diff --git a/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/webframework/metadata.get.desc.xml b/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/webframework/metadata.get.desc.xml
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+++ b/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/webframework/metadata.get.desc.xml
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+<webscript>
+  <shortname>Content Metadata Retrieval Service</shortname>
+  <description>Content Metadata Retrieval Service</description>
+  <url>/webframework/content/metadata</url>
+  <format default="html">argument</format>
+  <authentication>admin</authentication>
+  <transaction>required</transaction>
+</webscript>
diff --git a/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/webframework/metadata.get.html.ftl b/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/webframework/metadata.get.html.ftl
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+++ b/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/webframework/metadata.get.html.ftl
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+{
+	"isContainer" : ${object.isContainer?string}
+	,
+	"isDocument" : ${object.isDocument?string}
+	,
+	"url" : "${object.url}"
+	,
+	"downloadUrl" : "${object.downloadUrl}"
+	,
+	"mimetype" : "${mimetype}"
+	,
+	"size" : "${object.size}"
+	,
+	"displayPath" : "${object.displayPath}"
+	,
+	"qnamePath" : "${object.qnamePath}"
+	,
+	"icon16" : "${object.icon16}"
+	,
+	"icon32" : "${object.icon32}"
+	,
+	"isLocked" : ${object.isLocked?string}
+	,
+	"id" : ${object.id}
+	,
+	"nodeRef" : "${object.nodeRef}"
+	,
+	"name" : "${object.name}"
+	,
+	"type" : "${object.type}"
+	,
+	"isCategory" : ${object.isCategory?string}
+	
+<#if properties?exists>
+	,
+	"properties" :
+	{
+	<#assign first = false>
+	<#list properties?keys as key>
+		<#assign val = properties[key]>
+		<#if val?exists>
+			<#if first == true>
+				,
+			</#if>
+			"${key}" : "${val}"
+			<#assign first = true>
+		</#if>
+
+	</#list>
+	}
+</#if>
+
+}
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diff --git a/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/webframework/metadata.get.js b/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/webframework/metadata.get.js
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+++ b/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/webframework/metadata.get.js
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+var object = null;
+
+// allow for content to be loaded from id
+if(args["id"] != null)
+{
+	var id = args["id"];
+	object = search.findNode(id);
+}
+
+// if not by id, then allow for user id
+if(object == null && args["user"] != null)
+{
+	var userId = args["user"];
+	object = people.getPerson(userId);
+}
+
+// load content by relative path
+if(object == null)
+{
+	var path = args["path"];
+	if(path == null || path == "" || path == "/")
+		path = "/Company Home";
+	else
+		path = "/Company Home" + path;
+	
+	// look up the content by path
+	object = roothome.childByNamePath(path);
+}
+
+// store onto model
+model.object = object;
+model.mimetype = object.mimetype;
+model.properties = object.properties;