diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/DataPropertyStatementTemplateModel.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/DataPropertyStatementTemplateModel.java
index 147692c50..5417b9b69 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/DataPropertyStatementTemplateModel.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/DataPropertyStatementTemplateModel.java
@@ -20,50 +20,39 @@ import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.UrlBuilder.ParamMa
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.edit.n3editing.RdfLiteralHash;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.web.templatemodels.BaseTemplateModel;
 
-public class DataPropertyStatementTemplateModel extends BaseTemplateModel {
+public class DataPropertyStatementTemplateModel extends PropertyStatementTemplateModel {
     
     private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(DataPropertyStatementTemplateModel.class); 
     private static final String EDIT_PATH = "edit/editDatapropStmtRequestDispatch.jsp";  
     
-    private static enum EditAccess {
-        EDIT, DELETE;
-    }    
-    
     private Literal value;
     
     // Used for editing
-    private String subjectUri = null; 
-    private String propertyUri = null;
-    private List<EditAccess> editAccessList = null;
     private String dataPropHash = null;
 
     DataPropertyStatementTemplateModel(String subjectUri, String propertyUri, 
             Literal value, EditingPolicyHelper policyHelper) {
+        super(subjectUri, propertyUri, policyHelper);
         
         this.value = value;
         
-        if (policyHelper != null) {
-            this.subjectUri = subjectUri;
-            this.propertyUri = propertyUri;
-            
+        if (policyHelper != null) { // we're editing         
             DataPropertyStatement dps = new DataPropertyStatementImpl(subjectUri, propertyUri, value.getLexicalForm());
             // Language and datatype are needed to get the correct hash value
             dps.setLanguage(value.getLanguage());
             dps.setDatatypeURI(value.getDatatypeURI());
             this.dataPropHash = String.valueOf(RdfLiteralHash.makeRdfLiteralHash(dps));
             
-            editAccessList = new ArrayList<EditAccess>(); 
-            
             // Determine whether the statement can be edited
             RequestedAction action = new EditDataPropStmt(dps);
             if (policyHelper.isAuthorizedAction(action)) {
-                editAccessList.add(EditAccess.EDIT);
+                markEditable();
             }      
             
             // Determine whether the statement can be deleted
             action = new DropDataPropStmt(dps);
             if (policyHelper.isAuthorizedAction(action)) {
-                editAccessList.add(EditAccess.DELETE);
+                markDeletable();
             } 
         }
     }
@@ -76,12 +65,12 @@ public class DataPropertyStatementTemplateModel extends BaseTemplateModel {
     
     public String getEditUrl() {
         String editUrl = "";
-        if (editAccessList.contains(EditAccess.EDIT)) {
+        if (isEditable()) {
             ParamMap params = new ParamMap(
                     "subjectUri", subjectUri,
                     "predicateUri", propertyUri,
                     "datapropKey", dataPropHash);
-            if (! editAccessList.contains(EditAccess.DELETE)) {
+            if (! isDeletable()) {
                 params.put("deleteProhibited", "prohibited");
             }
             editUrl = UrlBuilder.getUrl(EDIT_PATH, params);    
@@ -91,7 +80,7 @@ public class DataPropertyStatementTemplateModel extends BaseTemplateModel {
     
     public String getDeleteUrl() {
         String deleteUrl = "";
-        if (editAccessList.contains(EditAccess.DELETE)) {
+        if (isDeletable()) {
             ParamMap params = new ParamMap(
                     "subjectUri", subjectUri,
                     "predicateUri", propertyUri,
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/ObjectPropertyStatementTemplateModel.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/ObjectPropertyStatementTemplateModel.java
index 515181890..02dd45955 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/ObjectPropertyStatementTemplateModel.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/ObjectPropertyStatementTemplateModel.java
@@ -18,49 +18,42 @@ import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.UrlBuilder;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.UrlBuilder.ParamMap;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.web.templatemodels.BaseTemplateModel;
 
-public class ObjectPropertyStatementTemplateModel extends BaseTemplateModel {
+public class ObjectPropertyStatementTemplateModel extends PropertyStatementTemplateModel {
     
     private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(ObjectPropertyStatementTemplateModel.class); 
     
     private static final String EDIT_PATH = "edit/editRequestDispatch.jsp";
     
-    private static enum EditAccess {
-        EDIT, DELETE;
-    }
+
 
     private Map<String, String> data;
     
     // Used for editing
-    private String subjectUri = null; 
-    private String propertyUri = null;
     private String objectUri = null;
-    private List<EditAccess> editAccessList;
 
     ObjectPropertyStatementTemplateModel(String subjectUri, String propertyUri, 
             String objectKey, Map<String, String> data, EditingPolicyHelper policyHelper) {
-
+        super(subjectUri, propertyUri, policyHelper);
+        
         this.data = data;
         
         // If the policyHelper is non-null, we are in edit mode, so create the list of editing permissions.
         // We do this now rather than in getEditUrl() and getDeleteUrl(), because getEditUrl() also needs to know
         // whether a delete is allowed.
         if (policyHelper != null) {
-            this.subjectUri = subjectUri;
-            this.propertyUri = propertyUri;
             objectUri = data.get(objectKey);
-            editAccessList = new ArrayList<EditAccess>();
             ObjectPropertyStatement objectPropertyStatement = new ObjectPropertyStatementImpl(subjectUri, propertyUri, objectUri);
             
             // Determine whether the statement can be edited
             RequestedAction action =  new EditObjPropStmt(objectPropertyStatement);
             if (policyHelper.isAuthorizedAction(action)) {
-                editAccessList.add(EditAccess.EDIT);
+                markEditable();
             }
             
             // Determine whether the statement can be deleted
             action = new DropObjectPropStmt(subjectUri, propertyUri, objectUri);
             if (policyHelper.isAuthorizedAction(action)) {    
-                editAccessList.add(EditAccess.DELETE);
+                markDeletable();
             }
         }
     }
@@ -74,12 +67,12 @@ public class ObjectPropertyStatementTemplateModel extends BaseTemplateModel {
     
     public String getEditUrl() {
         String editUrl = "";
-        if (editAccessList.contains(EditAccess.EDIT)) {
+        if (isEditable()) {
             ParamMap params = new ParamMap(
                     "subjectUri", subjectUri,
                     "predicateUri", propertyUri,
                     "objectUri", objectUri);
-            if (! editAccessList.contains(EditAccess.DELETE)) {
+            if (! isDeletable()) {
                 params.put("deleteProhibited", "prohibited");
             }
             editUrl = UrlBuilder.getUrl(EDIT_PATH, params);
@@ -90,7 +83,7 @@ public class ObjectPropertyStatementTemplateModel extends BaseTemplateModel {
     
     public String getDeleteUrl() {
         String deleteUrl = "";
-        if (editAccessList.contains(EditAccess.DELETE)) {
+        if (isDeletable()) {
             ParamMap params = new ParamMap(
                     "subjectUri", subjectUri,
                     "predicateUri", propertyUri,
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/PropertyStatementTemplateModel.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/PropertyStatementTemplateModel.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0d4a1603d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/PropertyStatementTemplateModel.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/* $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ */
+
+package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.web.templatemodels.individual;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.web.templatemodels.BaseTemplateModel;
+
+public abstract class PropertyStatementTemplateModel extends BaseTemplateModel {
+
+    private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(PropertyStatementTemplateModel.class); 
+
+    private static enum EditAccess {
+        EDIT, DELETE;
+    }
+    
+    // Used for editing
+    protected String subjectUri = null;
+    protected String propertyUri = null;
+    private List<EditAccess> editAccessList = null;
+    
+    PropertyStatementTemplateModel(String subjectUri, String propertyUri, EditingPolicyHelper policyHelper) {
+        
+        if (policyHelper != null) { // we're editing
+            this.subjectUri = subjectUri;
+            this.propertyUri = propertyUri;  
+            editAccessList = new ArrayList<EditAccess>(); 
+        }
+    }
+    
+    protected void markEditable() {
+        editAccessList.add(EditAccess.EDIT);
+    }
+    
+    protected void markDeletable() {
+        editAccessList.add(EditAccess.DELETE);
+    }
+    
+    protected boolean isEditable() {
+        return editAccessList.contains(EditAccess.EDIT);
+    }
+    
+    protected boolean isDeletable() {
+        return editAccessList.contains(EditAccess.DELETE);
+    }
+}