diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/policy/CuratorEditingPolicy.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/policy/CuratorEditingPolicy.java
index fd87c7861..5582b9528 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/policy/CuratorEditingPolicy.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/policy/CuratorEditingPolicy.java
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ public class CuratorEditingPolicy implements VisitingPolicyIface {
             this.editableVitroUris = new HashSet<String>();
             this.editableVitroUris.add(VitroVocabulary.MONIKER);
             this.editableVitroUris.add(VitroVocabulary.BLURB);
+            this.editableVitroUris.add(VitroVocabulary.DESCRIPTION);               
             this.editableVitroUris.add(VitroVocabulary.MODTIME);
             this.editableVitroUris.add(VitroVocabulary.TIMEKEY);
 
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/policy/DbAdminEditingPolicy.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/policy/DbAdminEditingPolicy.java
index b153e96ca..e41113e94 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/policy/DbAdminEditingPolicy.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/policy/DbAdminEditingPolicy.java
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ public class DbAdminEditingPolicy implements VisitingPolicyIface {
             this.editableVitroUris = new HashSet<String>();
             this.editableVitroUris.add(VitroVocabulary.MONIKER);
             this.editableVitroUris.add(VitroVocabulary.BLURB);
+            this.editableVitroUris.add(VitroVocabulary.DESCRIPTION);            
             this.editableVitroUris.add(VitroVocabulary.MODTIME);
             this.editableVitroUris.add(VitroVocabulary.TIMEKEY);
 
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/policy/EditorEditingPolicy.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/policy/EditorEditingPolicy.java
index 6b33120cf..2026dc172 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/policy/EditorEditingPolicy.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/policy/EditorEditingPolicy.java
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ public class EditorEditingPolicy implements VisitingPolicyIface{
             this.editableVitroUris = new HashSet<String>();
             this.editableVitroUris.add(VitroVocabulary.MONIKER);
             this.editableVitroUris.add(VitroVocabulary.BLURB);
+            this.editableVitroUris.add(VitroVocabulary.DESCRIPTION);               
             this.editableVitroUris.add(VitroVocabulary.MODTIME);
             this.editableVitroUris.add(VitroVocabulary.TIMEKEY);
 
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/policy/SelfEditingPolicy.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/policy/SelfEditingPolicy.java
index 79c9e00f8..3b48305e0 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/policy/SelfEditingPolicy.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/policy/SelfEditingPolicy.java
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ public class SelfEditingPolicy implements VisitingPolicyIface {
             this.editableVitroUris = new HashSet<String>();
             this.editableVitroUris.add(VitroVocabulary.MONIKER);
             this.editableVitroUris.add(VitroVocabulary.BLURB);
+            this.editableVitroUris.add(VitroVocabulary.DESCRIPTION);               
             this.editableVitroUris.add(VitroVocabulary.MODTIME);
             this.editableVitroUris.add(VitroVocabulary.TIMEKEY);
 
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 b14a80ca4..00ebe520f 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
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ public class PropertyEditLinks extends TagSupport{
                 DataPropertyStatement dps = (DataPropertyStatement) new DataPropertyStatementImpl(subjectUri, (String)item, data); 
                 links = doVitroNamespacePropStmt( dps, entity, themeDir, policyToAccess(ids, policy, dps), contextPath );           
             } else {    // link to add a new value
-
                 links = doVitroNsProp( subjectUri, (String)item, themeDir, policyToAccess(ids, policy, subjectUri, (String)item), contextPath ) ;
             }
         } else {