diff --git a/webapp/languages/es_GO/i18n/all_es_GO.properties b/webapp/languages/es_GO/i18n/all_es_GO.properties
index b9c22edf6..a62a3a29d 100644
--- a/webapp/languages/es_GO/i18n/all_es_GO.properties
+++ b/webapp/languages/es_GO/i18n/all_es_GO.properties
@@ -886,4 +886,14 @@ faux_property_listing = Lista de faux propiedades
 faux_property_by_base = Faux propiedades por base propriedad
 faux_property_alpha = Faux propiedades en orden alfabético
 
-no_class_restrictions=No hay clases con una restricción de esta propiedad.
\ No newline at end of file
+no_class_restrictions=No hay clases con una restricción de esta propiedad.
+
+invalid_format=Formato inválido
+four_digit_year=Entrada invalida. Por favor, introduzca un año de 4 dígitos.
+year_numeric=Entrada invalida. El Año debe ser numérico.
+year_month_day=Entrada invalida. Por favor, introduzca un año, mes y día.
+minimum_ymd=Entrada invalida. Introduzca por lo menos un año, mes y día.
+minimum_hour=Entrada invalida. Especifique por lo menos una hora.
+year_month=Entrada invalida. Por favor ingrese un Año y Mes.
+decimal_only=Entrada invalida.  Se permite un punto decimal, pero miles separadores no son.
+whole_number=Entrada invalida. Por favor, introduzca un número entero sin punto decimal o miles separadores.
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/DataPropertyTemplateModel.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/DataPropertyTemplateModel.java
index dbe99ce60..bf22a5dac 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/DataPropertyTemplateModel.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/DataPropertyTemplateModel.java
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ public class DataPropertyTemplateModel extends PropertyTemplateModel {
     private DataPropertyListConfig config;
     private String objectKey;   
     private String queryString;
+    private String rangeDatatypeURI;
     private Set<String> constructQueries;
     private int displayLimit;
     
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ public class DataPropertyTemplateModel extends PropertyTemplateModel {
 
         statements = new ArrayList<DataPropertyStatementTemplateModel>();
 		displayLimit = dp.getDisplayLimit();
+		rangeDatatypeURI = dp.getRangeDatatypeURI();
         // If the property is populated, get the data property statements via a sparql query
         if (populatedDataPropertyList.contains(dp)) {
             log.debug("Getting data for populated data property " + getUri());
@@ -161,6 +163,11 @@ public class DataPropertyTemplateModel extends PropertyTemplateModel {
 			return displayLimit;
 	}	
     
+//	@Override
+	public String getRangeDatatypeURI() {
+			return rangeDatatypeURI;
+	}	
+
     public ConfigError checkQuery(String queryString) {
         if (StringUtils.isBlank(queryString)) {
             return ConfigError.NO_SELECT_QUERY;
diff --git a/webapp/web/css/individual/individual.css b/webapp/web/css/individual/individual.css
index 39e91f2c1..2eafc11d3 100644
--- a/webapp/web/css/individual/individual.css
+++ b/webapp/web/css/individual/individual.css
@@ -295,4 +295,8 @@ ul.tinyMCEDisc li,
 ol.tinyMCENumeric li {
     padding: 0 !important;
     margin-left: 30px;
+}
+img.invalidFormat {
+	 padding-left:8px;
+	 vertical-align:middle;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/webapp/web/i18n/all.properties b/webapp/web/i18n/all.properties
index 2ad69da30..4c0ead6af 100644
--- a/webapp/web/i18n/all.properties
+++ b/webapp/web/i18n/all.properties
@@ -899,4 +899,14 @@ faux_property_listing = Faux Property Listing
 faux_property_by_base = faux properties by base property
 faux_property_alpha = faux properties alphabetically
 
-no_class_restrictions=There are no classes with a restriction on this property.
\ No newline at end of file
+no_class_restrictions=There are no classes with a restriction on this property.
+
+invalid_format=Invalid format
+four_digit_year=Invalid entry. Please enter a 4-digit Year.
+year_numeric=Invalid entry. The Year must be numeric.
+year_month_day=Invalid entry. Please enter a Year, Month and Day.
+minimum_ymd=Invalid entry. Please enter at least a Year, Month and Day.
+minimum_hour=Invalid entry. Please specify at least an Hour.
+year_month=Invalid entry. Please enter a Year and Month.
+decimal_only=Invalid entry.  A decimal point is allowed, but thousands-separators are not.
+whole_number=Invalid entry. Enter a whole number with no decimal point or thousands-separators.
diff --git a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/partials/individual/propStatement-dataDefault.ftl b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/partials/individual/propStatement-dataDefault.ftl
index 9b66c5bc6..e9ba1eead 100644
--- a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/partials/individual/propStatement-dataDefault.ftl
+++ b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/partials/individual/propStatement-dataDefault.ftl
@@ -6,10 +6,14 @@
      is also used to generate the property statement during a deletion.  
  -->
 <#import "lib-datetime.ftl" as dt>
-<@showStatement statement />
+<#if property.rangeDatatypeURI?? && property.rangeDatatypeURI?contains("#")>
+	<#assign datatype = property.rangeDatatypeURI?substring(property.rangeDatatypeURI?last_index_of("#")+1) />
+</#if>
+<@showStatement statement datatype />
 
-<#macro showStatement statement>
+<#macro showStatement statement datatype>
     <#assign theValue = statement.value />
+	
     <#if theValue?contains("<ul>") >
         <#assign theValue = theValue?replace("<ul>","<ul class='tinyMCEDisc'>") />
     </#if>
@@ -23,7 +27,11 @@
 		<#assign theValue = theValue + "T00:00:00" />
 		${dt.formatXsdDateTimeLong(theValue, "yearMonthDayPrecision")}
 	<#elseif theValue?matches("^([0-9]{4})-((0[1-9])|(1[0-2]))-((0[1-9])|([1-2][0-9])|(3[0-1]))(T|\\s)(([0-1][0-9])|(2[0-3])):([0-5][0-9]):([0-5][0-9])")>
-		${dt.formatXsdDateTimeLong(theValue, "yearMonthDayTimePrecision")}
+		<#if theValue?contains("T00:00:00") >
+			${dt.formatXsdDateTimeLong(theValue, "yearMonthDayPrecision")}
+		<#else>
+			${dt.formatXsdDateTimeLong(theValue, "yearMonthDayTimePrecision")}
+		</#if>
 	<#elseif theValue?matches("^([0-9]{4})-(0[1-9]|1[012])")>
 		<#assign theValue = theValue + "-01T00:00:00" />
 		${dt.formatXsdDateTimeLong(theValue, "yearMonthPrecision")}
@@ -31,6 +39,56 @@
 		<#assign theValue = "2000" + theValue?substring(1) + "-01T00:00:00" />
 		${dt.formatXsdDateTimeLong(theValue, "monthPrecision")}
 	<#else>
-    	${theValue}
+    	${theValue} <@validateFormat theValue datatype/>
 	</#if>
-</#macro>
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+</#macro> 
+<#macro validateFormat value datatype >
+	<#if datatype?? >
+		<#switch datatype>
+			<#case "date">
+				<img class="invalidFormat" src="${urls.base}/images/iconAlert.png" width="18" alt="${i18n().invalid_format}" title=" ${i18n().invalid_format}"> <#-- validated above -->
+		     	<#break>
+		    <#case "dateTime">
+				<img class="invalidFormat" src="${urls.base}/images/iconAlert.png" width="18" alt=" ${i18n().invalid_format}" title=" ${i18n().invalid_format}"> <#-- validated above -->
+		     	<#break>
+		  	<#case "time">
+		     	<#if !value?matches("(([0-1][0-9])|(2[0-3])):([0-5][0-9]):([0-5][0-9])") >
+					<img class="invalidFormat" src="${urls.base}/images/iconAlert.png" width="18" alt=" ${i18n().invalid_format}" title=" ${i18n().invalid_format}">
+			 	</#if>
+		     	<#break>
+		  	<#case "gYear">
+		     	<#if !value?matches("^\\d{4}") >
+					<img class="invalidFormat" src="${urls.base}/images/iconAlert.png" width="18" alt=" ${i18n().invalid_format}" title=" ${i18n().invalid_format}">
+			 	</#if>
+		     	<#break>
+		    <#case "gMonth">
+		     	<img class="invalidFormat" src="${urls.base}/images/iconAlert.png" width="18" alt=" ${i18n().invalid_format}" title=" ${i18n().invalid_format}"> <#-- validated above -->
+		     	<#break>
+		    <#case "gYearMonth">
+		     	<img class="invalidFormat" src="${urls.base}/images/iconAlert.png" width="18" alt=" ${i18n().invalid_format}" title=" ${i18n().invalid_format}"> <#-- validated above -->
+		     	<#break>
+		  	<#case "float">
+				<#if !value?matches("^[-+]?[0-9]*\\.?[0-9]+([eE][-+]?[0-9]+)?.") >
+		     		<img class="invalidFormat" src="${urls.base}/images/iconAlert.png" width="18" alt=" ${i18n().invalid_format}" title=" ${i18n().invalid_format}">
+				</#if>
+		     	<#break>
+		  	<#case "integer">
+				<#if !value?matches("^-?\\d+$") >
+		     		<img class="invalidFormat" src="${urls.base}/images/iconAlert.png" width="18" alt=" ${i18n().invalid_format}" title=" ${i18n().invalid_format}">
+				</#if>
+		     	<#break>
+		  	<#case "int">
+				<#if !value?matches("^-?\\d+$") >
+	     			<img class="invalidFormat" src="${urls.base}/images/iconAlert.png" width="18" alt=" ${i18n().invalid_format}" title=" ${i18n().invalid_format}">
+				</#if>
+		     	<#break>
+		  	<#case "boolean">
+				<#if !value?matches("false") && !value?matches("true") >
+		     		<img class="invalidFormat" src="${urls.base}/images/iconAlert.png" width="18" alt=" ${i18n().invalid_format}" title=" ${i18n().invalid_format}">
+				</#if>
+		     <#break>
+		  	<#default>
+		</#switch>
+	</#if>
+</#macro>
+
diff --git a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/edit/forms/defaultDataPropertyForm.ftl b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/edit/forms/defaultDataPropertyForm.ftl
index 64b7e2dde..04fe85670 100644
--- a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/edit/forms/defaultDataPropertyForm.ftl
+++ b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/edit/forms/defaultDataPropertyForm.ftl
@@ -87,6 +87,17 @@
 
 <script type="text/javascript">
 	var datatype = "${datatype!}";
+
+	var i18nStrings = {
+    	four_digit_year: '${i18n().four_digit_year}',
+    	year_numeric: '${i18n().year_numeric}',
+    	year_month_day: '${i18n().year_month_day}',
+    	minimum_ymd: '${i18n().minimum_ymd}',
+    	minimum_hour: '${i18n().minimum_hour}',
+    	year_month: '${i18n().year_month}',
+    	decimal_only: '${i18n().decimal_only}',
+    	whole_number: '${i18n().whole_number}'
+	};
 </script> 
 
 <#include "defaultFormScripts.ftl">     
diff --git a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/edit/forms/js/defaultDataPropertyUtils.js b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/edit/forms/js/defaultDataPropertyUtils.js
index 15eac97cb..ab552fec2 100644
--- a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/edit/forms/js/defaultDataPropertyUtils.js
+++ b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/edit/forms/js/defaultDataPropertyUtils.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ var defaultDataPropertyUtils = {
         this.textArea = $('textarea.useTinyMce');
 
 		$.extend(this, datatype);
+		$.extend(this, i18nStrings);
 
     },
 
@@ -42,49 +43,104 @@ var defaultDataPropertyUtils = {
 	            }
 			}
 			else { 
-				defaultDataPropertyUtils.createLiteralValue(); 
+				return defaultDataPropertyUtils.createAndValidateLiteralValue(); 
 			}
+			return true;
         });               
     },
 
-	createLiteralValue: function() {
+	createAndValidateLiteralValue: function() {
 		var theType = datatype.substring(datatype.lastIndexOf("#") + 1);
 		var temp = "";
-		
-		switch (theType) {
-			case 'date':
-				temp = $('#dateTimeField-year').val() + "-" 
-				         + $('#dateTimeField-month').val() + "-"
-				         + $('#dateTimeField-day').val(); 
-				$('#literal').val(temp);
-				break;
-			case 'dateTime':
-				temp = $('#dateTimeField-year').val() + "-" 
-			         	+ $('#dateTimeField-month').val() + "-"
-			         	+ $('#dateTimeField-day').val() + "T" 
-						+ $('#dateTimeField-hour').val() + ":"
-						+ $('#dateTimeField-minute').val() + ":" 
-						+ $('#dateTimeField-second').val();
-				$('#literal').val(temp);
-				break;
-			case 'time':
-				temp = $('#dateTimeField-hour').val() + ":"
-						+ $('#dateTimeField-minute').val() + ":" 
-						+ $('#dateTimeField-second').val();
-				$('#literal').val(temp);
-				break;
-			case 'gYear':
-				$('#literal').val($('#dateTimeField-year').val());
-				break;
-			case 'gYearMonth':
-				temp = $('#dateTimeField-year').val() + "-" + $('#dateTimeField-month').val();
-				$('#literal').val(temp);
-				break;
-			case 'gMonth':
-				temp = "--" + $('#dateTimeField-month').val()
-				$('input#literal').val(temp);
-				break;			
+		if ( $('#literal').attr("type") == "hidden" ) {
+			if ( $('#dateTimeField-year').length ) { 
+				if ( $('#dateTimeField-year').val().length < 4 ) {
+					alert(defaultDataPropertyUtils.four_digit_year);
+					return false;
+				}
+				var reg = /^\d+$/;
+				if ( !reg.test($('#dateTimeField-year').val()) ) {
+					alert(defaultDataPropertyUtils.year_numeric);
+					return false;
+				}
+			}
+			switch (theType) {
+				case 'date':
+					temp = $('#dateTimeField-year').val() + "-" 
+					         + $('#dateTimeField-month').val() + "-"
+					         + $('#dateTimeField-day').val(); 
+					if ( temp.indexOf("-") == 0 || temp.lastIndexOf("-") == (temp.length - 1) || temp.indexOf("--") > 0 ) {
+						alert(defaultDataPropertyUtils.year_month_day);
+						return false;
+					}
+					$('#literal').val(temp);
+					break;
+				case 'dateTime':
+					temp = $('#dateTimeField-year').val() + "-" 
+				         	+ $('#dateTimeField-month').val() + "-"
+				         	+ $('#dateTimeField-day').val() + "T" 
+							+ ($('#dateTimeField-hour').val().length == 0 ? "00" : $('#dateTimeField-hour').val()) + ":"
+							+ ($('#dateTimeField-minute').val().length == 0 ? "00" : $('#dateTimeField-minute').val()) + ":" 
+							+ ($('#dateTimeField-second').val().length == 0 ? "00" : $('#dateTimeField-second').val());
+					if ( temp.indexOf("-") == 0 || temp.indexOf("-T") > 0 || temp.indexOf("--") > 0 ) {
+						alert(defaultDataPropertyUtils.minimum_ymd);
+						return false;
+					}
+					$('#literal').val(temp);
+					break;
+				case 'time':
+					temp = $('#dateTimeField-hour').val() + ":"
+							+ ($('#dateTimeField-minute').val().length == 0 ? "00" : $('#dateTimeField-minute').val()) + ":" 
+							+ ($('#dateTimeField-second').val().length == 0 ? "00" : $('#dateTimeField-second').val());
+					if ( temp.indexOf(":") == 0 ) {
+						alert(defaultDataPropertyUtils.minimum_hour);
+						return false;
+					}
+					$('#literal').val(temp);
+					break;
+				case 'gYear':
+					$('#literal').val($('#dateTimeField-year').val());
+					break;
+				case 'gYearMonth':
+					temp = $('#dateTimeField-year').val() + "-" + $('#dateTimeField-month').val();
+					if ( temp.indexOf("-") == 0 || temp.lastIndexOf("-") == (temp.length - 1) ) {
+						alert(defaultDataPropertyUtils.year_month);
+						return false;
+					}
+					$('#literal').val(temp);
+					break;
+				case 'gMonth':
+					if ( $('#dateTimeField-month').val().length == 2 ) {
+						temp = "--" + $('#dateTimeField-month').val()
+						$('input#literal').val(temp);
+					}
+					break;			
+			}
 		}
+		else if (  $('#literal').attr("type") == "text" ) {
+			switch (theType) {
+				case 'float':
+					if ( $('#literal').val().indexOf(",") > -1 ) {
+						alert(defaultDataPropertyUtils.decimal_only);
+						return false;
+					}
+					$('#literal').val($('#literal').val().replace(",",""));
+					break;
+				case 'integer':
+					if ( $('#literal').val().indexOf(".") > -1 || $('#literal').val().indexOf(",") > 0 ) {
+						alert(defaultDataPropertyUtils.whole_number);
+						return false;
+					}
+					break;
+				case 'int':
+					if ( $('#literal').val().indexOf(".") > -1 || $('#literal').val().indexOf(",") > 0 ) {
+						alert(defaultDataPropertyUtils.whole_number);
+						return false;
+					}
+					break;
+			}
+		}
+		return true;
 	},
 	
 	parseLiteralValue: function() {