diff --git a/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-capabilities-context.xml b/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-capabilities-context.xml
index 65cd9ea80c..949b55b7f2 100644
--- a/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-capabilities-context.xml
+++ b/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-capabilities-context.xml
@@ -488,7 +488,8 @@
     </bean>    
     
     <bean id="rmEditNonRecordMetadataCapability" 
-    	  parent="declarativeCapability">
+    	  parent="declarativeCapability"
+          class="org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.capability.impl.EditCapability">
    		<property name="name" value="EditNonRecordMetadata"/>
    		<property name="permission" value="EditNonRecordMetadata"/>   		
    		<property name="conditions">
@@ -500,7 +501,7 @@
     
     <bean id="rmEditRecordMetadataCapability"
           parent="rmBaseCapability" 
-          class="org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.capability.impl.EditRecordMetadataCapability">
+          class="org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.capability.impl.EditCapability">
    		<property name="name" value="EditRecordMetadata"/>
    		<property name="permission" value="EditRecordMetadata"/>  
 		<property name="kinds">
@@ -641,8 +642,7 @@
 	</bean>
     
     <bean id="rmPlanningReviewCyclesCapability" 
-          parent="rmBaseCapability" 
-          class="org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.capability.impl.EditRecordMetadataCapability">
+          parent="declarativeCapability" >
    		<property name="name" value="PlanningReviewCycles"/>
    		<property name="permission" value="PlanningReviewCycles"/>  
    		<property name="conditions">
@@ -824,7 +824,8 @@
     			<ref bean="rmCreateModifyDestroyFileplanMetadataCapability"/>    			
     			<ref bean="rmEditDeclaredRecordMetadataCapability"/>
     			<ref bean="rmEditNonRecordMetadataCapability"/>
-    			<ref bean="rmCreateModifyRecordsInCuttoffFoldersCapability"/>
+    			<ref bean="rmCreateModifyRecordsInCuttoffFoldersCapability"/>    			
+    			<ref bean="rmEditRecordMetadataCapability"/>
     		</list>
     	</property>
     </bean>
@@ -841,6 +842,7 @@
     			<ref bean="rmEditDeclaredRecordMetadataCapability"/>
     			<ref bean="rmEditNonRecordMetadataCapability"/>
     			<ref bean="rmCreateModifyRecordsInCuttoffFoldersCapability"/>
+    			<ref bean="rmEditRecordMetadataCapability"/>
     		</list>
     	</property>
     </bean>
diff --git a/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-webscript-context.xml b/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-webscript-context.xml
index 0ed5745dce..3679348a02 100644
--- a/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-webscript-context.xml
+++ b/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-webscript-context.xml
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@
           parent="webscript">
     	<property name="recordsManagementService" ref="RecordsManagementService"/>
     	<property name="namespaceService" ref="namespaceService"/>
+    	<property name="nodeService" ref="NodeService"/>
     </bean>
     
 </beans>
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diff --git a/rm-server/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/forms/metadata.get.desc.xml b/rm-server/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/forms/metadata.get.desc.xml
index 7a6af06ac1..6a453de08a 100644
--- a/rm-server/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/forms/metadata.get.desc.xml
+++ b/rm-server/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/forms/metadata.get.desc.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <webscript>
   <shortname>RM node metadata retrieval service</shortname>
   <description>Used by the extended RM forms service to retrieve RM node metadata.</description>
-  <url>/api/rmmetadata?noderef={noderef?}&amp;type={type?}</url>
+  <url>/api/rmmetadata?noderef={noderef?}&amp;type={type?}&amp;extended={extended?}</url>
   <format default="json" />
   <authentication>user</authentication>
   <transaction allow="readonly">required</transaction>
diff --git a/rm-server/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/forms/metadata.get.json.ftl b/rm-server/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/forms/metadata.get.json.ftl
index 644dea3b4d..5179c2499b 100644
--- a/rm-server/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/forms/metadata.get.json.ftl
+++ b/rm-server/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/forms/metadata.get.json.ftl
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
 {
-	"kind" : ${kind}
+	"kind" : "${kind}"
+	<#if extended>
+	,
+	"aspects": 
+	[
+   	   <#list aspects as aspect>
+          {
+      	     "name": "${aspect.name}",
+      	     "prefixedName": "${aspect.prefixedName}"
+   	      }
+          <#if aspect_has_next>,</#if>
+       </#list>
+    ]
+    </#if>
 }
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diff --git a/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/capability/impl/EditRecordMetadataCapability.java b/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/capability/impl/EditCapability.java
similarity index 93%
rename from rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/capability/impl/EditRecordMetadataCapability.java
rename to rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/capability/impl/EditCapability.java
index e93f534173..79ebd5df7d 100644
--- a/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/capability/impl/EditRecordMetadataCapability.java
+++ b/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/capability/impl/EditCapability.java
@@ -27,11 +27,12 @@ import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeRef;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.security.OwnableService;
 
 /**
- * Edit record metadata capability implementation.
+ * Edit capability, checks the permission and whether the current user is the owner of the 
+ * object.
  * 
  * @author Roy Wetherall
  */
-public class EditRecordMetadataCapability extends DeclarativeCapability 
+public class EditCapability extends DeclarativeCapability 
 {
     private OwnableService ownableService;
 
diff --git a/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/script/slingshot/forms/RMMetaDataGet.java b/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/script/slingshot/forms/RMMetaDataGet.java
index 579ca58592..b29d88afc8 100644
--- a/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/script/slingshot/forms/RMMetaDataGet.java
+++ b/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/script/slingshot/forms/RMMetaDataGet.java
@@ -18,14 +18,19 @@
  */
 package org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.script.slingshot.forms;
 
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.FilePlanComponentKind;
 import org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.RecordsManagementService;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeRef;
+import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeService;
 import org.alfresco.service.namespace.NamespaceService;
 import org.alfresco.service.namespace.QName;
 import org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.Cache;
@@ -43,6 +48,7 @@ public class RMMetaDataGet extends DeclarativeWebScript
     /** Query parameters */
     private static final String PARAM_NODEREF = "noderef";
     private static final String PARAM_TYPE = "type";
+    private static final String PARAM_EXTENDED = "extended";
     
     /** NodeRef pattern */
     private static final Pattern nodeRefPattern = Pattern.compile(".+://.+/.+");
@@ -53,6 +59,9 @@ public class RMMetaDataGet extends DeclarativeWebScript
     /** Namespace service */
     private NamespaceService namespaceService;
     
+    /** Node service */
+    private NodeService nodeService;
+    
     /**
      * @param rmService records management service
      */
@@ -69,6 +78,14 @@ public class RMMetaDataGet extends DeclarativeWebScript
         this.namespaceService = namespaceService;
     }
     
+    /**
+     * @param nodeService   node service
+     */
+    public void setNodeService(NodeService nodeService)
+    {
+        this.nodeService = nodeService;
+    }
+    
     /*
      * @see org.alfresco.web.scripts.DeclarativeWebScript#executeImpl(org.alfresco.web.scripts.WebScriptRequest, org.alfresco.web.scripts.Status, org.alfresco.web.scripts.Cache)
      */
@@ -78,6 +95,7 @@ public class RMMetaDataGet extends DeclarativeWebScript
         // create model object with the lists model
         Map<String, Object> model = new HashMap<String, Object>(1);
 
+        boolean extended = false;
         String result = "NONE";
         
         // Get the nodeRef and confirm it is valid        
@@ -93,7 +111,7 @@ public class RMMetaDataGet extends DeclarativeWebScript
                 {
                     result = kind.toString();
                 }
-            }
+            }          
         }
         else
         {
@@ -103,16 +121,89 @@ public class RMMetaDataGet extends DeclarativeWebScript
                 Matcher m = nodeRefPattern.matcher(nodeRef);
                 if (m.matches())
                 {
-                    FilePlanComponentKind kind = rmService.getFilePlanComponentKind(new NodeRef(nodeRef));
+                    NodeRef nodeRefObj = new NodeRef(nodeRef);
+                    
+                    FilePlanComponentKind kind = rmService.getFilePlanComponentKind(nodeRefObj);
                     if (kind != null)
                     {
                         result = kind.toString();
                     }
+                    
+                    String extendedValue = req.getParameter(PARAM_EXTENDED);
+                    if (extendedValue != null && extendedValue.length() != 0)
+                    {
+                        extended = Boolean.parseBoolean(extendedValue);
+                        if (extended == true)
+                        {                        
+                            // get the aspects of the node
+                            model.put("aspects", getAspects(nodeRefObj));
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
         
         model.put("kind", result);
+        model.put("extended", extended);
         return model;
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Gets the current node aspects
+     * 
+     * @return node aspects
+     */
+    public List<Aspect> getAspects(NodeRef nodeRef)
+    {
+        Set<QName> qnames = nodeService.getAspects(nodeRef);
+        List<Aspect> aspects = new ArrayList<Aspect>(qnames.size());
+        for (QName qname : qnames)
+        {
+            aspects.add(new Aspect(qname));
+        }
+        return aspects;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Qname wrapper class
+     */
+    public class QNameBean implements Serializable
+    {
+        private static final long serialVersionUID = 6982292337846270774L;
+        
+        protected QName name;
+
+        public QNameBean(QName name)
+        {
+            this.name = name;
+        }
+        
+        public String getName()
+        {
+            return name.toString();
+        }
+        
+        public String getPrefixedName()
+        {
+            return name.toPrefixString(namespaceService);
+        }
+        
+        public String toString()
+        {
+            return getName();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Aspect wrapper class
+     */
+    public class Aspect extends QNameBean
+    {
+        private static final long serialVersionUID = -6448182941386934326L;
+
+        public Aspect(QName name)
+        {
+            super(name);
+        }
+    }
 }
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