diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/FreemarkerHttpServlet.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/FreemarkerHttpServlet.java
index 7e031cf3b..9c8a097ef 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/FreemarkerHttpServlet.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/FreemarkerHttpServlet.java
@@ -331,7 +331,8 @@ public class FreemarkerHttpServlet extends VitroHttpServlet {
         return map;
     }
     
-    // Add variables that should be available only to the page's root map, not to the body.
+    // Add variables that are needed to generate the page template (they will also be accessible
+    // to the body template).
     // RY This is protected instead of private so FreeMarkerComponentGenerator can access.
     // Once we don't need that (i.e., jsps have been eliminated) we can make it private.
     protected Map<String, Object> getPageTemplateValues(VitroRequest vreq) {
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/IndividualController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/IndividualController.java
index 92729eb88..518d22fc4 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/IndividualController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/IndividualController.java
@@ -121,13 +121,15 @@ public class IndividualController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet {
             
     		body.put("relatedSubject", getRelatedSubject(vreq));
     		
-    		IndividualTemplateModel ind = getIndividualTemplateModel(vreq, individual);
+    		body.put("headContent", getRdfLinkTag(individual));
+    		
+    		IndividualTemplateModel itm = getIndividualTemplateModel(vreq, individual);
     		/* We need to expose non-getters in displaying the individual's property list, 
     		 * since it requires calls to methods with parameters.
     		 * This is still safe, because we are only putting BaseTemplateModel objects
     		 * into the data model: no real data can be modified. 
     		 */
-	        body.put("individual", getNonDefaultBeansWrapper(BeansWrapper.EXPOSE_SAFE).wrap(ind));
+	        body.put("individual", getNonDefaultBeansWrapper(BeansWrapper.EXPOSE_SAFE).wrap(itm));
 	       
 	        body.put("localName", new IndividualLocalNameMethod());
 	        
@@ -192,6 +194,14 @@ public class IndividualController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet {
         return map;
     }
     
+    //<link rel="alternate" type="application/rdf+xml" href="http://vivo.cornell.edu/individual/n337/n337.rdf" /> 
+    private String getRdfLinkTag(Individual individual) {
+        String href = individual.getURI() + "/" + individual.getLocalName() + ".rdf";
+        String linkTag = "<link rel=\"alternate\" type=\"application/rdf+xml\" href=\"" +
+        		         href + "\" /> ";
+        return linkTag;
+    }
+    
 	private IndividualTemplateModel getIndividualTemplateModel(VitroRequest vreq, Individual individual) 
 	    throws ServletException, IOException {
 		
diff --git a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/page/partials/head.ftl b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/page/partials/head.ftl
index 220b3c654..1389b4c3a 100644
--- a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/page/partials/head.ftl
+++ b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/page/partials/head.ftl
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 <#-- $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ -->
 
-    <meta charset="utf-8" />
-    <!-- Google Chrome Frame open source plug-in brings Google Chrome's open web technologies and speedy JavaScript engine to Internet Explorer-->
-    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
-    
-    <#include "title.ftl">
+<meta charset="utf-8" />
+<!-- Google Chrome Frame open source plug-in brings Google Chrome's open web technologies and speedy JavaScript engine to Internet Explorer-->
+<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
 
-    <#include "stylesheets.ftl">
-    
-    <#include "headScripts.ftl">
\ No newline at end of file
+<#include "title.ftl">
+
+<#include "stylesheets.ftl">
+
+<#include "headScripts.ftl">
+
+${headContent!}
\ No newline at end of file