diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/ApplicationDao.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/ApplicationDao.java
index 03a3db19e..6ccd29b4f 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/ApplicationDao.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/ApplicationDao.java
@@ -2,10 +2,14 @@
 
 package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao;
 
+import java.util.List;
+
 public interface ApplicationDao {
 
 	public boolean isFlag1Active();
 	
 	public boolean isFlag2Active();
 	
+	public List<String> getExternallyLinkedNamespaces();
+	
 }
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/VitroVocabulary.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/VitroVocabulary.java
index 50e9b33fb..4cb54fc51 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/VitroVocabulary.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/VitroVocabulary.java
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ public class VitroVocabulary {
     
     // an OWL DL-compatible surrogate for rdf:value for use with boxing idiom
     public static final String value = vitroURI + "value";
+    
+    public static final String DISPLAY = "http://vitro.mannlib.cornell.edu/ontologies/display/1.1#";
 
     // properties found on the beans
 
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/ApplicationDaoJena.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/ApplicationDaoJena.java
index 8b2a018f0..8ceac577d 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/ApplicationDaoJena.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/ApplicationDaoJena.java
@@ -2,19 +2,23 @@
 
 package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.jena;
 
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import com.hp.hpl.jena.ontology.OntModel;
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Literal;
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.NodeIterator;
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Property;
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.RDFNode;
 
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.Portal;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.ApplicationDao;
-import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.WebappDaoFactory;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.VitroVocabulary;
 
 public class ApplicationDaoJena extends JenaBaseDao implements ApplicationDao {
 
 	Integer portalCount = null;
+	List<String> externallyLinkedNamespaces = null;
 	
     public ApplicationDaoJena(WebappDaoFactoryJena wadf) {
         super(wadf);
@@ -39,4 +43,22 @@ public class ApplicationDaoJena extends JenaBaseDao implements ApplicationDao {
 		return (getFlag2ValueMap().isEmpty()) ? false : true;
 	}
 
+
+    public List<String> getExternallyLinkedNamespaces() {
+        if (externallyLinkedNamespaces == null) {            
+            externallyLinkedNamespaces = new ArrayList<String>();
+            OntModel ontModel = getOntModelSelector().getDisplayModel();
+            Property linkedNamespaceProp = ontModel.getProperty(VitroVocabulary.DISPLAY + "linkedNamespace");
+            NodeIterator nodes = ontModel.listObjectsOfProperty(linkedNamespaceProp);
+            while (nodes.hasNext()) {
+                RDFNode node = nodes.next();
+                if (node.isLiteral()) {
+                    String namespace = ((Literal)node).getLexicalForm();
+                    externallyLinkedNamespaces.add(namespace);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return externallyLinkedNamespaces;
+    }
+    
 }
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/OntModelSelector.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/OntModelSelector.java
index c58aafe09..e5aa2f68b 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/OntModelSelector.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/OntModelSelector.java
@@ -42,4 +42,6 @@ public interface OntModelSelector {
 	 */
 	public OntModel getTBoxModel(String ontologyURI);
 	
+	public OntModel getDisplayModel();
+	
 }
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/filters/URLRewritingHttpServletResponse.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/filters/URLRewritingHttpServletResponse.java
index 08965269d..1b5a85185 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/filters/URLRewritingHttpServletResponse.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/filters/URLRewritingHttpServletResponse.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.openrdf.model.URI;
 import org.openrdf.model.impl.URIImpl;
 
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.Portal;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.ApplicationDao;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.WebappDaoFactory;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.utils.NamespaceMapper;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.utils.NamespaceMapperFactory;
@@ -152,11 +153,12 @@ public class URLRewritingHttpServletResponse implements HttpServletResponse {
 						NamespaceMapper nsMap = NamespaceMapperFactory.getNamespaceMapper(_context);
 						try {
 							URI uri = new URIImpl(keyAndValue[1]);
-							if ( (uri.getNamespace() != null) && (uri.getLocalName() != null) ) { 
-								String prefix = nsMap.getPrefixForNamespace(uri.getNamespace());
-								String localName = uri.getLocalName();
+							String namespace = uri.getNamespace();
+							String localName = uri.getLocalName();
+							if ( (namespace != null) && (localName != null) ) { 
+								String prefix = nsMap.getPrefixForNamespace(namespace);
 								if (wadf.getDefaultNamespace().
-										equals(uri.getNamespace())
+										equals(namespace)
 										&& prefix == null) {
 									// make a URI that matches the URI
 									// of the resource to support
@@ -164,6 +166,21 @@ public class URLRewritingHttpServletResponse implements HttpServletResponse {
 									url.pathParts.add(localName);
 									// remove the ugly uri parameter
 									indexToRemove = qpIndex;
+								} else if (isExternallyLinkedNamespace(namespace)) {
+								    namespace = removeFinalSlash(namespace);
+								    log.debug("Found externally linked namespace " + namespace);
+								    // Use the externally linked namespace in the url
+								    url.pathParts = new ArrayList<String>();								    
+								    url.pathParts.add(namespace);
+								    url.pathParts.add(localName);
+								    // remove the ugly uri parameter
+								    indexToRemove = qpIndex;
+								    // remove protocol, host, and port, since the external namespace
+								    // includes these elements
+								    url.protocol = null;
+								    url.host = null;
+								    url.port = null;
+								    url.pathBeginsWithSlash = false;
 								} else if (prefix != null) {
 									// add the pretty path parts
 									url.pathParts.add(prefix);
@@ -449,9 +466,17 @@ public class URLRewritingHttpServletResponse implements HttpServletResponse {
 				str = StringEscapeUtils.escapeXml(str);
 			}
 			return str;
-		}
-		
+		}		
 	}
 	
+	private boolean isExternallyLinkedNamespace(String namespace) {
+	    namespace = removeFinalSlash(namespace);
+	    List<String> externallyLinkedNamespaces = wadf.getApplicationDao().getExternallyLinkedNamespaces();
+	    return externallyLinkedNamespaces.contains(namespace);
+	}
+	
+	private String removeFinalSlash(String str) {
+	    return str.replaceAll("/$", "");
+	}
 	
 }