diff --git a/productMods/edit/forms/addAuthorsToInformationResource.jsp b/productMods/edit/forms/addAuthorsToInformationResource.jsp
index 078aebc9..64d0e4b2 100644
--- a/productMods/edit/forms/addAuthorsToInformationResource.jsp
+++ b/productMods/edit/forms/addAuthorsToInformationResource.jsp
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ core:authorInAuthorship (Person : Authorship) - inverse of linkedAuthor
     vreq.setAttribute("flagUri",flagUri);
     
     vreq.setAttribute("stringDatatypeUriJson", MiscWebUtils.escape(XSD.xstring.toString()));
-    vreq.setAttribute("intDatatypeUriJson", MiscWebUtils.escape(XSD.xint.toString()));
+    
+    String intDatatypeUri = XSD.xint.toString();    
+    vreq.setAttribute("intDatatypeUri", intDatatypeUri);
+    vreq.setAttribute("intDatatypeUriJson", MiscWebUtils.escape(intDatatypeUri));
 %>
 
 <c:set var="vivoCore" value="http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#" />
@@ -293,12 +296,17 @@ SPARQL queries for existing values. --%>
      
 <ul id="authors">
     <%
-    
-
-	    
+ 
         int rank = 0;
         for ( Individual authorship : authorships ) {
-            rank = Integer.valueOf(authorship.getDataValue(rankUri));
+            int rank1  = Integer.valueOf(authorship.getDataValue(rankUri));
+            String rankValue = authorship.getDataValue(rankUri); // full value, including xsd type if present
+            if (rankValue == null) {
+                rankValue = "";
+                rank = 0;
+            } else {
+                rank = Integer.valueOf(rankValue); // just the integer value
+            }
             Individual author = authorship.getRelatedIndividual(linkedAuthorProperty);
             if ( author != null ) {
                 request.setAttribute("author", author);
@@ -306,27 +314,31 @@ SPARQL queries for existing values. --%>
                 //request.setAttribute("authorUri", URLEncoder.encode(author.getURI(), "UTF-8"));
                 request.setAttribute("authorUri", author.getURI());
                 request.setAttribute("authorshipUri", authorship.getURI());
-                
+                request.setAttribute("rank", rank);
 
                 %> 
                 <c:url var="authorHref" value="/individual">
                     <c:param name="uri" value="${authorUri}"/>
                 </c:url>
                 <c:url var="deleteAuthorshipHref" value="/edit/primitiveRdfDelete" />
-                <c:url var="undoHref" value="/edit/addAuthorToInformationResource" />              
-                <li class="author" id="${authorUri}">
-                    <span class="authorName"><a href="${authorHref}" class="existingAuthor">${author.name}</a></span>
-                    <a href="${deleteAuthorshipHref}" id="${authorshipUri}" class="remove">Remove</a>
-                    <%-- <a href="${undoHref}" class="undo">Undo</a>  --%>
+
+                <%-- <c:url var="undoHref" value="/edit/addAuthorToInformationResource" /> --%>          
+                <li class="authorship" id="${authorshipUri}">
+                    <span class="rank" id="${rankValue}" />
+                    <%-- This span will be used in the next phase, when we display a message that the author has been
+                    removed. That text will replace the a.authorLink. --%>
+                    <span class="author"><a href="${authorHref}" id="${authorUri}" class="authorLink">${author.name}</a>
+                    <a href="${deleteAuthorshipHref}" class="remove">Remove</a>
+                    <%-- <a href="${undoHref}" class="undo">Undo</a>  --%></span>
                 </li> 
                 
                 <% 
-            }
-            
+            }          
         }
         // A new author will be ranked last when added.
         // This wouldn't handle gaps in the ranking: vreq.setAttribute("rank", authorships.size()+1);
-        vreq.setAttribute("rank", rank + 1);
+        vreq.setAttribute("newRank", rank + 1);
+        vreq.setAttribute("rankPred", rankUri);
     %>
     
 </ul>
@@ -356,8 +368,11 @@ SPARQL queries for existing values. --%>
         <input type="hidden" id="personUri" name="personUri" value="" /> <!-- Field value populated by JavaScript -->
     </div>
     
-    <input type="hidden" name="rank" value="${rank}" />
+    <input type="hidden" name="rankPred" value="<${rankPred}>" />
+    <input type="hidden" name="rankXsdType" value="${intDatatypeUri}" />
+    <input type="hidden" name="rank" value="${newRank}" />
     <input type="hidden" name="acUrl" id="acUrl" value="<c:url value="/autocomplete?type=${foaf}Person&stem=false" />" />
+    <input type="hidden" name="reorderUrl" id="reorderUrl" value="<c:url value="/edit/primitiveRdfEdit" />" />
 
     <p class="submit"><v:input type="submit" id="submit" value="Add Author" cancel="true" /></p>
     
diff --git a/productMods/edit/forms/css/addAuthorsToInformationResource.css b/productMods/edit/forms/css/addAuthorsToInformationResource.css
index 92ed2b03..ddeba3c2 100644
--- a/productMods/edit/forms/css/addAuthorsToInformationResource.css
+++ b/productMods/edit/forms/css/addAuthorsToInformationResource.css
@@ -7,18 +7,15 @@
 #authors li {
     list-style: none;
     margin-bottom: .75em;
+    padding-left: 1em;
+    background: url("../images/sortable_icon.png") no-repeat left center;
 }
 
-#authors a.existingAuthor {
+#authors a.authorLink {
     display: inline-block;
     width: 15em;
 }
 
-/* These are only here for JavaScript to pick up. Don't display!! */
-#authors span.existingAuthorUri {
-    display: none;
-}
-
 #showAddForm span.or {
     display: none;
 }
@@ -85,10 +82,15 @@ form a:hover.cancel,
     margin-top: 3em;
 }
 
+
+
+/* Disabling undo links for the present. Add back later. */
+/*
 a.undo, 
 #selectedAuthor {
     display:  none;
 }
+*/
 
 /* Hide elements not used in non-JS version of form */
 /* rjy7 Currently not supporting non-JS version of this form. */
diff --git a/productMods/edit/forms/images/sortable_icon.png b/productMods/edit/forms/images/sortable_icon.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8cae70f7
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diff --git a/productMods/edit/forms/js/addAuthorsToInformationResource.js b/productMods/edit/forms/js/addAuthorsToInformationResource.js
index ea293938..7de829ba 100644
--- a/productMods/edit/forms/js/addAuthorsToInformationResource.js
+++ b/productMods/edit/forms/js/addAuthorsToInformationResource.js
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ var addAuthorForm = {
     	
     	this.bindEventListeners();
     	
-    	this.setUpAutocomplete();
+    	this.initAutocomplete();
+    	
+    	this.initAuthorReordering();
     	
     	if (this.findValidationErrors()) {
     		this.initFormAfterInvalidSubmission();
@@ -97,6 +99,7 @@ var addAuthorForm = {
     	});
     	
     	this.removeAuthorshipLinks.click(function() {
+    		console.log($(this).parents('.authorship'));
     		// RY Upgrade this to a modal window
     		var message = "Are you sure you want to remove this author?";
     		if (!confirm(message)) {
@@ -106,17 +109,17 @@ var addAuthorForm = {
     			url: $(this).attr('href'),
     			type: 'POST', 
     			data: {
-    				deletion: $(this).attr('id')
+    				deletion: $(this).parents('.authorship').attr('id')
     			},
     			dataType: 'json',
     			context: $(this), // context for callback
     			complete: function(request, status) {
-    				var authorListing = $(this).parent();
-//    				var author = $(this).siblings('span.authorName');
-//    				var authorLink = author.children('a.existingAuthor');
+    				var authorship = $(this).parents('.authorship');
+//    				var author = $(this).siblings('span.author');
+//    				var authorLink = author.children('a.authorLink');
 //    				var authorName = authorLink.html();
     				if (status === 'success') {
-    					authorListing.fadeOut(400, function() {
+    					authorship.fadeOut(400, function() {
     						$(this).remove();
     					});
 //    					$(this).hide();
@@ -272,7 +275,58 @@ var addAuthorForm = {
     	this.personUriField.val('');
     },
     
-    setUpAutocomplete: function() {
+    initAuthorReordering: function() {
+    	$('#authors').sortable({
+    		update: function() {
+    			addAuthorForm.resetRankings();
+    		}
+    	});   	
+    },
+    
+    resetRankings: function() {
+    	var rankPred = '<' + $('#rankPred').val() + '>',
+    	    additions = '',
+    	    retractions = '',
+    	    rankTypeSuffix = '^^<' + $('#rankType').val() + '>', 
+    	    uri,
+    	    newRank,
+    	    oldRank;
+    	$('li.authorship').each(function(index) {
+    		// This value does double duty, for removal and reordering
+    		uri = $(this).children('.remove').attr('id');
+    		oldRank = $(this).children('.rank').attr('id'); // already contains the rankSuffix, if present
+    		newRank = index + 1;
+    		additions += uri + ' ' + rankPred + ' ' + '"' + newRank + '"' + rankTypeSuffix + ' .';
+    		retractions += uri + ' ' + rankPred + ' ' + '"' + oldRank + ' .';
+    	});
+    	console.log(additions);
+    	console.log(retractions);
+    	$.ajax({
+    		url: $('#reorderUrl').val(),
+    		data: {
+    			additions: additions,
+    			retractions: retractions
+    		},
+    		dataType: 'json',
+    		type: 'POST',
+    		success: function(xhr, status, error) {
+    			// reset rank in the span
+    			// can just do from values we computed, if easier than getting data back from server
+    			// 
+    		},
+    		error: function(data, status, request) {
+    			addAuthorForm.restorePreviousRankings();
+    			alert('Reordering of author ranks failed.');
+    		}
+    	});    	
+    },
+    
+    restorePreviousRankings: function() {
+    	// restore existing rankings after reordering failure
+    	// use span.rank id attr value to determine
+    },
+    
+    initAutocomplete: function() {
 
     	var cache = {};
     	var url = $('#acUrl').val();