diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vedit/controller/BaseEditController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vedit/controller/BaseEditController.java
index 01b707451..710ef186c 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vedit/controller/BaseEditController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vedit/controller/BaseEditController.java
@@ -2,13 +2,19 @@
 
 package edu.cornell.mannlib.vedit.controller;
 
+import java.text.Collator;
 import java.text.DateFormat;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Calendar;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.ListIterator;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Random;
 
@@ -21,6 +27,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import com.hp.hpl.jena.ontology.OntModel;
 
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vedit.beans.EditProcessObject;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vedit.beans.Option;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vedit.util.FormUtils;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.Controllers;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.VitroHttpServlet;
@@ -155,6 +162,41 @@ public class BaseEditController extends VitroHttpServlet {
         }
     }
     
+    public List<Option> getSortedList(HashMap<String,Option> hashMap, List<Option> optionList, VitroRequest vreq){
+        
+        class ListComparator implements Comparator<String>{
+            
+            Collator collator;
+            
+            public ListComparator(Collator collator) {
+                this.collator = collator;
+            }
+            
+            @Override
+            public int compare(String str1, String str2) {
+                return collator.compare(str1, str2);
+            }
+            
+        }
+
+       List<String> bodyVal = new ArrayList<String>();
+       List<Option> options = new ArrayList<Option>();
+       Iterator<Option> itr = optionList.iterator();
+        while(itr.hasNext()){
+            Option option = itr.next();
+            hashMap.put(option.getBody(),option);
+           bodyVal.add(option.getBody());
+        }
+        
+                
+       Collections.sort(bodyVal, new ListComparator(vreq.getCollator()));
+       ListIterator<String> itrStr = bodyVal.listIterator();
+       while(itrStr.hasNext()){
+           options.add(hashMap.get(itrStr.next()));
+       }
+       return options;
+   }
+    
     protected WebappDaoFactory getWebappDaoFactory() {
     	return ModelAccess.on(getServletContext()).getBaseWebappDaoFactory();
     }
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/BaseResourceBean.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/BaseResourceBean.java
index 271fbfbd1..58d51f031 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/BaseResourceBean.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/BaseResourceBean.java
@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ public class BaseResourceBean implements ResourceBean {
             this.URI = namespace + localName;
         }
     }
+    
+    public String getLabel() {
+        return getLocalName();
+    }
 
     public String getLocalName() {
         if( localName == null && this.URI != null)
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/DataProperty.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/DataProperty.java
index e9cef5a79..762e39ae0 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/DataProperty.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/DataProperty.java
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import java.util.LinkedList;
  * @author bjl23
  *
  */
-public class DataProperty extends Property implements Comparable<DataProperty> {
+public class DataProperty extends Property implements Comparable<DataProperty>, ResourceBean {
 
     private String name = null;
     private String publicName = null;
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ public class DataProperty extends Property implements Comparable<DataProperty> {
     public void setPublicName(String publicName) {
         this.publicName = publicName;
     }
+    
+    public String getLabel() {
+        return getPublicName();
+    }
 
     public String getDomainClassURI() {
         return domainClassURI;
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/ObjectProperty.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/ObjectProperty.java
index 61a195f12..1c4e8a9b1 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/ObjectProperty.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/ObjectProperty.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import com.hp.hpl.jena.datatypes.xsd.XSDDatatype;
  * a class representing an object property
  *
  */
-public class ObjectProperty extends Property implements Comparable<ObjectProperty>
+public class ObjectProperty extends Property implements Comparable<ObjectProperty>, ResourceBean
 {
 	private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(ObjectProperty.class.getName());
 	
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ public class ObjectProperty extends Property implements Comparable<ObjectPropert
         this.domainEntityURI = domainEntityURI;
     }
 
+    public String getLabel() {
+        return getDomainPublic();
+    }
+    
     public String getDomainPublic() {
         return domainPublic;
     }
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/Property.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/Property.java
index 3eac69b34..c699e823a 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/Property.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/Property.java
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import java.util.Comparator;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
-public class Property extends BaseResourceBean {
+public class Property extends BaseResourceBean implements ResourceBean {
     
     private static Log log = LogFactory.getLog( Property.class );
 
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/ResourceBean.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/ResourceBean.java
index 9238daf81..fe1b1c072 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/ResourceBean.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/ResourceBean.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.BaseResourceBean.RoleLevel;
  * Time: 3:41:23 PM
  */
 public interface ResourceBean {
+    
     String getURI();
     
     boolean isAnonymous();
@@ -24,28 +25,20 @@ public interface ResourceBean {
 
     void setLocalName(String localName);
     
+    String getLabel();
+    
     public RoleLevel getHiddenFromDisplayBelowRoleLevel() ;
     
     public void setHiddenFromDisplayBelowRoleLevel(RoleLevel eR) ;
     
     public void setHiddenFromDisplayBelowRoleLevelUsingRoleUri(String roleUri) ;
-    /*
-    public RoleLevel getProhibitedFromCreateBelowRoleLevel() ;
-    
-    public void setProhibitedFromCreateBelowRoleLevel(RoleLevel eR) ;
-    
-    public void setProhibitedFromCreateBelowRoleLevelUsingRoleUri(String roleUri) ;
-    */
+
     public RoleLevel getProhibitedFromUpdateBelowRoleLevel() ;
     
     public void setProhibitedFromUpdateBelowRoleLevel(RoleLevel eR) ;
     
     public void setProhibitedFromUpdateBelowRoleLevelUsingRoleUri(String roleUri) ;
-    /*
-    public RoleLevel getProhibitedFromDeleteBelowRoleLevel() ;
+  
+    public String getPickListName();
     
-    public void setProhibitedFromDeleteBelowRoleLevel(RoleLevel eR) ;
-    
-    public void setProhibitedFromDeleteBelowRoleLevelUsingRoleUri(String roleUri) ;
-    */
 }
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/VitroHttpServlet.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/VitroHttpServlet.java
index df1e29eee..dcc80a040 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/VitroHttpServlet.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/VitroHttpServlet.java
@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@ package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.URLEncoder;
+import java.text.Collator;
 import java.text.DateFormat;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -27,7 +30,9 @@ import edu.cornell.mannlib.vedit.beans.LoginStatusBean;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.policy.PolicyHelper;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.requestedAction.Actions;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.requestedAction.ifaces.RequestedAction;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.BaseResourceBean;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.DisplayMessage;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.ResourceBean;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.authenticate.LogoutRedirector;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.UrlBuilder;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.i18n.I18n;
@@ -186,6 +191,25 @@ public class VitroHttpServlet extends HttpServlet {
 		return request.getContextPath() + Controllers.AUTHENTICATE
 				+ "?afterLogin=" + encodedAfterLoginUrl;
 	}
+	
+	protected void sortForPickList(List<? extends ResourceBean> beans, 
+	        VitroRequest vreq) {
+	    Collections.sort(beans, new PickListSorter(vreq));
+	}
+	
+	protected class PickListSorter implements Comparator<ResourceBean> {
+	    
+	    Collator collator;
+	    
+	    public PickListSorter(VitroRequest vreq) {
+	        this.collator = vreq.getCollator();
+	    }
+	    
+	    public int compare(ResourceBean b1, ResourceBean b2) {
+	        return collator.compare(b1.getPickListName(), b2.getPickListName());
+	    }
+	    
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * If logging on the subclass is set to the TRACE level, dump the HTTP
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/VitroRequest.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/VitroRequest.java
index 0eeeed0a0..3a6b34c16 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/VitroRequest.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/VitroRequest.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller;
 
 
+import java.text.Collator;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
@@ -213,7 +214,15 @@ public class VitroRequest extends HttpServletRequestWrapper {
             
 	public OntModel getLanguageNeutralUnionFullModel() {
 		return (OntModel) getAttribute("languageNeutralUnionFullModel");
-	}                
+	}           
+	
+	public void setCollator(Collator collator) {
+	    setAttribute("collator", collator);
+	}
+	
+	public Collator getCollator() {
+	    return (Collator) getAttribute("collator");
+	}
 	
     
 }
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/IndividualTypeRetryController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/IndividualTypeRetryController.java
index 6818776e1..87871336e 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/IndividualTypeRetryController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/IndividualTypeRetryController.java
@@ -64,11 +64,12 @@ public class IndividualTypeRetryController extends BaseEditController {
         request.setAttribute("individual", ind);
         
 		List<VClass> allVClasses = vcDao.getAllVclasses();
+	    sortForPickList(allVClasses, vreq);
 		Set<String> allClassURISet = new HashSet<String>();
 		Map<String,String> classNameMap = new HashMap<String,String>();
 		for (Iterator allClassIt = allVClasses.iterator(); allClassIt.hasNext(); ) {
 			VClass vc = (VClass) allClassIt.next();
-			classNameMap.put(vc.getURI(),vc.getLocalNameWithPrefix());
+			classNameMap.put(vc.getURI(),vc.getPickListName());
 			allClassURISet.add(vc.getURI());
 		}
 
@@ -98,7 +99,6 @@ public class IndividualTypeRetryController extends BaseEditController {
 			typeOptionList.add(opt);
 		}
 		
-		Collections.sort(typeOptionList,new OptionCollator());
 		optionMap.put("types",typeOptionList);
 		
 	       RequestDispatcher rd = request.getRequestDispatcher(Controllers.BASIC_JSP);
@@ -124,23 +124,4 @@ public class IndividualTypeRetryController extends BaseEditController {
 		// shouldn't be posting to this controller
 	}	
 	
-	static class OptionCollator implements Comparator<Option> {
-	    public int compare (Option o1, Option o2) {
-//	        Collator collator = Collator.getInstance(); 	       
-	        return getLocalName ( o1.getBody().toString() )
-	                .compareTo( 
-	                        getLocalName ( o2.getBody().toString() ) );	        	        
-	    }
-	    
-	    private String getLocalName( String in ){
-	        if( in == null )
-	            return "";
-	        int i = in.indexOf(':');
-	        if( i >= 0 )
-	            return in.substring( i );
-	        else
-	            return in;	    
-	    }
-	}
-	
 }
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/ObjectPropertyStatementRetryController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/ObjectPropertyStatementRetryController.java
index b0f3eafc4..59985667b 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/ObjectPropertyStatementRetryController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/ObjectPropertyStatementRetryController.java
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ public class ObjectPropertyStatementRetryController extends BaseEditController {
         }
         List<Individual> indList = new LinkedList();
         indList.addAll(possIndSet);
-        Collections.sort(indList, new IndComparator());
+        sortForPickList(indList, vreq);
         List objectEntOptionList = new LinkedList();
         Iterator<Individual> indIt = indList.iterator();
         while (indIt.hasNext()) {
@@ -168,12 +168,4 @@ public class ObjectPropertyStatementRetryController extends BaseEditController {
         doPost(request, response);
     }
 
-    private class IndComparator implements Comparator {
-        public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
-            Collator collator = Collator.getInstance();
-            return collator.compare(((Individual)o1).getName() , ((Individual)o2).getName());
-        }
-    }
-
-
 }
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/Properties2PropertiesRetryController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/Properties2PropertiesRetryController.java
index c6232c3ea..1700983ae 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/Properties2PropertiesRetryController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/Properties2PropertiesRetryController.java
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ public class Properties2PropertiesRetryController extends BaseEditController {
          String subpropertyURIstr = request.getParameter("SubpropertyURI");
        
         HashMap<String,Option> hashMap = new HashMap<String,Option>();
-        List<Option> optionList = FormUtils.makeOptionListFromBeans(propList,"URI","LocalNameWithPrefix",superpropertyURIstr,null);
-        List<Option> superPropertyOptions = getSortedList(hashMap,optionList);
-        optionList = FormUtils.makeOptionListFromBeans(propList,"URI","LocalNameWithPrefix",subpropertyURIstr,null);
-        List<Option> subPropertyOptions = getSortedList(hashMap, optionList);
+        List<Option> optionList = FormUtils.makeOptionListFromBeans(propList,"URI","PickListName",superpropertyURIstr,null);
+        List<Option> superPropertyOptions = getSortedList(hashMap, optionList, request);
+        optionList = FormUtils.makeOptionListFromBeans(propList,"URI","PickListName",subpropertyURIstr,null);
+        List<Option> subPropertyOptions = getSortedList(hashMap, optionList, request);
         
         HashMap hash = new HashMap();
     	hash.put("SuperpropertyURI", superPropertyOptions);
@@ -105,34 +105,4 @@ public class Properties2PropertiesRetryController extends BaseEditController {
 
     }
     
-    public List<Option> getSortedList(HashMap<String,Option> hashMap, List<Option> optionList){
-    	
-    	 class ListComparator implements Comparator<String>{
- 			@Override
- 			public int compare(String str1, String str2) {
- 				// TODO Auto-generated method stub
- 				Collator collator = Collator.getInstance();
- 				return collator.compare(str1, str2);
- 			}
-         	
-         }
-
-    	List<String> bodyVal = new ArrayList<String>();
-    	List<Option> options = new ArrayList<Option>();
-    	Iterator<Option> itr = optionList.iterator();
-    	 while(itr.hasNext()){
-         	Option option = itr.next();
-         	hashMap.put(option.getBody(),option);
-            bodyVal.add(option.getBody());
-         }
-         
-                 
-        Collections.sort(bodyVal, new ListComparator());
-        ListIterator<String> itrStr = bodyVal.listIterator();
-        while(itrStr.hasNext()){
-        	options.add(hashMap.get(itrStr.next()));
-        }
-        return options;
-    }
-    
 }
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/PropertyRetryController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/PropertyRetryController.java
index 0c8781180..580a8c861 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/PropertyRetryController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/PropertyRetryController.java
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ public class PropertyRetryController extends BaseEditController {
 
         List groupOptList = FormUtils.makeOptionListFromBeans(request.getUnfilteredWebappDaoFactory().getPropertyGroupDao().getPublicGroups(true),"URI","Name", ((propertyForEditing.getGroupURI()==null) ? "" : propertyForEditing.getGroupURI()), null, (propertyForEditing.getGroupURI()!=null));
         HashMap<String,Option> hashMap = new HashMap<String,Option>();
-        groupOptList = getSortedList(hashMap,groupOptList);
+        groupOptList = getSortedList(hashMap,groupOptList,request);
         groupOptList.add(0,new Option("","none"));
         optionMap.put("GroupURI", groupOptList);
         
@@ -241,24 +241,10 @@ public class PropertyRetryController extends BaseEditController {
         List<Option> parentIdList = FormUtils.makeOptionListFromBeans(
                 objPropList,"URI","PickListName",propertyForEditing.getParentURI(),null);
         HashMap<String,Option> hashMap = new HashMap<String,Option>();
-        parentIdList = getSortedList(hashMap,parentIdList);
+        parentIdList = getSortedList(hashMap,parentIdList,request);
         parentIdList.add(0,new Option("-1","none (root property)", false));
         optionMap.put("ParentURI", parentIdList);
         
-        /*
-        List<DataProperty> dpList = dpDao.getAllDataProperties();
-        Collections.sort(dpList);
-        List<Option> objectIndividualSortPropertyList = 
-                FormUtils.makeOptionListFromBeans(
-                        dpList, "URI", "Name", 
-                        propertyForEditing.getObjectIndividualSortPropertyURI(),
-                        null);
-        objectIndividualSortPropertyList.add(0, new Option(
-                "","- name (rdfs:label) -"));
-        optionMap.put("ObjectIndividualSortPropertyURI", 
-                objectIndividualSortPropertyList);
-        */
-        
         List<Option> domainOptionList = FormUtils.makeVClassOptionList(
                 request.getUnfilteredWebappDaoFactory(), 
                         propertyForEditing.getDomainVClassURI());
@@ -266,7 +252,7 @@ public class PropertyRetryController extends BaseEditController {
                 && propertyForEditing.getDomainVClass().isAnonymous()) {
             domainOptionList.add(0, new Option(
                     propertyForEditing.getDomainVClass().getURI(), 
-                    propertyForEditing.getDomainVClass().getName(), 
+                    propertyForEditing.getDomainVClass().getPickListName(), 
                     true));
         }
         domainOptionList.add(0, new Option("","(none specified)"));
@@ -279,7 +265,7 @@ public class PropertyRetryController extends BaseEditController {
                 && propertyForEditing.getRangeVClass().isAnonymous()) {
             rangeOptionList.add(0, new Option(
                     propertyForEditing.getRangeVClass().getURI(), 
-                    propertyForEditing.getRangeVClass().getName(), 
+                    propertyForEditing.getRangeVClass().getPickListName(), 
                     true));
         }
         rangeOptionList.add(0, new Option("","(none specified)"));
@@ -316,33 +302,5 @@ public class PropertyRetryController extends BaseEditController {
         }
     }
     
-    public List<Option> getSortedList(HashMap<String,Option> hashMap, List<Option> optionList){
-        
-           class ListComparator implements Comparator<String>{
-               @Override
-               public int compare(String str1, String str2) {
-                   // TODO Auto-generated method stub
-                   Collator collator = Collator.getInstance();
-                   return collator.compare(str1, str2);
-               }
-               
-           }
 
-          List<String> bodyVal = new ArrayList<String>();
-          List<Option> options = new ArrayList<Option>();
-          Iterator<Option> itr = optionList.iterator();
-           while(itr.hasNext()){
-               Option option = itr.next();
-               hashMap.put(option.getBody(),option);
-              bodyVal.add(option.getBody());
-           }
-           
-                   
-          Collections.sort(bodyVal, new ListComparator());
-          ListIterator<String> itrStr = bodyVal.listIterator();
-          while(itrStr.hasNext()){
-              options.add(hashMap.get(itrStr.next()));
-          }
-          return options;
-      }
 }
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/RefactorRetryController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/RefactorRetryController.java
index a13b86099..e4859f349 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/RefactorRetryController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/RefactorRetryController.java
@@ -63,14 +63,14 @@ public class RefactorRetryController extends BaseEditController {
 		if (epo.getAttribute("propertyType").equals("ObjectProperty"))  {
 			List<ObjectProperty> opList = request.getUnfilteredWebappDaoFactory().getObjectPropertyDao().getAllObjectProperties();
 			Collections.sort(opList);
-			newPropertyOpts = FormUtils.makeOptionListFromBeans(opList,"URI","LocalNameWithPrefix", null, null);
+			newPropertyOpts = FormUtils.makeOptionListFromBeans(opList,"URI","PickListName", null, null);
 		} else {
 			List<DataProperty> dpList = request.getUnfilteredWebappDaoFactory().getDataPropertyDao().getAllDataProperties();
 			Collections.sort(dpList);
-			newPropertyOpts = FormUtils.makeOptionListFromBeans(dpList,"URI","Name", null, null);
+			newPropertyOpts = FormUtils.makeOptionListFromBeans(dpList,"URI","PickListName", null, null);
 		}
 		HashMap<String,Option> hashMap = new HashMap<String,Option>();
-        newPropertyOpts = getSortedList(hashMap,newPropertyOpts);
+        newPropertyOpts = getSortedList(hashMap,newPropertyOpts,request);
 		newPropertyOpts.add(new Option("","(move to trash)"));
 		optMap.put("NewPropertyURI", newPropertyOpts);				
 		
@@ -137,34 +137,6 @@ public class RefactorRetryController extends BaseEditController {
 	    
 	}
 	
-	public List<Option> getSortedList(HashMap<String,Option> hashMap, List<Option> optionList){
-    	
-     	 class ListComparator implements Comparator<String>{
-  			@Override
-  			public int compare(String str1, String str2) {
-  				// TODO Auto-generated method stub
-  				Collator collator = Collator.getInstance();
-  				return collator.compare(str1, str2);
-  			}
-          	
-          }
-
-     	List<String> bodyVal = new ArrayList<String>();
-     	List<Option> options = new ArrayList<Option>();
-     	Iterator<Option> itr = optionList.iterator();
-     	 while(itr.hasNext()){
-          	Option option = itr.next();
-          	hashMap.put(option.getBody(),option);
-             bodyVal.add(option.getBody());
-          }
-          
-                  
-         Collections.sort(bodyVal, new ListComparator());
-         ListIterator<String> itrStr = bodyVal.listIterator();
-         while(itrStr.hasNext()){
-         	options.add(hashMap.get(itrStr.next()));
-         }
-         return options;
-     }
+	
     
 }
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/RestrictionRetryController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/RestrictionRetryController.java
index a2d20d9f0..e800462b8 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/RestrictionRetryController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/RestrictionRetryController.java
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.edit;
 
 import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -16,7 +15,6 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
 import com.hp.hpl.jena.vocabulary.OWL;
 import com.hp.hpl.jena.vocabulary.RDFS;
-import com.ibm.icu.text.Collator;
 
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vedit.beans.EditProcessObject;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vedit.beans.FormObject;
@@ -25,6 +23,7 @@ import edu.cornell.mannlib.vedit.controller.BaseEditController;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.permissions.SimplePermission;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.Datatype;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.Property;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.ResourceBean;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.VClass;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.Controllers;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.VitroRequest;
@@ -58,12 +57,12 @@ public class RestrictionRetryController extends BaseEditController {
 			// default to object property restriction
 			boolean propertyType = ("data".equals(request.getParameter("propertyType"))) ? DATA : OBJECT ;
 			
-			List<? extends Property> pList = (propertyType == OBJECT) 
+			List<? extends ResourceBean> pList = (propertyType == OBJECT) 
 				? request.getUnfilteredWebappDaoFactory().getObjectPropertyDao().getAllObjectProperties()
 			    : request.getUnfilteredWebappDaoFactory().getDataPropertyDao().getAllDataProperties();
 			List<Option> onPropertyList = new LinkedList<Option>(); 
-			Collections.sort(pList, new PropSorter());
-			for (Property p: pList) {
+			sortForPickList(pList, request);
+			for (ResourceBean p: pList) {
 				onPropertyList.add( new Option(p.getURI(),p.getPickListName()));
 			}
 					
@@ -146,14 +145,5 @@ public class RestrictionRetryController extends BaseEditController {
 		return valueDatatypeOptionList;
 	}
 	
-	private class PropSorter implements Comparator<Property> {
-		
-		public int compare(Property p1, Property p2) {
-			if (p1.getLocalNameWithPrefix() == null) return 1;
-			if (p2.getLocalNameWithPrefix() == null) return -1;
-			return Collator.getInstance().compare(p1.getLocalNameWithPrefix(), p2.getLocalNameWithPrefix());
-		}
-		
-	}
 	
 }
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/listing/DataPropertyHierarchyListingController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/listing/DataPropertyHierarchyListingController.java
index bf9fd98d2..02c5792e5 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/listing/DataPropertyHierarchyListingController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/listing/DataPropertyHierarchyListingController.java
@@ -236,11 +236,5 @@ public class DataPropertyHierarchyListingController extends BaseEditController {
         }
         return colIndex-1;
     }
-
-    private class DataPropertyAlphaComparator implements Comparator {
-        public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
-        	return Collator.getInstance().compare( ((DataProperty)o1).getName(), ((DataProperty)o2).getName());
-        }
-    }
 	
 }
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/listing/DatatypePropertiesListingController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/listing/DatatypePropertiesListingController.java
index 4180058ff..c17c85fbf 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/listing/DatatypePropertiesListingController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/listing/DatatypePropertiesListingController.java
@@ -170,19 +170,4 @@ public class DatatypePropertiesListingController extends BaseEditController {
         }
     }
 
-    /*
-    private class DatatypePropertyAlphaComparator implements Comparator {
-        public int compare (Object o1, Object o2) {
-            Collator collator = Collator.getInstance();
-            DataProperty dp1 = (DataProperty) o1;
-            DataProperty dp2 = (DataProperty) o2;
-            String dp1Str = (dp1.getPublicName()==null) ? dp1.getName() : dp1.getPublicName();
-            dp1Str = (dp1Str == null) ? "" : dp1Str;
-            String dp2Str = (dp2.getPublicName()==null) ? dp2.getName() : dp2.getPublicName();
-            dp2Str = (dp2Str == null) ? "" : dp2Str;
-            return collator.compare(dp1Str,dp2Str);
-        }
-    }
-    */
-
 }
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/listing/ObjectPropertyHierarchyListingController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/listing/ObjectPropertyHierarchyListingController.java
index b3ee4a7cb..8aa60d5eb 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/listing/ObjectPropertyHierarchyListingController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/listing/ObjectPropertyHierarchyListingController.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public class ObjectPropertyHierarchyListingController extends BaseEditController
         } else {
             roots = opDao.getRootObjectProperties();
             if (roots!=null){
-                Collections.sort(roots, new ObjectPropertyAlphaComparator()); // sorts by domain public
+                Collections.sort(roots, new ObjectPropertyAlphaComparator(vrequest.getCollator())); // sorts by domain public
             }
         }
 
@@ -237,6 +237,13 @@ public class ObjectPropertyHierarchyListingController extends BaseEditController
     }
 
     public static class ObjectPropertyAlphaComparator implements Comparator<ObjectProperty> {
+        
+        Collator collator;
+        
+        public ObjectPropertyAlphaComparator(Collator collator) {
+            this.collator = collator;
+        }
+        
         public int compare(ObjectProperty op1, ObjectProperty op2) {
         	if (op1 == null) {
         		return 1;
@@ -250,7 +257,7 @@ public class ObjectPropertyHierarchyListingController extends BaseEditController
         	} else if (propLabel2 == null) {
         		return -1;
         	} else {
-        		return Collator.getInstance().compare( propLabel1, propLabel2 );
+        		return collator.compare( propLabel1, propLabel2 );
         	}
         }
     }
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/listing/PropertyGroupsListingController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/listing/PropertyGroupsListingController.java
index 5e353ef64..f168df4c5 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/listing/PropertyGroupsListingController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/listing/PropertyGroupsListingController.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public class PropertyGroupsListingController extends BaseEditController {
 
         List<PropertyGroup> groups = dao.getPublicGroups(WITH_PROPERTIES);
         
-        Comparator<Property> comparator = new PropertySorter();
+        Comparator<Property> comparator = new PropertySorter(vreq.getCollator());
 
         List<String> results = new ArrayList<String>();
         results.add("XX");
@@ -138,7 +138,11 @@ public class PropertyGroupsListingController extends BaseEditController {
     
     private class PropertySorter implements Comparator<Property> {
     	
-    	private Collator coll = Collator.getInstance();
+        Collator collator;
+        
+        public PropertySorter(Collator collator) {
+            this.collator = collator;
+        }
     	
     	public int compare(Property p1, Property p2) {
     		String name1 = getName(p1);
@@ -150,7 +154,7 @@ public class PropertyGroupsListingController extends BaseEditController {
     		} else if (name1 == null && name2 == null) {
     			return 0;
     		}
-    		return coll.compare(name1, name2);
+    		return collator.compare(name1, name2);
     	}
     	
     	private String getName(Property prop) {
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/listing/PropertyWebappsListingController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/listing/PropertyWebappsListingController.java
index 2424940c9..9eb993bcd 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/listing/PropertyWebappsListingController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/listing/PropertyWebappsListingController.java
@@ -125,7 +125,9 @@ public class PropertyWebappsListingController extends BaseEditController {
         }
 
         if (props != null) {
-        	Collections.sort(props, new ObjectPropertyHierarchyListingController.ObjectPropertyAlphaComparator());
+        	Collections.sort(
+        	        props, new ObjectPropertyHierarchyListingController
+        	                .ObjectPropertyAlphaComparator(vrequest.getCollator()));
         }
 
         ArrayList results = new ArrayList();
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/listing/VClassWebappWithInstancesListingController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/listing/VClassWebappWithInstancesListingController.java
index 074647d99..eecaa4280 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/listing/VClassWebappWithInstancesListingController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/listing/VClassWebappWithInstancesListingController.java
@@ -115,11 +115,4 @@ public class VClassWebappWithInstancesListingController extends BaseEditControll
 
     }
 
-    private class EntityWebappAlphaComparator implements Comparator {
-        public int compare (Object o1, Object o2) {
-            Collator collator = Collator.getInstance();
-            return collator.compare(((ObjectProperty)o1).getLocalName(),((ObjectProperty)o2).getLocalName());
-        }
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ListPropertyGroupsController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ListPropertyGroupsController.java
index 468d57f76..fc9e22edd 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ListPropertyGroupsController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ListPropertyGroupsController.java
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ public class ListPropertyGroupsController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet {
             PropertyGroupDao dao = vreq.getUnfilteredWebappDaoFactory().getPropertyGroupDao();
 
             List<PropertyGroup> groups = dao.getPublicGroups(WITH_PROPERTIES);
-        
-//            Comparator<Property> comparator = new PropertySorter();
+            sortForPickList(groups, vreq);
 
                 String json = new String();
                 int counter = 0;
@@ -124,34 +123,5 @@ public class ListPropertyGroupsController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet {
 
             return new TemplateResponseValues(TEMPLATE_NAME, body);
         }
-
-/*    
-    private class PropertySorter implements Comparator<Property> {
-    	
-    	private Collator coll = Collator.getInstance();
-    	
-    	public int compare(Property p1, Property p2) {
-    		String name1 = getName(p1);
-    		String name2 = getName(p2);
-    		if (name1 == null && name2 != null) {
-    			return 1;
-    		} else if (name2 == null && name1 != null) {
-    			return -1;
-    		} else if (name1 == null && name2 == null) {
-    			return 0;
-    		}
-    		return coll.compare(name1, name2);
-    	}
-    	
-    	private String getName(Property prop) {
-    		if (prop instanceof ObjectProperty) {
-    			return ((ObjectProperty) prop).getDomainPublic();
-    		} else if (prop instanceof DataProperty) {
-    			return ((DataProperty) prop).getName();
-    		} else {
-    			return prop.getLabel();
-    		}
-    	}
-    }
-*/    
+    
 }
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ListPropertyWebappsController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ListPropertyWebappsController.java
index df632a860..7550a1751 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ListPropertyWebappsController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ListPropertyWebappsController.java
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ public class ListPropertyWebappsController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet {
             }
 
             if (props != null) {
-        	    Collections.sort(props, new ShowObjectPropertyHierarchyController.ObjectPropertyAlphaComparator());
+        	    sortForPickList(props, vreq);
             }
 
             String json = new String();
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ShowObjectPropertyHierarchyController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ShowObjectPropertyHierarchyController.java
index b7547cf74..5fb2471f8 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ShowObjectPropertyHierarchyController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ShowObjectPropertyHierarchyController.java
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public class ShowObjectPropertyHierarchyController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet
             } else {
                 roots = opDao.getRootObjectProperties();
                 if (roots!=null){
-                    Collections.sort(roots, new ObjectPropertyAlphaComparator()); // sorts by domain public
+                    Collections.sort(roots, new ObjectPropertyAlphaComparator(vreq)); // sorts by domain public
                 }
             }
 
@@ -254,6 +254,13 @@ public class ShowObjectPropertyHierarchyController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet
     }
 
     public static class ObjectPropertyAlphaComparator implements Comparator<ObjectProperty> {
+        
+        Collator collator;
+        
+        public ObjectPropertyAlphaComparator(VitroRequest vreq) {
+            this.collator = vreq.getCollator();
+        }
+        
         public int compare(ObjectProperty op1, ObjectProperty op2) {
         	if (op1 == null) {
         		return 1;
@@ -267,7 +274,7 @@ public class ShowObjectPropertyHierarchyController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet
         	} else if (propLabel2 == null) {
         		return -1;
         	} else {
-        		return Collator.getInstance().compare( propLabel1, propLabel2 );
+        		return collator.compare( propLabel1, propLabel2 );
         	}
         }
     }
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/jena/JenaIngestController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/jena/JenaIngestController.java
index 4eab56e4a..c898e8806 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/jena/JenaIngestController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/jena/JenaIngestController.java
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ public class JenaIngestController extends BaseEditController {
             vreq.setAttribute("bodyJsp",INGEST_MENU_JSP);
         } else {
             List<String> dbTypes = DatabaseType.allNames();
-            Collections.sort(dbTypes, new CollationSort());
+            Collections.sort(dbTypes, new CollationSort(vreq));
             vreq.setAttribute("dbTypes", dbTypes);
             vreq.setAttribute("title", "Connect Jena Database");
             vreq.setAttribute("bodyJsp",CONNECT_DB_JSP);
@@ -1295,7 +1295,11 @@ public class JenaIngestController extends BaseEditController {
 
     private class CollationSort implements Comparator<String> {
         
-        Collator collator = Collator.getInstance();
+        Collator collator;
+        
+        public CollationSort(VitroRequest vreq) {
+             this.collator = vreq.getCollator();   
+        }
         
         public int compare(String s1, String s2) {
             return collator.compare(s1, s2);
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/filtering/IndividualFiltering.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/filtering/IndividualFiltering.java
index dcae6f6e2..44e45e592 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/filtering/IndividualFiltering.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/filtering/IndividualFiltering.java
@@ -258,6 +258,16 @@ public class IndividualFiltering implements Individual {
     public String getName() {
         return _innerIndividual.getName();
     }
+    
+    @Override
+    public String getLabel() {
+        return _innerIndividual.getLabel();
+    }
+    
+    @Override 
+    public String getPickListName() {
+        return getName();
+    }
 
     @Override
     public String getRdfsLabel(){
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/DataPropertyDaoJena.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/DataPropertyDaoJena.java
index 053edbebc..439643662 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/DataPropertyDaoJena.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/DataPropertyDaoJena.java
@@ -177,18 +177,8 @@ public class DataPropertyDaoJena extends PropertyDaoJena implements
             dp.setURI(op.getURI());
             dp.setNamespace(op.getNameSpace());
             dp.setLocalName(op.getLocalName());
-            OntologyDao oDao=getWebappDaoFactory().getOntologyDao();
-            Ontology o = oDao.getOntologyByURI(dp.getNamespace());
-            if (o==null) {
-                if (!VitroVocabulary.vitroURI.equals(dp.getNamespace())) {
-                    log.debug("datapropFromOntProperty(): no ontology object found for the namespace "+dp.getNamespace());
-                }
-                dp.setLocalNameWithPrefix(dp.getLocalName());
-                dp.setPickListName(getLabelOrId(op));
-            } else {
-                dp.setLocalNameWithPrefix(o.getPrefix()==null?(o.getName()==null?"unspec:"+dp.getLocalName():o.getName()+":"+dp.getLocalName()):o.getPrefix()+":"+dp.getLocalName());
-                dp.setPickListName(getLabelOrId(op)+o.getPrefix()==null?(o.getName()==null?" (unspec:)":" ("+o.getName()+")"):" ("+o.getPrefix()+")");
-            }
+            dp.setLocalNameWithPrefix(getWebappDaoFactory().makeLocalNameWithPrefix(dp));
+            dp.setPickListName(getWebappDaoFactory().makePickListName(dp));
             dp.setName(op.getLocalName());
             dp.setPublicName(getLabelOrId(op));
             Resource dRes = op.getDomain();
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/IndividualJena.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/IndividualJena.java
index 944851dd8..3fa488fef 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/IndividualJena.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/IndividualJena.java
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ public class IndividualJena extends IndividualImpl implements Individual {
             }
         }
     }
+    
+    public String getLabel() {
+        return getRdfsLabel();
+    }
 
     public String getRdfsLabel() {
         if (this.rdfsLabel != null) {
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/ObjectPropertyDaoJena.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/ObjectPropertyDaoJena.java
index 0a8ba5510..8c74e8532 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/ObjectPropertyDaoJena.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/ObjectPropertyDaoJena.java
@@ -94,20 +94,8 @@ public class ObjectPropertyDaoJena extends PropertyDaoJena implements ObjectProp
             p.setURI(op.getURI());
             p.setNamespace(op.getNameSpace());
             p.setLocalName(op.getLocalName());
-            OntologyDao oDao=getWebappDaoFactory().getOntologyDao();
-            Ontology o = oDao.getOntologyByURI(p.getNamespace());
-            if (o == null) {
-                if (!VitroVocabulary.vitroURI.equals(p.getNamespace())) {
-                    log.debug("propertyFromOntProperty(): no ontology object found for the namespace "+p.getNamespace());
-                }
-                p.setLocalNameWithPrefix(p.getLocalName());
-                p.setPickListName(getLabelOrId(op));                
-            } else {
-                String prefix = o.getPrefix()==null?(o.getName()==null?"unspec":o.getName()):o.getPrefix();
-                p.setLocalNameWithPrefix(prefix+":"+p.getLocalName());
-                //log.warn("setting pickListName to: "+p.getLocalName()+" ("+prefix+")");
-                p.setPickListName(getLabelOrId(op) + " ("+prefix+")");
-            }
+            p.setLocalNameWithPrefix(getWebappDaoFactory().makeLocalNameWithPrefix(p));
+            p.setPickListName(getWebappDaoFactory().makePickListName(p));
             String propertyName = getPropertyStringValue(op,PROPERTY_FULLPROPERTYNAMEANNOT);
             if (op.getLabel(null) != null)
                 p.setDomainPublic(getLabelOrId(op));
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/VClassJena.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/VClassJena.java
index 436ae8bd9..cd62ab469 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/VClassJena.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/VClassJena.java
@@ -74,51 +74,28 @@ public class VClassJena extends VClass {
         }
     }
     
+    @Override 
+    public String getLabel() {
+        return getName();
+    }
+    
     @Override
-    public String getLocalNameWithPrefix() {
-    	
+    public String getLocalNameWithPrefix() { 	
         if (this.localNameWithPrefix != null) {
             return localNameWithPrefix;
         } else {
-            cls.getOntModel().enterCriticalSection(Lock.READ);
-            try {
-                VClassDao vClassDao = webappDaoFactory.getVClassDao();
-                
-                if (vClassDao instanceof VClassDaoJena) {
-                	this.localNameWithPrefix = ((VClassDaoJena) vClassDao).getLabelForClass(cls,true,false);
-                } else {
-                    log.error("WebappDaoFactory returned a type of " + vClassDao.getClass().getName() + ". Expected  VClassDaoJena");
-                    this.localNameWithPrefix = webappDaoFactory.getJenaBaseDao().getLabelOrId(cls);
-                }
-                      
-                return this.localNameWithPrefix;
-            } finally {
-                cls.getOntModel().leaveCriticalSection();
-            }
+            this.localNameWithPrefix = webappDaoFactory.makeLocalNameWithPrefix(this);
+            return this.localNameWithPrefix;
         }
     }
     
     @Override
     public String getPickListName() {
-    	
         if (this.pickListName != null) {
             return pickListName;
         } else {
-            cls.getOntModel().enterCriticalSection(Lock.READ);
-            try {
-                VClassDao vClassDao = webappDaoFactory.getVClassDao();
-                
-                if (vClassDao instanceof VClassDaoJena) {
-                	this.pickListName = ((VClassDaoJena) vClassDao).getLabelForClass(cls,false,true);
-                } else {
-                    log.error("WebappDaoFactory returned a type of " + vClassDao.getClass().getName() + ". Expected  VClassDaoJena");
-                    this.pickListName = webappDaoFactory.getJenaBaseDao().getLabelOrId(cls);
-                }
-                                      
-                return this.pickListName;
-            } finally {
-                cls.getOntModel().leaveCriticalSection();
-            }
+            this.pickListName = webappDaoFactory.makePickListName(this);
+            return this.pickListName;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/WebappDaoFactoryJena.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/WebappDaoFactoryJena.java
index 76b6d0664..0f6d4b790 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/WebappDaoFactoryJena.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/WebappDaoFactoryJena.java
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+
 import com.hp.hpl.jena.iri.IRI;
 import com.hp.hpl.jena.iri.IRIFactory;
 import com.hp.hpl.jena.ontology.OntModel;
@@ -20,14 +23,12 @@ import com.hp.hpl.jena.query.DatasetFactory;
 import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Literal;
 import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Model;
 import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.ModelFactory;
-import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Property;
 import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.RDFNode;
-import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Resource;
-import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.ResourceFactory;
-import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.StmtIterator;
 import com.hp.hpl.jena.shared.Lock;
 import com.hp.hpl.jena.util.iterator.ClosableIterator;
 
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.Ontology;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.ResourceBean;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.ApplicationDao;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.DataPropertyDao;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.DataPropertyStatementDao;
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.PropertyInstanceDao;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.UserAccountsDao;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.VClassDao;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.VClassGroupDao;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.VitroVocabulary;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.WebappDaoFactory;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.WebappDaoFactoryConfig;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.jena.pellet.PelletListener;
@@ -53,6 +55,8 @@ import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.utils.jena.URIUtils;
 
 public class WebappDaoFactoryJena implements WebappDaoFactory {
 
+    private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(WebappDaoFactoryJena.class);
+    
     protected IndividualDao entityWebappDao;
     protected ApplicationDaoJena applicationDao;
     protected UserAccountsDao userAccountsDao;
@@ -532,5 +536,42 @@ public class WebappDaoFactoryJena implements WebappDaoFactory {
     	ontModelSelector = specialSelector;
     	
     }
+    
+    public String makeLocalNameWithPrefix(ResourceBean bean) {
+        OntologyDao oDao = this.getOntologyDao();
+        Ontology o = oDao.getOntologyByURI(bean.getNamespace());
+        if (o == null) {
+            if (VitroVocabulary.vitroURI.equals(bean.getNamespace())) {
+                return "vitro:" + bean.getLocalName();
+            } else {
+                log.debug("no ontology object found for namespace " + bean.getNamespace());
+                return bean.getLocalName();
+            }
+        } else {
+            String prefix = o.getPrefix() == null ? (
+                    o.getName() == null ? 
+                            "unspec" : o.getName()) : o.getPrefix();
+            return prefix + ":" + bean.getLocalName();
+        }    
+    }
+    
+    public String makePickListName(ResourceBean bean) {
+        OntologyDao oDao = this.getOntologyDao();
+        Ontology o = oDao.getOntologyByURI(bean.getNamespace());
+        if (o == null) {
+            if (VitroVocabulary.vitroURI.equals(bean.getNamespace())) {
+                return bean.getLabel() + " (vitro)";
+            } else {
+                log.debug("no ontology object found for namespace " + bean.getNamespace());
+                return bean.getLabel();
+            }
+        } else {
+            String prefix = o.getPrefix() == null ? (
+                    o.getName() == null ? 
+                            "unspec" : o.getName()) : o.getPrefix();
+            return bean.getLabel() + " (" + prefix + ")";
+        }       
+    }
+    
    
 }
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/VTwo/fields/SelectListGeneratorVTwo.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/VTwo/fields/SelectListGeneratorVTwo.java
index 4308c76d0..5b21954e0 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/VTwo/fields/SelectListGeneratorVTwo.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/VTwo/fields/SelectListGeneratorVTwo.java
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.VitroHttpServlet;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.VitroRequest;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.WebappDaoFactory;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.edit.n3editing.VTwo.EditConfigurationVTwo;
 
@@ -58,7 +60,8 @@ public class SelectListGeneratorVTwo {
     //Methods to sort the options map 
     // from http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=639077&messageID=4250708
     //Modified to allow for a custom comparator to be sent in, defaults to mapPairsComparator
-    public static Map<String,String> getSortedMap(Map<String,String> hmap, Comparator<String[]> comparator){
+    public static Map<String,String> getSortedMap(Map<String,String> hmap, 
+            Comparator<String[]> comparator, VitroRequest vreq){
         // first make temporary list of String arrays holding both the key and its corresponding value, so that the list can be sorted with a decent comparator
         List<String[]> objectsToSort = new ArrayList<String[]>(hmap.size());
         for (String key:hmap.keySet()) {
@@ -70,7 +73,7 @@ public class SelectListGeneratorVTwo {
         
         //if no comparator is passed in, utilize MapPairsComparator
         if(comparator == null) {
-        	comparator = new MapPairsComparator();
+        	comparator = new MapPairsComparator(vreq);
         }
         
         Collections.sort(objectsToSort, comparator);
@@ -84,8 +87,13 @@ public class SelectListGeneratorVTwo {
 
     //Sorts by the value of the 2nd element in each of the arrays 
     private static class MapPairsComparator implements Comparator<String[]> {
+        
+        private Collator collator;
+        
+        public MapPairsComparator(VitroRequest vreq) {
+            this.collator = vreq.getCollator();
+        }
         public int compare (String[] s1, String[] s2) {
-            Collator collator = Collator.getInstance();
             if (s2 == null) {
                 return 1;
             } else if (s1 == null) {
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/filters/RequestModelsPrep.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/filters/RequestModelsPrep.java
index f83432551..24343a809 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/filters/RequestModelsPrep.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/filters/RequestModelsPrep.java
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ import static edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.servlet.setup.JenaDataSourceSetup
 import static edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.servlet.setup.JenaDataSourceSetupBase.JENA_INF_MODEL;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.text.Collator;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import javax.servlet.Filter;
@@ -149,6 +152,8 @@ public class RequestModelsPrep implements Filter {
 		
 		wrapModelsWithLanguageAwareness(vreq);
 		
+		setCollator(vreq);
+		
 		setWebappDaoFactories(vreq, rdfService);
 	}
 
@@ -289,9 +294,19 @@ public class RequestModelsPrep implements Filter {
 		return config;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * This method is also used by VitroHttpServlet to retrieve the right Collator
+	 * instance for picklist sorting
+	 * @param req
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public static Enumeration<Locale> getPreferredLocales(HttpServletRequest req) {
+	    return req.getLocales();
+	}
+	
 	private List<String> getPreferredLanguages(HttpServletRequest req) {
 		log.debug("Accept-Language: " + req.getHeader("Accept-Language"));
-		return LanguageFilteringUtils.localesToLanguages(req.getLocales());
+		return LanguageFilteringUtils.localesToLanguages(getPreferredLocales(req));
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -311,6 +326,19 @@ public class RequestModelsPrep implements Filter {
 			return rawRDFService;
 		}
 	}
+	
+   private void setCollator(VitroRequest vreq) {
+        Enumeration<Locale> locales = getPreferredLocales(vreq);
+        while(locales.hasMoreElements()) {
+            Locale locale = locales.nextElement();
+            Collator collator = Collator.getInstance(locale);
+            if(collator != null) {
+                vreq.setCollator(collator);
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+        vreq.setCollator(Collator.getInstance());
+    }
 
 	private boolean isStoreReasoned(ServletRequest req) {
 	    String isStoreReasoned = ConfigurationProperties.getBean(req).getProperty(
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/sparql/GetAllPrefix.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/sparql/GetAllPrefix.java
index 45e9dc3ab..fd1db981e 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/sparql/GetAllPrefix.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/sparql/GetAllPrefix.java
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public class GetAllPrefix extends BaseEditController {
 		respo += "<options>";
 		List<String> prefixList = new ArrayList<String>();
 		prefixList.addAll(prefixMap.keySet());
-		Collections.sort(prefixList, Collator.getInstance());
+		Collections.sort(prefixList, vreq.getCollator());
 		for (String prefix : prefixList) {
 		    respo += makeOption(prefix, prefixMap.get(prefix));
 		}
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/edit/EditConfigurationTemplateModel.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/edit/EditConfigurationTemplateModel.java
index 50ab7a098..fec05b51e 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/edit/EditConfigurationTemplateModel.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/edit/EditConfigurationTemplateModel.java
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public class EditConfigurationTemplateModel extends BaseTemplateModel {
 		    	field.setOptions(new ConstantFieldOptions());
 		    }
 		    Map<String, String> optionsMap = SelectListGeneratorVTwo.getOptions(editConfig, fieldName, wdf);	
-		    optionsMap = SelectListGeneratorVTwo.getSortedMap(optionsMap, field.getFieldOptions().getCustomComparator());
+		    optionsMap = SelectListGeneratorVTwo.getSortedMap(optionsMap, field.getFieldOptions().getCustomComparator(), vreq);
 		    if(pageData.containsKey(fieldName)) {
 		    	log.error("Check the edit configuration setup as pageData already contains " + fieldName + " and this will be overwritten now with empty collection");
 		    }
diff --git a/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/IndividualTypeRetryControllerTest.java b/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/IndividualTypeRetryControllerTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 230232713..000000000
--- a/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/IndividualTypeRetryControllerTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-/* $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ */
-
-package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.edit;
-
-import junit.framework.Assert;
-
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-import edu.cornell.mannlib.vedit.beans.Option;
-import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.testing.AbstractTestClass;
-
-
-public class IndividualTypeRetryControllerTest extends AbstractTestClass {
-
-    @Test
-    public void optionCollator(){         
-        IndividualTypeRetryController.OptionCollator oc = new IndividualTypeRetryController.OptionCollator();         
-        int comp = oc.compare(
-                    new Option("foo", "foo"),
-                    new Option("Person", "foaf:Person") );
-        //we just want compare() to not throw an exception
-    }
-}
diff --git a/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/VClassJenaTest.java b/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/VClassJenaTest.java
index 2c9f907be..0f2935e3b 100644
--- a/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/VClassJenaTest.java
+++ b/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/VClassJenaTest.java
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ public class VClassJenaTest {
 		
 		Assert.assertEquals(vClassJena.getName(), vClass.getName());  
 		Assert.assertEquals(vClassJena.getLocalNameWithPrefix(), vClass.getLocalNameWithPrefix()); 
+
 		Assert.assertEquals(vClassJena.getPickListName(), vClass.getPickListName());  
 		Assert.assertEquals(vClassJena.getExample(), vClass.getExample());  
 		Assert.assertEquals(vClassJena.getDescription(), vClass.getDescription());  
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ public class VClassJenaTest {
         VClass vcw = new VClass();
         cls.getModel().enterCriticalSection(Lock.READ);
 		vcw.setName(getLabelForClass(cls,false,false,wadf));
-		vcw.setLocalNameWithPrefix(getLabelForClass(cls,true,false,wadf));
+		vcw.setLocalNameWithPrefix(wadf.makeLocalNameWithPrefix(vcw));
 		vcw.setPickListName(getLabelForClass(cls,false,true,wadf));
         try {
         	if (cls.isAnon()) {
@@ -232,18 +233,6 @@ public class VClassJenaTest {
                 }
             }            
             vcw.setProhibitedFromUpdateBelowRoleLevel(prohibitedRoleLevel);//this might get set to null
-
-            // We need a better way of caching the counts.  For now I'm only setting 0 for the empty classes, to hide them from the DWR editing
-            
-            //ClosableIterator typeIt = getOntModel().listStatements(null,RDF.type,cls);
-            //try {
-            //    if (!typeIt.hasNext()) {
-            //    	vcw.setEntityCount(0);
-            //    }
-            //} finally {
-            //	typeIt.close();
-            //}
-            
             
         } finally {
             cls.getModel().leaveCriticalSection();
diff --git a/webapp/test/stubs/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/IndividualStub.java b/webapp/test/stubs/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/IndividualStub.java
index b999b8b1f..41675394d 100644
--- a/webapp/test/stubs/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/IndividualStub.java
+++ b/webapp/test/stubs/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/IndividualStub.java
@@ -81,7 +81,17 @@ public class IndividualStub implements Individual {
 	public String getName() {
 		return name;
 	}
+	
+	@Override 
+	public String getLabel() {
+	    return getName();
+	}
 
+	@Override
+	public String getPickListName() {
+	    return getName();
+	}
+	
 	@Override
 	public List<DataPropertyStatement> getDataPropertyStatements() {
 		return new ArrayList<DataPropertyStatement>(dpsSet);