.properties
+++ b/webapp/config/example.deploy.properties
@@ -11,12 +11,16 @@
 
 # 
 # This namespace will be used when generating URIs for objects created in the 
-# editor. Change it to reflect your own domain. For example, Cornell's 
-# namespace is http://vivo.cornell.edu/individual/
+# editor. In order to serve linked data, the default namespace must be composed 
+# as follows (optional elements in parentheses):
 #
-# Note: it is essential that this namespace end with a trailing slash.
+# scheme + server_name (+ port) (+ servlet_context) + "/individual/"
+# 
+# For example, Cornell's default namespace is:
 #
-Vitro.defaultNamespace = http://vitro.mydomain.edu/individual/
+# http://vivo.cornell.edu/individual/
+#
+Vitro.defaultNamespace = http://vivo.mydomain.edu/individual/
 
 #
 # The base install directory for your Tomcat server. The Vitro application 
diff --git a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/individual/individual-menu.ftl b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/individual/individual-menu.ftl
index 0aa6c05a1..ae45c03d7 100644
--- a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/individual/individual-menu.ftl
+++ b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/individual/individual-menu.ftl
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 <h3>Menu management</h3>
 
-<#assign hasElement = propertyGroups.pullProperty("${namespaces.display}hasElement")>
+<#assign hasElement = propertyGroups.pullProperty("${namespaces.display}hasElement")!>
 
 <#-- List the menu items -->
 <ul class="menuItems">