diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/ReorderController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/ReorderController.java
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+/* $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ */
+
+package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.edit;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+
+import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpStatus;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.DataProperty;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.DataPropertyStatement;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.DataPropertyStatementImpl;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.VitroRequest;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.DataPropertyDao;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.DataPropertyStatementDao;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.WebappDaoFactory;
+
+/**
+ * This controller receives Ajax requests for reordering a list of individuals. 
+ * Parameters:
+ * predicate: the data property used for ranking
+ * individuals: an ordered list of individuals to be ranked
+ * @author rjy7
+ *
+ */
+public class ReorderController extends PrimitiveRdfEdit {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(ReorderController.class);
+
+    private static String RANK_PREDICATE_PARAMETER_NAME = "predicate";
+    private static String INDIVIDUAL_PREDICATE_PARAMETER_NAME = "individuals";
+    
+    protected void processRequest(VitroRequest vreq, HttpServletResponse response) {
+
+        //String templateName = "autocompleteResults.ftl";
+        //Map<String, Object> map = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+        //Configuration config = getConfig(vreq);
+        //PortalFlag portalFlag = vreq.getPortalFlag();
+
+        String errorMsg = null;
+        String rankPredicate = vreq.getParameter(RANK_PREDICATE_PARAMETER_NAME);
+        if (rankPredicate == null) {
+            errorMsg = "No rank parameter specified";
+            log.error(errorMsg);
+            doError(response, errorMsg, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST );
+            return;
+        }
+        
+        String[] individualUris = vreq.getParameterValues(INDIVIDUAL_PREDICATE_PARAMETER_NAME);
+        if (individualUris == null || individualUris.length == 0) {
+            errorMsg = "No individuals specified";
+            log.error(errorMsg);
+            doError(response, errorMsg, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);  
+            return;
+        }
+
+        WebappDaoFactory wadf = vreq.getWebappDaoFactory();        
+        if( vreq.getWebappDaoFactory() == null) {
+            errorMsg = "No WebappDaoFactory available";
+            log.error(errorMsg);
+            doError(response, errorMsg, HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
+            return;
+        }  
+
+        DataPropertyStatementDao dpsDao = wadf.getDataPropertyStatementDao();  
+        if( dpsDao == null) {
+            errorMsg = "No DataPropertyStatementDao available";
+            log.error(errorMsg);
+            doError(response, errorMsg, HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
+            return;
+        }  
+        
+        DataPropertyDao dpDao = wadf.getDataPropertyDao();  
+        if( dpDao == null) {
+            errorMsg = "No DataPropertyDao available";
+            log.error(errorMsg);
+            doError(response, errorMsg, HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
+            return;
+        }  
+
+        //check permissions     
+        //TODO: (bdc34)This is not yet implemented, must check the IDs against the policies for permissons before doing an edit!
+        // rjy7 This should be inherited from the superclass
+        boolean hasPermission = true;        
+        if( !hasPermission ){
+            //if not okay, send error message
+            doError(response,"Insufficent permissions", HttpStatus.SC_UNAUTHORIZED);
+            return;
+        }
+        
+        DataProperty dprop = dpDao.getDataPropertyByURI(rankPredicate);
+        String rangeDatatype = dprop.getRangeDatatypeURI();
+        
+        // This may not be the most efficient way. Should we instead build up a Model of retractions and additions, so
+        // we only hit the database once?
+        int counter = 1;
+        for (String individualUri : individualUris) {           
+            // Retract all existing rank statements for this individual
+            dpsDao.deleteDataPropertyStatementsForIndividualByDataProperty(individualUri, rankPredicate);
+        
+            // Then add the new rank statement for this individuals
+            DataPropertyStatement dps = new DataPropertyStatementImpl(individualUri, rankPredicate, String.valueOf(counter));
+            dps.setDatatypeURI(rangeDatatype);
+            dpsDao.insertNewDataPropertyStatement(dps);
+            
+            counter++;
+        }
+        
+        response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK);
+        
+    }
+    
+    protected void doError(HttpServletResponse response, String errorMsg, int httpstatus) {
+        super.doError(response, "Error: " + errorMsg, httpstatus);
+    }
+    
+}