diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/RdfLiteralHash.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/RdfLiteralHash.java
index 917df7855..d28a74181 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/RdfLiteralHash.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/RdfLiteralHash.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public class RdfLiteralHash {
 
         List<DataPropertyStatement> statements = ind.getDataPropertyStatements();
         if( statements == null ) return null;
-        for( DataPropertyStatement dps : statements){
+        for( DataPropertyStatement dps : statements){  
             if( doesStmtMatchHash(dps, hash) )
                 return dps;
         }
@@ -131,8 +131,7 @@ public class RdfLiteralHash {
                     dps.setLanguage(lang);
                     dps.setData(value);
                     dps.setDatapropURI(stmt.getPredicate().toString());
-                    dps.setIndividualURI(ind.getURI());
-                                   
+                    dps.setIndividualURI(ind.getURI());          
                     if (doesStmtMatchHash(dps, hash)) {
                         break;
                     }
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/jsptags/PropertyEditLinks.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/jsptags/PropertyEditLinks.java
index f26d16f4a..b569cc045 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/jsptags/PropertyEditLinks.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/jsptags/PropertyEditLinks.java
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ public class PropertyEditLinks extends TagSupport{
             DataProperty prop = (DataProperty)item; // a DataProperty populated for this subject individual            
             links = doDataProp( prop, entity, themeDir,policyToAccess(ids, policy, entity.getURI(), prop), contextPath ) ;
         } else if (item instanceof String && data != null) {
-            DataPropertyStatement dps =  (DataPropertyStatement) new DataPropertyStatementImpl(entity.getURI(), (String)item, data);  
+            DataPropertyStatement dps =  (DataPropertyStatement) new DataPropertyStatementImpl(entity.getURI(), (String)item, data); 
             links = doVitroNamespaceProp( dps, themeDir, policyToAccess(ids, policy, dps), contextPath );     
         } else {
             log.error("PropertyEditLinks cannot make links for an object of type "+item.getClass().getName());
diff --git a/webapp/web/edit/editDatapropStmtRequestDispatch.jsp b/webapp/web/edit/editDatapropStmtRequestDispatch.jsp
index 6ed5e241d..7576423f2 100644
--- a/webapp/web/edit/editDatapropStmtRequestDispatch.jsp
+++ b/webapp/web/edit/editDatapropStmtRequestDispatch.jsp
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 <%@ page import="org.apache.commons.logging.Log" %>
 <%@ page import="org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory" %>
 
-<%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/core"%>
-
 <%
     //org.apache.commons.logging.Log log = org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory.getLog("edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.jsp.edit.editDatapropStmtRequestDispatch.jsp");
     final Log log = LogFactory.getLog("edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.jsp.edit.editDatapropStmtRequestDispatch.jsp");
@@ -56,8 +54,9 @@
     String predicateUri = vreq.getParameter("predicateUri");
     String formParam    = vreq.getParameter("editForm");
     String command      = vreq.getParameter("cmd");
+    
     String vitroNsProp = vreq.getParameter("vitroNsProp");
-    boolean isVitroNsProp = vitroNsProp != null && vitroNsProp.equals("true") ? true : false;
+    boolean isVitroNsProp = (vitroNsProp != null && vitroNsProp.equals("true")) ? true : false;
 
     if( subjectUri == null || subjectUri.trim().length() == 0 ) {
         log.error("required subjectUri parameter missing");
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@
     vreq.setAttribute("subjectUriJson", MiscWebUtils.escape(subjectUri));
     vreq.setAttribute("predicateUri", predicateUri);
     vreq.setAttribute("predicateUriJson", MiscWebUtils.escape(predicateUri));
-    vreq.setAttribute("vitroNsProp", vitroNsProp);
+    //vreq.setAttribute("vitroNsProp", vitroNsProp);
  
     WebappDaoFactory wdf = vreq.getWebappDaoFactory();
 
diff --git a/webapp/web/edit/forms/datapropStmtDelete.jsp b/webapp/web/edit/forms/datapropStmtDelete.jsp
index 031cd903b..de990bf3e 100644
--- a/webapp/web/edit/forms/datapropStmtDelete.jsp
+++ b/webapp/web/edit/forms/datapropStmtDelete.jsp
@@ -51,13 +51,13 @@
     if( subject == null ) throw new Error("could not find subject " + subjectUri);
     request.setAttribute("subjectName",subject.getName());
 
-    String dataValue=null;
-    // DataPropertyStatement dps=EditConfiguration.findDataPropertyStatementViaHashcode(subject,predicateUri,dataHash);    
-    //DataPropertyStatement dps= RdfLiteralHash.getDataPropertyStmtByHash(subject,dataHash);
-    
-    Model model = (Model)application.getAttribute("jenaOntModel");
     String vitroNsProp  = vreq.getParameter("vitroNsProp");
     boolean isVitroNsProp = vitroNsProp != null && vitroNsProp.equals("true") ? true : false;
+            
+    String dataValue=null;
+    
+    Model model = (Model)application.getAttribute("jenaOntModel");
+
     DataPropertyStatement dps = RdfLiteralHash.getPropertyStmtByHash(subject, dataHash, model, isVitroNsProp);
     
     if( log.isDebugEnabled() ){
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
                 <input type="hidden" name="datapropKey"  value="${param.datapropKey}"/>
                 <input type="hidden" name="y"            value="1"/>
                 <input type="hidden" name="cmd"          value="delete"/>
+                <input type="hidden" name="vitroNsProp"  value="<%= vitroNsProp %>" />
                 <v:input type="submit" id="submit" value="Delete" cancel="${param.subjectUri}" />
             </form>
             <jsp:include page="${postForm}"/>
diff --git a/webapp/web/edit/forms/defaultVitroNsPropForm.jsp b/webapp/web/edit/forms/defaultVitroNsPropForm.jsp
index fe485c3ce..33ff5be6e 100644
--- a/webapp/web/edit/forms/defaultVitroNsPropForm.jsp
+++ b/webapp/web/edit/forms/defaultVitroNsPropForm.jsp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 <%@ page import="edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.WebappDaoFactory"%>
 <%@ page import="edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.VitroRequest"%>
 <%@ page import="edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.DataPropertyStatement" %>
+<%@page import="edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.web.MiscWebUtils"%>
 
 <%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/core"%>
 <%@ taglib prefix="fn" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/functions"%>
@@ -55,8 +56,7 @@
     ?subject <${predicate}> ?${propertyName} .
 </v:jsonset>
 
-<%-- RY This will be the default, but base it on propertyName --%>
-<c:set var="rangeDatatypeUri" value="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string" />
+
 
 <%-- RY Add other validation cases here.  --%>
 <c:choose>
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
          "literalOptions"   : [ ],
          "predicateUri"     : "",
          "objectClassUri"   : "",
-         "rangeDatatypeUri" : "${rangeDatatypeUri}",
+         "rangeDatatypeUri" : "",
          "rangeLang"        : "",
          "assertions"       : [ "${dataAssertion}" ]
       }
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@
 <h2>${title}</h2>
 <form action="<c:url value="/edit/processDatapropRdfForm.jsp"/>" >
     <v:input type="text" id="${propertyName}" size="30" />
+    <input type="hidden" name="vitroNsProp" value="true" />
     <p class="submit"><v:input type="submit" id="submit" value="${submitLabel}" cancel="${param.subjectUri}"/></p>
 </form>
 
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@
             <input type="hidden" name="predicateUri" value="${param.predicateUri}"/>
             <input type="hidden" name="datapropKey"  value="${param.datapropKey}"/>                
             <input type="hidden" name="cmd"          value="delete"/>
+            <input type="hidden" name="vitroNsProp" value="true" />
             <v:input type="submit" id="delete" value="Delete" cancel="" />
      </form>
 </c:if>