diff --git a/webapp/config/tlds/vitroForm.tld b/webapp/config/tlds/vitroForm.tld
index ff855ca2f..258a41ced 100644
--- a/webapp/config/tlds/vitroForm.tld
+++ b/webapp/config/tlds/vitroForm.tld
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
 
 <!-- $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ -->
 
@@ -147,7 +146,12 @@
 			<name>label</name>
 			<required>false</required>
 			<rtexprvalue>true</rtexprvalue>
-		</attribute>
+        </attribute>
+    	<attribute>
+    		<name>cancelLabel</name>
+    		<required>false</required>
+    		<rtexprvalue>true</rtexprvalue>
+    	</attribute>   	
         <attribute>
 			<name>cssClass</name>
 			<required>false</required>
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/jsptags/InputElementFormattingTag.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/jsptags/InputElementFormattingTag.java
index 1678cfe9c..fb93bd02f 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/jsptags/InputElementFormattingTag.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/jsptags/InputElementFormattingTag.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ public class InputElementFormattingTag extends TagSupport {
     private String  id;
     private String  type;
     private String  label;
+    private String  cancelLabel;
     private String  cssClass;
     private String  labelClass;
     private String  value;
@@ -89,6 +90,12 @@ public class InputElementFormattingTag extends TagSupport {
         this.label = labelStr;
     }
 
+    public String getCancelLabel() {
+        return cancelLabel;
+    }
+    public void setCancelLabel(String cancelLabel) {
+        this.cancelLabel = cancelLabel;
+    }
     public String getCssClass() {
         return cssClass;
     }
@@ -273,7 +280,10 @@ public class InputElementFormattingTag extends TagSupport {
 
     private String doCancel(String labelStr, EditConfiguration editConfig){
         if (labelStr==null || labelStr.equals("")) {
-            labelStr="Cancel";
+            labelStr = getCancelLabel();
+            if (labelStr==null || labelStr.equals("")) {
+                labelStr="Cancel";
+            }
         }
         VitroRequest vreq = new VitroRequest((HttpServletRequest)pageContext.getRequest());
         if( "about".equals( getCancel() )){
@@ -1003,7 +1013,7 @@ public class InputElementFormattingTag extends TagSupport {
         			log.debug("found existing literal of type Date for field " + fieldName);
         		}else if( valueFromLiteral instanceof String){
         			strFromLit = (String) valueFromLiteral;        			
-        			log.debug("found exisitng literal of type String for field " + fieldName);
+        			log.debug("found existing literal of type String for field " + fieldName);
         		} else if ( valueFromLiteral instanceof XSDDateTime) {
         			strFromLit = date.getLexicalForm();
         			log.debug("found existing literal of type XSDDateTime for field " + fieldName);
@@ -1126,6 +1136,6 @@ public class InputElementFormattingTag extends TagSupport {
 
         return sb;
     }
-
-     final String SELECTED = "selected=\"selected\"";
+    
+    final String SELECTED = "selected=\"selected\"";
 }
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