diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/StringUtils.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/StringUtils.java
index 28e3f2185..838931105 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/StringUtils.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/StringUtils.java
@@ -1,9 +1,45 @@
+/* $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ */
+
 package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.utils;
 
+import java.util.List;
+
 public class StringUtils {
     
     public static String capitalize(String s) {
         return s.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + s.substring(1);
     }
-
+    
+    public static String quote(String s) {
+        return s.isEmpty() ? "" : '"' + s + '"';
+    }
+    
+    public static String join(List<?> list, boolean quote, String glue) {
+        
+        if (glue == null) {
+            glue = ",";
+        }
+        String joinedList = "";
+        
+        int count = 0;
+        for (Object o : list) {
+            String s = o.toString();
+            if (count > 0) {
+                joinedList += glue;
+            }
+            count++;
+            joinedList += quote ? quote(s) : s;
+        }
+        
+        return joinedList;
+    }
+    
+    public static String join(List<?> list) {
+        return join(list, false, ",");
+    }
+    
+    public static String quotedList(List<?> list, String glue) {
+    
+        return join(list, true, glue);
+    }        
 }
diff --git a/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/RdfLiteralHashTest.java b/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/RdfLiteralHashTest.java
index 547ba8f2c..943877539 100644
--- a/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/RdfLiteralHashTest.java
+++ b/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/RdfLiteralHashTest.java
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ public class RdfLiteralHashTest {
     }
     
     @Test
-    public void testgetVitroNsPropertyStatement(){
+    public void testGetVitroNsPropertyStatement(){
 
         String n3 =
             "@prefix vitro: <" + VitroVocabulary.vitroURI + "> . \n" +
diff --git a/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/StringUtilsTest.java b/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/StringUtilsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2df88f273
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/StringUtilsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/* $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ */
+
+package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.utils;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import junit.framework.Assert;
+
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.testing.AbstractTestClass;
+
+public class StringUtilsTest extends AbstractTestClass {
+    
+    protected static List<String> stringList = new ArrayList<String>();
+    protected static List<Integer> intList = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+    static {
+        stringList.add("apple");
+        stringList.add("banana");
+        stringList.add("orange");  
+        
+        intList.add(1);
+        intList.add(2);
+        intList.add(3);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCapitalize() {
+        String s1 = "cat";
+        Assert.assertEquals("Cat", StringUtils.capitalize(s1));
+        
+        String s2 = "Cat";
+        Assert.assertEquals(s2, StringUtils.capitalize(s2));
+        
+        String s3 = "CAT";
+        Assert.assertEquals(s3, StringUtils.capitalize(s3));
+        
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testQuote() {
+        String s1 = "cat";
+        Assert.assertEquals("\"cat\"", StringUtils.quote(s1));
+        
+        String s2 = "";
+        Assert.assertEquals("", StringUtils.quote(s2));
+    }
+    
+    @Test 
+    public void testJoinNoArgs() {
+        
+        Assert.assertEquals("apple,banana,orange", StringUtils.join(stringList));
+        Assert.assertEquals("1,2,3", StringUtils.join(intList));
+    }
+    
+    @Test 
+    public void testJoinArgs() {
+        
+        Assert.assertEquals("apple:banana:orange", StringUtils.join(stringList, false, ":"));
+        Assert.assertEquals("\"apple\"|\"banana\"|\"orange\"", StringUtils.join(stringList, true, "|"));
+        Assert.assertEquals("\"apple\",\"banana\",\"orange\"", StringUtils.join(stringList, true, null));
+        Assert.assertEquals("apple,banana,orange", StringUtils.join(stringList, false, null));
+        Assert.assertEquals("apple...banana...orange", StringUtils.join(stringList, false, "..."));
+        
+    }    
+    
+    @Test 
+    public void testQuotedList() {
+        
+        Assert.assertEquals("\"apple\"|\"banana\"|\"orange\"", StringUtils.quotedList(stringList, "|"));
+        Assert.assertEquals("\"apple\",\"banana\",\"orange\"", StringUtils.quotedList(stringList, null));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/webapp/web/edit/forms/defaultVitroNsPropForm.jsp b/webapp/web/edit/forms/defaultVitroNsPropForm.jsp
index 60b405647..7acc02a57 100644
--- a/webapp/web/edit/forms/defaultVitroNsPropForm.jsp
+++ b/webapp/web/edit/forms/defaultVitroNsPropForm.jsp
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 <%-- $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ --%>
 
+<%@ page import="java.util.ArrayList"%>
+<%@ page import="java.util.Arrays"%>
+
 <%@ page import="com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Literal"%>
 <%@ page import="com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Model"%>
 
@@ -11,6 +14,7 @@
 <%@ page import="edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.VitroRequest"%>
 <%@ page import="edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.DataPropertyStatement" %>
 <%@page import="edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.web.MiscWebUtils"%>
+<%@page import="edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.utils.StringUtils" %>
 
 <%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/core"%>
 <%@ taglib prefix="fn" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/functions"%>
@@ -42,7 +46,21 @@
     //String rangeDatatypeUri = vreq.getWebappDaoFactory().getDataPropertyDao().getRequiredDatatypeURI(subject, prop);
     //String rangeDatatypeUri = prop.getRangeDatatypeURI();
     String rangeDatatypeUri = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string";
-    vreq.setAttribute("rangeDatatypeUriJson", MiscWebUtils.escape(rangeDatatypeUri));
+    String rangeDatatypeUriJson = MiscWebUtils.escape(rangeDatatypeUri);
+    vreq.setAttribute("rangeDatatypeUriJson", rangeDatatypeUriJson);
+    
+
+    ArrayList<String> validatorList = new ArrayList<String>();
+    if (predicateUri.equals(VitroVocabulary.LABEL) || predicateUri.equals(VitroVocabulary.RDF_TYPE)) {
+        validatorList.add("nonempty");       
+    }
+    if (!rangeDatatypeUriJson.isEmpty()) {
+        validatorList.add("datatype:" + rangeDatatypeUriJson);
+    }
+    String validators = StringUtils.quotedList(validatorList, ",");
+    System.out.println("VALIDATORS: " + validators);
+    vreq.setAttribute("validators", StringUtils.quotedList(validatorList, ","));
+    
 
 %>
 
@@ -65,15 +83,12 @@
     ?subject <${predicate}> ?${propertyName} .
 </v:jsonset>
 
+<%
 
-
-<%-- RY Add other validation cases here.  --%>
-<c:choose>
-    <c:when test="${propertyName == 'label' || propertyName == 'type'}">
-        <c:set var="validator" value="nonempty" />
-    </c:when>
-
-</c:choose>
+%>
+<c:if test="${propertyName == 'label' || propertyName == 'type'}">
+    <c:set var="validator" value="nonempty" scope="request" />
+</c:if>
 
 <c:set var="editjson" scope="request">
   {
@@ -101,7 +116,7 @@
     "fields" : {
       "${propertyName}" : {
          "newResource"      : "false",
-         "validators"       : [ <c:if test="${!empty validator}">"${validator}"</c:if> ],
+         "validators"       : [ ${validators} ],
          "optionsType"      : "UNDEFINED",
          "literalOptions"   : [ ],
          "predicateUri"     : "",
@@ -114,8 +129,12 @@
 }
 </c:set>
 
-<%
 
+
+<%
+System.out.println(request.getAttribute("editjson"));
+    if( log.isDebugEnabled()) log.debug(request.getAttribute("editjson"));
+    
     EditConfiguration editConfig = EditConfiguration.getConfigFromSession(session,request);
     if (editConfig == null) {
         log.debug("No editConfig in session. Making new editConfig.");